Chapter 197

It wasn’t the first time they had an accidental kiss. It happened once back at the turf club as well, so she didn’t have to mind it that much. It’s just like stepping in dog poo. That’s all. She took a deep breath and turned to Toby, who was already waiting for her to take the card. She clenched her fists and told herself to not make any mistakes before leaning over to take the card from him.

Toby’s eyes lit up a little when he felt the warmth coming from her lips, but it was gone after two seconds. It wasn’t even enough for him to savor it. He stared at the sofa, feeling crestfallen.

One minute passed by quickly, and the manager announced the families that would proceed to the next round. They were number one, number three, and number five, the last one being Sonia’s team.

Douglas clapped his hands happily. “We can go to the next round, Mommy.”

“Yeah.” Sonia nodded in disbelief. She thought they lost too much time after that mistake, so they would be eliminated. Instead, they managed to proceed to the next round.

Toby thought Sonia looked cute when she was bewildered, and he smiled. “Number one and number three did a perfect pass, but the other families made more mistakes than we did, so we made third place.”

“How’d you know?” Sonia looked at him curiously.

Toby met her stare. “I kept an eye on them, so I know.”

I see. Sonia gave him a thumbs up. “Good job.” He managed to keep an eye on the competition even though we only had one minute. That’s superb observation skill. No wonder he managed to lead the company to the top in the city.

“It’s nothing. Just a habit.” Toby smiled after getting praised.

However, Sonia thought it was a smug smile, so she pouted and turned away.

He kept

 

he could say anything, the manager announced, “Congratulations for proceeding to the second

tossed the poker card away, jumped out of the sofa, and dragged Sonia to the clearing. He ignored Toby, since he knew Toby

her attention to Douglas, telling him

him, his face fell. That brat did that on purpose. He’s getting back at me for the

to follow them, but he saw something

they used earlier. Toby narrowed his eyes and picked the card up to see if Sonia’s lip

after he put it in, Douglas called out to

call me “Daddy” if he wants to win the games. Cheered up, Toby strolled over to where the boy

father would do twenty push-ups with the mother sitting on his back to act

would get eliminated. Family number three’s mother was a chubby woman, but the father didn’t seem too strong, so there was no way he could finish twenty push-ups with his wife on

the whole family would be doing the push-ups,

in the first game too. Now I have to

 

gonna play

still acceptable. Right, let’s get on with it.”

disbelief. “What

“Yes,” Toby said.

I thought he’d say

Sonia was spacing out, so he called her again. “Make it quick. Everyone’s waiting for

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