Sonia froze when she first heard what he said. It took her a while to process it, then felt the urge to laugh right after that. He didn’t do it willingly, huh? Was someone controlling his actions? She didn’t take his words seriously, and she simply assumed that he was trying to claim innocence. She pointed at her watch as she changed the topic. “It’s about time to start the meeting, President Fuller.”

Once Toby heard what she said, he knew that she didn’t believe him. “Let’s go,” he uttered with a sigh. Both of them walked toward the meeting room without speaking to each other anymore. Tom tagged along behind them and shook his head as he glanced at their backs. Tina’s the real reason the two of them are in this state right now!

The meeting officially began as Toby took the floor and explained the use and abuse of the alternative energy technology. He fully captured everyone’s attention. All along, Sonia had been proactive in learning about energy technology—she even sneaked into university classes every now and then. Because of her efforts, she no longer found herself lost and confused as she had been during the first meeting.

Two hours later, the meeting came to an end. Toby got to his feet. “I need Sonia to stay for a while. The rest of you can leave.” Sonia had been packing her stuff when she heard his words, and her actions came to a halt as she looked up at Toby. She didn’t understand why he wanted her to stay back. Everyone was just as curious, but no one had the guts to question him. They merely gazed at the duo thoughtfully before they walked out of the meeting room.

Sonia could hear some of the people mumbling to each other as they walked out of the room. “Why do you think President Fuller got President Reed to stay back? They’re not committing adultery, are they?”

The corner of Sonia’s lips twitched a little. Adultery? These guys must have holes in their brains. I can’t believe they can come up with such ideas! She massaged her temples as she watched Toby walking toward her. “Why did you get me to stay back, President Fuller?”

“It’s nothing much.” Toby stopped in front of her before he glanced down at her notebook on the table. “Did you understand everything I said?”

Sonia followed his gaze and quickly understood what he meant. She pulled her hand away from her notebook. “I understood some parts of it, I guess. I still need to do my research on the other parts.” Otherwise, I wouldn’t even be able to understand the operations of the alternative energy technology when we have actual field trips to the factories! All the other presidents would laugh at me then.

“Which parts did you not understand? I’ll explain it to you now,” Toby offered.

“What?” Sonia blinked puzzledly.

surfaced in Toby’s gaze. “What? Take

to stay behind. He wants to teach me the parts that I didn’t understand. She bit her

today? Furthermore, a lot of the data that you have isn’t updated, and it wouldn’t match with the research done

data can’t keep up with the development of this field, so I’m sure the data I have is different from the recent advancements. I

he gulped and shifted his focus away. “It’s fine. It’s for the sake of our partnership, so you don’t have to thank me. Also, you shouldn’t bow when you’re dressed in this type of shirt—men, especially. You shouldn’t bow to men,” he uttered in a

lowered her head to look at her

would be able to see the view under her shirt if they lowered their heads. Sonia hastily pressed her hand against her neckline when she realized that Toby had seen what was under it. Her face turned so red—even

bow. He hadn’t meant to peep on her. Furthermore, he had reminded her not to bow to others if she wore this sweater in the future, which was kind

them were silent for a while. Eventually, Toby cleared his throat and began to speak. “Let’s start now so that we can get this done.

“Yes, of course,” she uttered with a nod. She buttoned the top of her trench coat as she sat down and opened her notebook once more. Toby pulled a chair over and rested an arm on the back of her

of her notebook. Toby was glad that she hadn’t noticed anything. Otherwise, I might never get the chance to be so close to her. He lowered his gaze to conceal the faint sadness that had formed in his eyes upon

of a sudden, Sonia’s phone began to ring, interrupting Toby’s explanation. He frowned as he was a little displeased. Who’s the idiot that chose to call at such a time? He looked toward

swiped the green button across the screen

weekend, baby?”

Sonia uttered with a nod. Toby, who was sitting right beside her, naturally heard the contents of her phone call.

bother to hide anything. “It’s for Carl’s fashion show. He invited me to watch it. But

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