Chapter 415 One Chance

Sonia nodded, a little surprised by Toby’s argument. “It makes sense if you put it that way.”

“Just wait and see. Titus will agree to their terms in no time,” Toby insisted with a thin smile.

She did not say anything else and waited quietly. Sure enough, it was just like he had said—Titus conceded to Hal’s demand for a million in compensation toward the end of their heated exchange.

As things were, Titus’ hands were tied. He couldn’t very well risk Hal and Greta humiliating the Gray Family by making a scene at Triforce Enterprise and the Gray Residence.

Hal and Greta’s beady eyes were twinkling with greed. Titus bridled and shot them a baleful look, but he whipped out his checkbook and pen from his pocket nevertheless. He scribbled the one million sum on the check and tore it before he begrudgingly handed it to Hal and Greta. “Take the money and get out of my sight! I don’t ever want to see the both of you in Seafield ever again, much less bother Rina! If you so much as show your faces around these parts, I have a thousand and one ways to make you regret it. You’re more than welcome to try your luck!”

“Don’t worry about it. Consider us as good as gone!” Hal and Greta clutched the check happily as they promised this while nodding earnestly.

They were no fools, after all; they knew how hard it could be to deal with these rich folks, and to manipulate them into surrendering a small part of their fortune was no easy feat, nor was it one to be repeated. Peasants like them could never beat the blue bloods—something that Hal and Greta were more than aware of.

That being said, getting a million out of Titus this time proved easier than they had thought and they couldn’t help wishing they had asked for double the price instead.

“What are you still doing here?” Titus growled, his face stormy as he glowered at the gleeful couple.

“We’re leaving right now!” Hal and Greta kept the check and fled the testing facility, leaving a cloud of dust in their wake.

Rina saw how incensed Titus was and she reached out to tug on his sleeve. “Dad, I’m sorry that you had to pay a million because of me. It’s all my fault.”

“It’s fine. You’re worth every penny. Anyway, we should be heading home.” He consoled her on the shoulder to ease her guilt, thereafter leading her and Julia out of the facility.

When they were waiting for the elevator, Julia glanced at Titus in askance. “Honey, are we just going to let Sonia get away with this?”

don’t have a choice, do I? Toby is set on protecting her, so we can’t even lay

into jail without difficulty, but here we are struggling

for as long as she is under his protection, she will be untouchable. The only way we

day. His grandmother was a force to be

of Toby’s grandmother’s in-laws. It thrived under Toby’s grandfather’s political influence and while the old man had since passed away, the Fuller Family still maintained their connections with both the army and the government. Consequently, the family had amassed a fortune so large that they could go bankrupt a hundred

for desperate measures,” Julia

as he and Rina turned to look

woman, it’s almost always superficial; if we can find someone prettier than Sonia to seduce Toby and make him fall in love, then Sonia would

wants to take Rina away from me, I simply won’t let her get away with this! I have missed out on twenty-six years with my

Julia’s plan, his eyes lit up before he lowered his voice as he approved, “I must say, that sounds like a pretty

we go back and work

elevator and their conversation continued

look after the ruckus earlier had arrived to an end. “See? I was

you want me to praise you?” she

won’t refuse a compliment or

that didn’t last long as she turned to face him once more, and she looked a little pensive as she muttered, “Thank you for

He didn’t seem to

a resigned sigh, “Thank you

pick a fight with you.” Toby sat down on the sofa

him, but she felt his piercing gaze on her all the same and it made her skin prickle. With a frown, she pointed out, “You didn’t have to speak up for me, though. I know what Titus was going to do. He probably wanted to mock my pride with those DNA test results before sending me to jail for defaming him. I could have handled it on my own without your interference and I’d still

that I put my foot in where it didn’t belong? “And what would you have done?” he asked, the challenge clear

head. “I can’t tell you that; it’s a secret.” With that, she took her phone and passed it to him. “Could you help me to dial Wanda’s number, President Fuller? It’s getting late and

fraud, but seeing as the girl unexpectedly turned out to be the

crouched down in front of her. He looked up at

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