Chapter 1026

"Yes, I'm certain!" Sonia nodded with a very serious expression, indicating that she had indeed learned enough, and she really didn't need him anymore.

At the sight of her confidence, Toby shook his head with a laugh. "All right. I'll leave it to you, then. Show me what you've learned."

He wanted to see if she really didn't need him anymore.

"Don't worry, I won't let you down." She smiled at him, then turned around and began to carve the rest of the pumpkin.

Seeing that she was no longer paying attention to him, Toby patted her head lightly, then walked away with his arms crossed and leaned against the wall.

Sonia turned and glowered at him. "What are you doing?"

"Nothing. I'm just teaching an ungrateful person a lesson," he replied with a shrug.

She shot him a glare. "Hey, who are you calling ungrateful?"

"I'm not wrong." Toby unfolded his arms and spread them outward. "I just finished teaching you, and you pushed me aside now that you don't have a use for me. If that isn't being ungrateful, what is it? Not only that, but you don't have a conscience either."

"You..." Sonia was rendered speechless by him as his words seemed to make sense.

It was true that she pushed him aside after she felt that she had learned enough, and it was ungrateful of her to do so. All of a sudden, Sonia felt so embarrassed that her face turned red.

her anymore. He stepped forward and gently caressed her hair, messing up her hair that she had painstakingly tidied earlier once more. "All

pushed his hand away from her head huffily. "Go away. I

narrowed his

her eyes at him. "If you still want to eat later, don't

Toby nodded. "A little."

wait for me to finish carving it so that we can

laughed under his breath. "All right, I

easy process as she had learned how to do it, but for some reason, it was not as easy as she had imagined. At first, with Toby guiding her, her movements were extremely

she carved the pumpkin with the knife, she could feel a clear obstruction blocking her, and it was not as simple compared to when she had Toby helping her. With his help, the pumpkin was easily sliced away with the knife, but now that she was doing it alone, she clearly had to put in the effort to be able to cut the pumpkin off. In less than two minutes, she felt that her arm was turning sore, just like how she had felt when

motionless, and a glint flashed past his eyes as

red lips gaped. A moment later, she said sheepishly,

did you stop?" The smile on Toby's face grew even

Why did she stop?

smile and took the carving knife and pumpkin orchid from her. "All right, let me do it.

I would end up like this a long time ago, right? That's why

little bit of the basics, you're still unclear on the amount of strength or the skills you need to carve something. That's why I was sure it won't take long for your arms to be sore, because I

pouted unhappily, her gaze falling

"I could carve through the pumpkin easily when

his gaze and looked at her. "Obviously, it's because I was guiding you in the beginning while holding your hand. Rather than you, it was me who was putting in the strength to carve the pumpkin, which was why you felt very relaxed, and it became difficult for you after

back. To put it bluntly, he had been doing all the work from beginning to end, and what she thought she had learned was just Toby deliberately making her happy. However, she had taken it for granted, thinking that she had really learned it by herself, and she became proud and

covered her face. "You must've been laughing at

Toby chuckled. "I wasn't."

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