Tyler spent a huge amount of money to treat Sonia and Zane to dinner, and he was evidently quite proud of himself as he swaggered into the house.

He had already signed the contract for tryouts. Meanwhile, both Zane and Sonia had promised to keep this a secret for the time being. By the time he passed tryouts and officially joined the national basketball team, Tyler would no longer be fearful of Toby’s wrath because it would be insignificant. And so, Tyler hummed a tune as he walked into the foyer to change into his bedroom slippers. However, he entered the living room and was caught by surprise upon seeing Toby sitting on the couch. The latter was dressed in loungewear and was currently smoking a cigarette quite relaxedly.

“T-Toby!” Tyler jumped up in fright and stammered slightly, “W-Why are you back so early? I thought Tina’s still in the hospital. Why aren’t you there to see her?”

Toby glanced at him. “Have you had your dinner?”

“Yes, I have.”

“Come over here.”  Toby flicked the ash off his cigarette by the side of the ashtray using his index finger. “Let’s chat.”

Just then, Tyler could feel a cold sensation run down his spine. D*mn! Did Tina tell him that I’m going to join the tryouts? Tyler clutched his backpack and walked forward with trepidation. Then, he took a seat on the couch next to Toby, but his whole body remained quite tense. “Toby, it’s all my fault—” he started.

Tyler had planned to admit his mistake and take full responsibility for everything. The worst punishment he can inflict on me is to make me face the wall, so that’s not a big deal. Tyler wanted to prevent Toby from investigating this any further, lest the latter confronted Sonia about it.

“Go ahead and play basketball if that’s what you’re really keen to do.” Tyler had barely said anything but was interrupted by Toby before he even finished his sentence.

Tyler stared at the other man in disbelief and he wondered whether he had misheard something. “Toby, did you agree for me to… play basketball?”

“Yeah, go ahead,” Toby replied nonchalantly. “Do whatever makes you happy. I won’t stop you from it, and that includes playing basketball too. I’ll talk to Mom about it.”

Toby had rewatched the two video clips sent by Zane when he reached home at night and he had contemplated the situation for quite some time because of Sonia’s words. Finally, he managed to come to terms with everything. He had entered the family business when he was in school because of his exceptional talent for business. Furthermore, he wasn’t against it either. However, Tyler disliked finance and clearly had no intention to work for the Fuller Group.

Earlier on, Toby had rung up the coach who had gone to Tyler’s school today. The former could sense the coach’s strong liking toward Tyler from his words. The coach had praised him throughout their conversation and insisted that such great talent should be cultivated well and someday, Tyler would definitely shine in the athletic world. Just then, Toby realized that he shouldn’t force Tyler to take over the family business if the latter was reluctant to. Otherwise, he might end up hating him. Besides, he didn’t want to stifle Tyler’s talent in playing basketball either.

“Is this for real?” Tyler’s eyes sparkled. Feeling shocked, he couldn’t quite believe his ears. “Tony, you’re awesome! You’re the most liberal-minded brother in the whole wide world! Don’t worry! I won’t let you down. I’ll definitely make it into the national team and win lots of medals!”

so you have to persevere in it. Don’t

“Toby, did you win a tender today? I

your true thoughts of me previously?” Toby revealed a half-smile and glanced

a low voice, “Not really. In the past, I felt more like one of your subordinates working for you.

years, I’d assumed that I knew everything but after listening to Sonia’s words today, I realized that I never paid attention to Tyler’s actual thoughts. I always maintained an authoritative stance in front of Tyler and never showed him any concern

would dare to behave so insolently and tell you off?” Tyler

answer. Instead, he casually asked, “What did you

of praise for the dinner he had eaten that night and he chatted incessantly about it. Suddenly, he realized that

do… Toby, I’ll head upstairs first!” Tyler grabbed his backpack and hurriedly left the room. As soon as he reached the top of the stairs, he turned back and yelled, “Toby, don’t smoke so much! Sonia mentioned that

shot him a cold look upon hearing that. Frightened, Tyler lowered his

for Toby, he stared intently at the half of a cigarette in his hand. He distinctly recalled that night he had with Sonia and the kiss filled with cigarette smoke that they shared. Just then, he felt his crotch tighten. Suddenly, he lost

……

Charles for the time. Then, they caught a flight early in the morning, five days

largest ski field resorts in the

were along the way to the resort, Sonia took in the pretty snow scene outside the window. She

He responded

him. “We’re here on a

than me!” He heaved a sigh. “The schedule of the boss of Continental Co. should be a well-kept secret. How did you manage to get

that he’s here.” She turned her head in the other direction to look outside the window and ignored him. I can’t quite mention that it

at the resort, Sonia and Charles proceeded

up a conversation with the boss of Continental Co. when she noticed that he had just walked in with his friends

forward and greeted the man standing in front. “My name

was also an entrepreneur but he had amassed his fortune by starting up his own business.  He refused to accept any help from his father due to their conflict and would rather let Continental Co. go into receivership than accept any money from his

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