Tina’s eyes went wide in disbelief. He admitted to it. Is he really courting Sonia?
Other than Tina, Melody and Cynthia were also stupefied. In fact, Melody was staring at Zane like she was staring at an idiot. Both of them hailed from prestigious families, so Melody looked down on him for falling for a woman who had once divorced. He’s bringing shame upon all of the upper class society!
“Mr. Coleman, are you sure you should be doing this? Miss Reed is…” Tina bit her lip as if there was something about Sonia that she should refrain from commenting about.
Sonia let out a snort of incredulity. “Go on, Miss Gray. What is it that you want to say about me? Are you trying to convey to Zane that I have committed certain atrocities by trailing off mid-sentence as if you’re trying to hide something?”
Tina panicked, as she never thought Sonia would expose her intentions directly, which caught her off guard. Therefore, she shook her head while explaining herself, “No, that’s not what I mean. It’s just that Miss Reed is Toby’s ex-wife, and you’re Toby’s friend, so isn’t it a bad idea to go after Miss Reed?”
“Nope. I think it’s a nice idea,” Zane refuted with a smile. “Although Sonia is Toby’s ex-wife, they’re already divorced, so it’s just normal that I would pursue her.”
“But—” Tina seemed to have something else to say.
However, Sonia cut her off. “Is my popularity that much of an eyesore?”
“No, I wasn’t—”
“If that’s not the case, you have no reason to stop Zane from pursuing me. If you think Zane shouldn’t be courting his friend’s ex, don’t forget that you and I used to be coursemates in uni. According to that line of thinking, aren’t you in the wrong for going after my ex?” Sonia wore a half-smirk while observing Tina.
Right away, Tina fell silent as the expression on her face changed drastically. What could I tell her anyway? No matter how I retort, I will only be humiliating myself.
“I guess Miss Gray has nothing to add. Let’s go,” Sonia told Zane.
his face. It’s obvious that Tina is trying to play the victim. Toby is the only one who’s too blind to see that. Heck, he even thinks she is kind and innocent. I don’t understand why he would see Tina with such
before they could leave, Melody detained
her eyes. “Do
crossed. With an arrogant look on her face, she demanded, “Are you not
apologize?” Sonia met Melody’s
Tina, which led to her being
kidnap Tina?” Zane
hearing that, Sonia rolled her eyes at him. “Do you think that’s
think you might just do
wasn’t until then that Sonia returned her gaze to Tina and Melody. “Why would
kidnapper saying that you’re the mastermind,”
said, and in order to restore justice, you had the banks cut off Paradigm Co.’s funds.
the conjecture as soon as she saw Melody walking beside Tina,
fleeted across Melody’s gaze. “You knew?” Tina and Cynthia also had
she smirked. “Anything that we do is bound to come
“Your knowledge of this makes no difference. Paradigm Co. will
you stepped in to teach me a lesson for Miss Gray’s sake. I’m touched by your friendship. However, I don’t think Paradigm Co. is anywhere near its end, Miss Stryder. On the contrary, it is your family
collected herself. “Are you kidding me, Miss
be kidding. That’s just how a clown like her is. Considering the
Tina looked at Sonia disapprovingly. “Miss Reed, you
certainty in her tone made him realize that she might have
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