Tina chewed on her bottom lip as panic filled her. No longer in the mood to stay for Cynthia’s appeal, she turned and left.

Half an hour later, she found herself at Fuller Group.

“Toby…” Tina couldn’t care less if there were others in the presidential office as she strode over to Toby’s desk. With her eyes red and glistening with tears, she sat down on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck, thereafter nuzzling into his chest as she began to sob quietly.

Toby stiffened at her unanticipated behavior, but when he regained his composure, he frowned at the woman in his arms.

If it weren’t for the fact that she was crying, he thought he might very well push her away.

“Leave the documents here, and I’ll get back to the both of you after I’ve reviewed them. Go back to your own desks for now,” Toby announced to the man and woman standing in front of his desk. He put down the documents in his hand and rubbed his temple tiredly.

The man and woman standing in his office nodded. “Yes, President Fuller.”

After that, they left his office.

It was only after the door closed behind them that the woman whispered disapprovingly, “Isn’t she President Fuller’s fiancée? She ought to know better than to barge into the office without knocking first. It’s so rude of her to interrupt while we’re in the midst of a work discussion, not to mention sit down in President Fuller’s lap at first instance. The company is no place for her to throw her girly tantrums.”

The man next to her simply shrugged. “President Fuller always lets her have her way.”

The woman was obviously displeased. “Okay, well, he needs to draw the line somewhere!”

“Alright, that’s enough now. We’re the ones who would get in trouble if we keep talking about this.”

The woman pouted but said nothing more.

Meanwhile, in the office, Toby carefully pried Tina away as he said, “There, there, Tina. Why don’t you get down for a bit?”

“No!” Tina whined, burrowing back into his arms.

He sighed and did not try to push her away again. Indulging her whims, he asked, “Go on, then. Tell me what happened.”

a wounded kitten as she stared at him with red-rimmed eyes. “Why are

He narrowed his

was on my way to Cynthia’s appeal when I saw Mrs. Stone on her knees, begging Miss Reed to forgive Cynthia. Miss Reed refused to do

up for

in response as she nodded. “I mean, Mrs.

you were in the wrong. You shouldn’t have done that,”

a rebuff, Tina grew sullen as she protested, “I don’t think I did anything

one who caused this mess in the first place, and Sonia was the victim, which means she gets to decide if she wants to forgive the former. You have no right as a third party to interfere and plead Cynthia’s case, do you understand?” Toby

lip and

down on her knees in front

she repeated, sounding

decided to get down on her knees right there in a public space. She was likely trying

she mumbled, lowering her head as she feigned sadness. “It was no wonder that Mrs. Stone would

you help somebody the next time.” He gently smoothed her hair and added, “Besides, the Stones

she quickly glanced at him with an expectant look. “Toby, should

“This weekend?”

“Yes.”

her a bland smile. “Why the

that we barely have meals together anymore. I’m always alone, and it’s only a matter

caved in and nodded. After all, he had nothing going on over the weekend. “Very well, then. We shall have some fun this weekend, but we can’t make a long trip over the course of two days, so we’d have to traipse around Seafield. Where

broke into a dazzling smile when she heard that he had acceded. “I don’t know where I want to go, either. I’ve only just

turn down this suggestion, and he lowered his gaze in thought. Finally, as a sudden thought

to be quite the equestrian. President Cunningham just so happens to own an equestrian facility in the mountains.

stiffened when

she was perfectly fine with trekking through the mountains, she was completely hapless when it came to horseback

that she

riding and hiking?”

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