This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

Chapter 677 Stay the Night

“That’s right. It was the only way I could give you the Ocean’s Heart without anyone getting the wrong idea about it,” Toby explained slowly as he tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. “And it just so happened that you were stepping up to take over Paradigm Co.. I knew you needed a lot of resources to rebuild the company and I had hoped that you would sell the Ocean’s Heart to raise the funds to save Paradigm Co., but you never did.”

“I couldn’t just sell something as precious as that. Who knows what others might think of me if I had done so? I would much rather donate it for charity. At least that would sound better on paper,” Sonia answered as she absentmindedly played with his hand.

He froze when he heard this. “You donated the Ocean’s Heart?”

She nodded, a little embarrassed to be confronted about this. “Yeah, I got Charles to arrange for the donation, but he never went through with it. He kept the necklace instead, which was why I could return it to you the other day. If the donation had gone through as planned, I… I would never have been able to give it back to you.”

As such, she was grateful that Charles had never donated the necklace as per her request; otherwise, both the ring and the Ocean’s Heart would have been lost forever.

Upon hearing this, Toby pressed his lips in displeasure. “I gave you that necklace so that you could sell it off and get the funds you needed to pull through tough times. How could you have decided to donate it?”

“I’m sorry,” Sonia apologized. She knew she had been wrong to make arrangements for the donation and she felt increasingly apologetic now as she tugged on Toby’s hand, saying coquettishly, “We were so at odds with one another back then and I thought I had no choice, but things turned out okay anyway, right? The Ocean’s Heart is still with you.”

“My mom’s already worn it, though, so I can’t possibly give it back to you.” His hand grazed her bare neck as he murmured, “I’ll give you something else in the future and this time, don’t you even dare to think about donating it.”

“Okay,” she promised solemnly with a nod. “I won’t.”

“Good.” While he was satisfied with her answer, his hand lingered on her neck and he didn’t look like he was going to withdraw it anytime soon as he caressed her bare skin in an almost absentminded manner.

He loved how warm her neck was and how her soft, supple skin felt beneath his fingers. He couldn’t stop running his hand along the curve of her collarbone.

Staring at Sonia’s neck, Toby couldn’t help but think how good it might feel to kiss it, seeing as to how touching it was already making him restless.

At the thought of this, his gaze darkened as it zoned in on her neck and his head slowly inched forward. His actions made him look like a predator about to pounce.

other hand, felt his warm breath stirring the sensitive skin of her nape. She looked up at that precise moment to see the man’s chiseled face looming close to hers and the both of them were

she panicked and quickly brought her hand

shuddered and snapped out of his

her fingers, which were spread over his features, a pitiful look

to say and do. Blushing furiously, she averted her gaze as

haven’t we?” he argued, not willing to back down without a fight. Anyone could tell how much he wanted to claim her as his own. Previously, he had been suppressing his desires at bay out of respect for her, seeing as they weren’t official until recently. However, now that they were a couple again, he figured that there were a couple

while muttering hesitantly, “Not for the

mentally prepared herself for such intimate acts just yet, and she couldn’t very well go all the way with him if she didn’t have the time and space to give herself a pep

as quickly as he

been patient and understanding for so long that

this because she couldn’t be sure that she would be mentally prepared for bedroom endeavors even after her period had ended. She didn’t want to make promises she couldn’t keep; if she wasn’t ready by then,

with dinner,” she said,

by the table before they carried on with their

dishwasher in the kitchen. Throughout the entire process, Toby

by the person as she was by his constant

clothes out on the line when she turned and, much to her exasperation, saw Toby looming over her like an overly-attached mastiff. “Toby, why in the world are

answered with a

retorted, “What’s that supposed to mean?

nodded since he still had plenty of documents

“In that case, why don’t you go and

will you stay?” he asked curiously, his gaze burning into

me around because you don’t

confirmation, she sputtered. “Toby, in case you haven’t noticed, I’m currently doing my laundry because I have nothing to wear. Do you think I could leave without a spare change of clothes? What am I supposed

the pajamas she was wearing, which had been altered to fit her for the night. While there was an athleisure edge to them, they couldn’t possibly be passed off as actual