Madam Escaped Again Sir novel Chapter 536

“We’ll just have to look into this and weed out her accomplices, whoever they are,” Toby said darkly, narrowing his eyes ominously.

Sonia nodded in agreement with him. There was little point in guessing who might have helped Tina escape when a thorough investigation could give them all the answers.

“Get the bodyguards to come back for now,” Toby instructed, pinching the space between his brows wearily as he glanced at Tom. Now that Tina had managed to get away, sending bodyguards after her would be redundant.

Adjusting his glasses, Tom answered, “Yes, President Fuller.” With that, he returned to the phone conversation and ordered the bodyguards to come back.

Meanwhile, the doctor was done tending to the abrasions on Sonia’s arm. He slipped off his disposable gloves with a flourish and announced, “You’re all done, miss. I've disinfected and put ointment on the wounds. Now, you may be tempted to scratch the wounds while they’re healing, but let the itching subside on its own, or the wounds might leave the scar.

“Got it, doctor. Thank you,” Sonia said with a polite smile.

“You’re welcome.” The doctor grabbed the medical kit from the coffee table and slipped the strap over his shoulder. “I’ll be taking my leave now, President Fuller.”

Upon hearing this, Toby jerked his chin at Tom and said, “Tom, see the doctor out and drop by the security office along the way. We need to find out the precise time when Tina showed up around the area.”

“Yes, sir!” Tom nodded respectfully, then politely indicated for the doctor to leave through the door. The doctor took the lead, and Tom fell in step behind him.

When the door clicked shut, Sonia and Toby were the only ones left in the large

office.

Presently, her gaze flickered over to his bandaged ankle as she asked, “Do you need to use the restroom or go back to your work desk?”

Toby shook his head. “No. Why do you ask?”

Sonia replied, “What I meant was, if you need to go to the restroom or back to your desk to sort through documents, then all you have to do is tell me. Think of me as a human crutch, if you will, since you can’t exactly walk on your own at the moment.”

“Oh,” he said, then nodded slowly as he considered this option. “Got it. I’ll let you know if I need your help.”

“Right, so you will,” she said with a smile. “And if you don’t because you want to save me the trouble or whatever, just know that it’ll add to my guilty conscience. Regardless of how things culminated, the fact remains that you busted your ankle because you wanted to save me.

In all fairness, Tina had wanted to run the both of them down, but if Toby had dodged away without pulling Sonia along with him, he would have been completely unhurt. At the end of the day, Sonia was the reason he would be limping for the next few days.

At the sight of her guilty expression, Toby sighed. “Come on, don’t be too hard on yourself. I brought this onto myself when I rushed to keep you from getting run down.”

“You could say that, but—” She was cut off abruptly by the sound of her phone ringing. Frowning, she fished the phone out of her purse and saw Charles’ name flashing on the screen. She turned to Toby and muttered, “Sorry, I have to get this.”

Toby hummed in response. “Go ahead.”

She slid her thumb across the screen to pick up the call and pressed the phone to her ear. “Hey, Charles.”

“Hey, baby. I thought you’d have dropped the jewelry off at Toby’s by now,” Charles said on the other line.

Sonia gave Toby a brief look and replied, “I have.”

“Then why aren’t you back yet? It’s been ages, and we said we’d go over to sign off on the factory later, remember?” Charles pointed out.

She checked the time. “Sorry, but I’ll be running late. Something came up.”

“Something came up? What is it, baby?” Charles grew concerned. “Do you need my help?”

“No,” she said, smiling as she shook her head. “It’s fine. Everything has been handled for now.”

Relieved, Charles prompted, “Oh, well, in that case, hurry back. Any later and the construction team will be getting off their shift.”

Sonia nodded and gave a small hum.

Next month on the tenth... Engagement party... The fiance comes from a family that owns a mining company...

These strung together in Toby’s mind, and he wondered idly if they were part of a coincidence as he glanced in the direction of his work desk, the drawer of which contained the invitation to an engagement party.

Much like Sonia’s friend, the soon-to-be groom who had sent Toby the invitation was having the engagement party on the tenth of next month, and his family happened to also be in the mining business.

Connecting the dots, Toby deduced that he and Sonia would be attending the same engagement party in the following month.

Amused by the thought of this, he began to smile, and soon a low chuckle escaped him.

Next to him, Sonia shot him a baffled look and asked, “What’s so funny?”

“Nothing,” he sputtered softly, lowering his gaze to hide the lingering amusement in his eyes. He had no plans of telling her that they would be attending the same engagement party, because he would very much like to see how she would react when she saw him on the day of.

Would she be surprised or overjoyed? Or both ?

He could almost see her staring at him, wide-eyed with astonishment. The picture alone was enough to entertain him, and he resisted the urge to laugh once more.

Sonia, on the other hand, was a little flustered by Toby’s sudden mysterious front, but she didn’t want to press further if he had no intention of telling her in the first place. Everyone had their own secrets, after all.

She put her phone into her bag, and she had only just tugged on the zipper when she heard Toby ask, “By the way, is Charles still calling you baby?”

At that moment, Sonia wasn’t sure if she was imagining it, but she thought Toby had added emphasis to the word ‘baby’. He had also said it in a hoarse voice, which only added a suggestive edge to the word that gave her stomach butterflies and made blood rush to her face.

Worst of all, he made a point to look deep into her eyes when he said the word ‘baby’, and she was having a hard time deciding if he had done so on purpose.

For a moment, she thought her face was heating up too much and too quickly for her own good. She instinctively reached up and patted her cheeks with both hands. Sure enough, her skin felt hot to the touch. It didn’t help that her heart was suddenly thumping wildly in her chest, threatening to fly out of her chest even though she was trying to stay calm.