This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr novel Chapter 496

Chapter 496 Toby’s Getting Engaged

When the female assistant felt Sonia holding onto her, she thought she was about to be brought in for a lecture. Fear had just crept into her when she heard Sonia’s question. “What? Weren’t you about to reprimand me?” She was stunned.

The corner of Sonia’s lips twitched. “If I were to scold anyone, it would be your leader. What use is it for me to scold any of you assistants?”

The assistant let out a sigh of relief before she smiled. “You’re such a nice person, President Reed.”

“Enough with the nonsense. Tell me—what were you guys talking about earlier?” Sonia repeated her question.

“Oh, yes. We were talking about how President Fuller from the Fuller group might be getting engaged again,” the assistant replied.

“What?” Sonia’s pupils shrank as her body stiffened. “Toby is… getting engaged?” The assistant was new to the company, so she wasn’t aware of Sonia’s past relationship with Toby. However, the assistant could sense a rather peculiar change in Sonia at the mention of Toby. “Yeah, that’s what the Internet says,” the assistant replied without thinking much of Sonia’s change in demeanor.

“The Internet?”

“Yeah. A media website uploaded an article today, and it included pictures of President Fuller hugging another woman. The media predicted that President Fuller might have good news to announce soon…” The assistant continued talking, but Sonia no longer heard anything that she said. All Sonia could think of was how Toby might be getting engaged again.

With a dazed look on her face, Sonia turned around and walked to her own office. The assistant hadn’t finished speaking, so she tilted her head sideways when Sonia walked off without dismissing her. “President Reed is acting really weirdly. Why does she look as if her soul has just left her body?” The assistant couldn’t make sense of the situation, so she simply shrugged before returning to her desk.

Once Sonia got into her office and stepped behind her desk, she reached her hands out and felt for her chair before sinking into her seat. Once she sat down, she remained paralyzed in her seat for a long while, almost as if she had completely lost her mind. Her gaze was empty as she stared at her computer. There was a tightness in her chest that wouldn’t seem to leave, and her face was burning so much that it stung her skin.

Just the night before, Sonia had assumed that Toby wouldn’t get engaged, yet reality slapped her in the face the very next morning. He’s still going to get engaged! And he’s getting engaged to…

“Why not?” Sonia lowered her gaze so that no one could see the look in her eyes. “As you said, the McRaes aren’t doing that well, and there’s no reason for the Fuller Family to be interested in them. If they get married, the McRaes won’t be of any help to the Fullers, and they would have to depend on the Fullers’ support to survive. Toby isn’t someone who’d choose to put himself on the losing end, and he isn’t someone who can be forced to do things he doesn’t wish to. I’m sure that no one forced him to get married to Lily, and I’m sure that he’s not doing it for the sake of benefiting the Fullers. In that case, it has to be true love.”

“True love…” Charles’ lips twitched, and he turned speechless for a moment before he found his voice again. “I think you make a lot of sense, darling. I don’t have an argument against your point.”

“That’s because what I’m saying is the truth.”

“I know, but I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that Toby’s in love with Lily. When I was at the social event last night, I could see the hatred in his eyes as he glared at her. That’s what made me suspect if this engagement is even real,” Charles uttered as he stroked his chin thoughtfully.

“It has to be real. Otherwise, he’d step forward to clarify things, right? It’s nearly 10.00AM now, yet he hasn’t done anything. That has to mean that this is the truth,” Sonia uttered with a blank expression.

“I guess so.” Charles nodded.

Sigh. “Alright, Charles. Is there anything else? I’ll end the call otherwise. I’m really tired, and I need some rest,” Sonia explained. She wasn’t just mentally drained; she was also feeling rather dizzy after all that happened. She had to lie down and calm herself down to regulate her own emotions. She also wanted to understand why she got so emotional after finding out about Toby’s engagement.

This time, Charles realized that Sonia sounded rather peculiar. He knitted his brows and was about to ask her about it when he realized that she had turned silent on the other end of the line. He held the phone in front of his face to see that his screen had already been lit up to show the past incoming calls he received. That was how he knew that Sonia had ended his call.

Meanwhile, at the Coleman Residence, Zane had been browsing news articles when he saw the one about Toby. His eyes nearly popped out of his sockets, and he immediately contacted Toby after that. “You must have lost your mind, Toby! Are you seriously getting engaged to Lily?”