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Sonia put down her phone and turned to the manager. “Please wrap these two for me. I’ll be paying
now.”
“Sure.” The manager smiled and nodded. She grabbed the dress and tuxedo, draped them over her
arm, and led Sonia over to the cashier.
Once the outfits were packed, the manager handed two bags over to Sonia and said, “You only need to
pay for your dress, Miss Reed. There’s no need to pay for President Fuller’s tuxedo.”
“Why is that so?” Sonia’s hand froze while she was pulling out her card.
“It’s because President Fuller usually pays for his purchases at the end of the year,” the manager
explained. “We usually send the bill to President Fuller on the last day of the year.”
“I see.” Sonia nodded dazedly.
Indeed, many rich people only paid for their purchases at the end of the year.
“Alright. Card, please.” Sonia handed over her card.
Although the manager accepted the card, she didn’t swipe it immediately. Instead, she asked Sonia,
“Miss Reed, President Fuller said your dress could be put on his tab during the call earlier. Would
you…”
“No,” said Sonia as she interrupted the manager and shook her head. After all, she knew what the
manager was going to say next. “I was the one who ordered the dress, and I’ve already used his VIP
account. I can’t spend his money as well.”
“I see. Understood.” The manager smiled and handed the card over to the cashier.
Frankly speaking, the manager didn’t understand Sonia’s logic.
Wasn’t she dating Toby?
Why was Sonia insistent on keeping separate accounts when shopping?
Although the dress was rather expensive, President Fuller was very wealthy. In fact, the cost of the
dress was just a drop in the bucket for him.
Why was Sonia unwilling to spend Toby’s money?
Despite the barrage of questions in the manager’s mind, she didn’t intend on asking any of them.
After all, this was a private matter, and it would be rude if she asked about it.
“Your card, Miss Reed.” After the transaction was done, the manager handed Sonia’s card back to her.
“Okay. I’ll be going now,” Sonia said with a smile.
“Take care, Miss Reed,” the manager said as she walked Sonia out of the shop.
Once she was outside, Sonia walked out of the mall and back to her car. She planned to drive home to
Bayside Residence.
She had spent two hours in the store, and it was already past 5.00PM. Since it was almost time to get
off work, she didn’t need to return to the office. Instead, she could head straight home to prepare
dinner.
During the call just now, Toby announced that he would be home late because he needed to pick
something up from the Fuller Residence on his way home.
Sonia wondered what it was Toby had to pick up.
However, she shook that thought out of her head. Once she stood beside her car, she looked down into
her purse in search of her car keys.
Just then, a masked man dressed in black with a cap began to walk over from across the street.
At first, there was nothing weird about the way the man was walking, and he looked just like an
ordinary passerby.
Hence, Sonia merely glanced at him before ignoring him.
Right as the man brushed past her, he suddenly reached out, grabbed the two bags out of her hands,
and pulled hard.
As the bags’ handles were quite weak in the first place, they could not handle being tugged around so
harshly.
In an instant, the handles snapped.
The two bags fell to the ground, hitting Sonia’s feet on the way down.
Since the boxes inside the bags were hard and sturdy, the force from the impact had Sonia letting out a
muffled grunt of pain.
Meanwhile, the man seized his chance while Sonia was distracted by the pain. He bent down, picked
up the bags from the ground, and ran.
When Sonia finally snapped back to her senses and realized that she had just been robbed, she
hurriedly got into the car. Ignoring the pain radiating from her feet, she drove after the thief.
She never once imagined she would be so unlucky as to be robbed, and the branded logo on the bags
probably attracted the thief’s attention.
After all, that was the logo of a luxury brand. Whatever was inside the bag would definitely be worth a
lot, so it was a bigger target for greed.
Sonia’s hands tightened around the steering wheel as she stared coldly at the man who was running
away.
Since the man was running on the pedestrian walkway where cars couldn’t drive on, Sonia had to
pursue the man through traffic.
While she drove after the thief, she pulled out her phone to call the police.
She knew that her only choice was to drive after the man, for she could not stop her car anywhere she
liked. If she knew where he ran off to, it would be easier for the police to catch him.
However, just as Sonia got off the phone with the police, the thief suddenly darted into an alleyway to
the left.
Upon seeing that, Sonia’s face twisted.
There was no way her car could fit in that alleyway, so she had no clue where the thief went after
running in there.
That meant it would be quite hard for the police to find the thief unless there were security cameras
within the alleyway.
“Darn it!” As soon as Sonia found a place to safely stop her car, she smacked the steering wheel
furiously.
Anyone would be fuming if they encountered such an incident.
Not only that, she didn’t think she would be so unlucky as to be targeted as soon as she left the mall.
Her eyes were bloodshot due to the anger within her.
However, there was no point in getting angry. Her outfits had been stolen, so the immediate task at
hand was to capture that thief and drag him back.
Still, the event was happening tomorrow night.
After forcing herself to take a few deep breaths and suppress the blazing anger within her, Sonia called
the police once more to let them know where the thief ran off to, and she even requested them to look
through the surveillance cameras in the area to find where the thief went afterward.
Naturally, the police accepted the leads she provided and reassured her that she shouldn’t panic as
they would ensure a satisfactory ending to the case.
Eventually, Sonia was able to force a smile and agreed to the suggestion.
After all, what else could she do?
There was no way she could find the thief when she was all alone, and she had to wait for the police to
settle the case.
Hence, all she could do was believe in the police.
What should she say to Toby?
He had asked her to bring the tuxedo back, yet she couldn’t even do that.
In an instant, Sonia was filled with self-reproach, and she felt so useless.
She couldn’t help letting go of the steering wheel and covering her face with her hands while guilt filled
the air.
Time passed, and someone eventually knocked on the window glass. Sonia’s hands fell away from her
face while revealing her red eyes, and she turned to wind down her window.
The person who knocked on the window was a traffic officer. “Miss, you can’t stop your car here for
long. Please park it somewhere else.”
“Okay,” Sonia nodded and said in a somewhat hoarse voice. “I’ll drive away right now. My apologies.”
The officer didn’t say anything in response but saluted her and walked away.
Sonia sighed. After calming herself down, she started the car once more.
The police had yet to call her back, so they were likely still in pursuit.
They had told her over the phone that they would call her back when they caught the thief. Would they
be able to call by the end of the night?
Sonia rubbed her brows in frustration before deciding to put it out of her mind. The more she thought
about it, the more frustrated she got. In turn, she would be even more distracted from her driving.
Needless to say, it would be troublesome if she got into an accident.
By the time she arrived at Bayside Residence, it was 6.30PM.
After putting away her bags, Sonia slouched across the couch and stayed there. Even though she was
starving, she was in no mood to cook.
The only thing on her mind now was the outfits. As long as the outfits were still missing, she was no
longer in the mood to cook or eat.
Sonia bit her lips and silently stared at the darkened screen of her phone, hoping it would light up.
However, all of that anticipation would lead to nothing.
Although she waited and waited until the sky grew dark, no one ever called her. It was clear the police
had yet to catch the thief.
Anger, panic, and resentment rose within her. Sonia was also upset because she wanted someone to
keep her company and wait with her; after all, she didn’t want to wait alone in fear.
Sonia thought of Toby, and her red lips pursed together.
She missed him.
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