Chapter 1065 Public Exploitation
Toby noticed Sonia’s little movements before joy flashed across his eyes. Then, he pulled his phone away from his ears and put it on the loudspeaker.
When she heard that his call was amplified, she knew that the man had found out she was eavesdropping, and she was immediately embarrassed. She felt that she was acting like a thief.
However, it was a good thing that he noticed. Now, she didn’t have to continue eavesdropping, nor did she have to worry about not being able to hear the conversation.
As she thought of this, Sonia straightened her body that was leaning to the side.
After all, now that Toby had turned on the loudspeaker for her to listen in, she didn’t have to try so hard to eavesdrop since it was tiring.
On the other end of the phone, Tom had no idea what was happening on Toby’s side. After hearing Toby’s question, Tom smiled and replied, “That idiot is really a coward. When I first went to look for him, I thought that he would put up a fight. Yet, as soon as I took out my wrench, the man dropped to his knees and confessed everything. President Fuller, it seems like the news of how you like to pull people’s teeth is well known in the circle.”
Toby remained expressionless, but this took Sonia by surprise. “What? Pull people’s teeth?”
However, Charles, who was on the side, didn’t have a reaction. When he heard her exclamation, he lowered the volume of her game a little before raising his head to explain, “Do you not know about that, Sonny? Pulling out teeth is one of the punishments this guy does to some people in the circle.”
He freed one hand and pointed at Toby.
Toby glanced at him lightly but did not refute. This was seen as a sign that Charles was right.
She took a gulp of water and looked at him. “What is Charles saying? Can you elaborate?”
Toby raised his chin. “You know very well that in my current position, I will naturally have a lot of enemies. Many people are jealous of me and want to pull the Fuller Group or me down. Therefore, these people will either try to plant moles in the Fuller Group or secretly plot against me. I can’t go too lightly against these people. Instead, I need to be ruthless. So, over time, I began to revert to a few common means to deal with them. Pulling their teeth is one of them. But that is just to deal with those hard-mouthed people. It’s not something I always do.”
“I see.” Sonia nodded suddenly. “You never told me about this.”
Then, he clenched his fist and placed it against his lips before letting out a light cough. “If I told you these, I’m afraid I’ll scare you away, and you’ll think I’m barbarous.”
“I won’t.” Sonia smiled and shook her head. “Being in such a high position, you’d face all sorts of danger. If you don’t use some ruthless means to deal with them, you wouldn’t be able to protect yourself, your family, or the company. So, it is understandable for you to do this. You also don’t have to worry about my thoughts of how barbarous you know. Although I am soft-hearted, I am still reasonable. I know when to be cruel and when to be empathetic.”
Wouldn’t she be considered a saint if she was always empathetic and kind?
A saint was also often more likely to attract enemies and hurt the people around her.
After hearing Sonia’s words, Toby glanced at her and smiled. “I’m glad you can think that way.”
However, she shot him an angry look. “All right now, hurry up and answer Tom.”
On the other end of the phone, Tom heard what she said, waved his hand, and quickly said, “It’s okay, Miss Reed. You and President Fuller can take your time. I can wait. You don’t have to feel like you’re dragging my time.”
Tom was afraid that Toby did not want to talk to him and that Toby wanted to hang up the phone to focus on talking to Sonia.
Yet, she was pushing for him to talk to Tom, and this would definitely rile Toby up.
Wouldn’t this just set Tom up for a scolding?
“How can we keep you waiting? Wouldn’t it be better if you get this over with so you can do something else?” Sonia smiled at Toby’s phone before tugging him, motioning him to go back on the call with Tom.
Toby pursed his thin lips, obviously reluctant. Yet, he didn’t want to oppose her as well, so he turned to his phone. “Even if he has confessed, we can’t let him off the hook so easily.”
When Tom heard the coldness in Toby’s voice, he smiled bitterly. Well, it seems like President Fuller is unhappy. Forget it. He is my boss at the end of the day. If my boss is angry, I’d have to endure it. Otherwise, I’d be too embarrassed to receive such a high salary and the 0.2% share dividend.
“What do you mean, President Fuller?” Tom asked as he nudged his glasses.
Toby did not answer immediately. Instead, he glanced at Sonia.
However, she motioned him to continue. “You can decide for yourself. Don’t ask me. I wouldn’t know what to do if you did.”
This assured him.
As kind as she was, she wasn’t blind. She knew those bad people should be punished.
However, she might be able to ruthlessly punish them.
So, this was where he should step in.
He had no intention of forcing her. So, he looked down at the phone on the desk as coldness flashed across his eyes. “Since she can so easily take the pay and fabricate news like this, I’m sure she has done more things. Collect all the evidence of her crimes, I’m sure there’s more. I’ll make sure she rots in prison!”
A woman who dared to sell him out for her own benefits must be prepared to pay such a price.
This was how he warned others.
It was a warning to those who were plotting against his women; they should know better and stay away.
Otherwise, he would not let a single one go.
“Okay, President Fuller. I know what to do.” Tom nodded.
Then, Toby turned to Sonia. “What do you think?”
She hummed. “I think that’s a good idea. As a victim of cyberbullying, any fake news will harm the parties involved. Throwing these minions in jail will also purify the Internet. In a way, you’re also taking revenge for those who had suffered cyberbullying because of him. At the same time, you’re also preventing others from experiencing it. I think you’ve done a good job.”
Sonia gave the man a thumbs up.
This made his lips curled up. “Is that all?”
“What?” She was stunned, obviously not understanding what the man meant.
He then stretched out his hand and held her thumb in his palm, squeezing it lightly. “Isn’t this praise too simple? It’s just a thumbs up.”
Hearing this, she rolled her eyes. “Then, what do you want?”
Toby bent down and pointed to his cheek.
It was obvious what he wanted—he wanted a kiss.
Suddenly, Sonia’s face was flushed red.
When he noticed that she didn’t make a move, he urged, “Hurry up. This kind of compliment is more convincing, which will make me really believe that you’re praising me. A thumbs up is too perfunctory.”
The corners of Sonia’s mouth twitched. Perfunctory? What is this man talking about?
She did not think that it was perfunctory for her to give a thumbs up at all.
It was obvious that this dirty dog wanted to get more from this.
After all, this was something he would do very often, but back then, he would only do this when they were alone.
Yet now, he had the courage to pull this stunt when there were people around.
Sonia also knew that he did this on purpose. With Charles here, Toby was deliberately trying to provoke him.
What Toby was trying to do was not only obvious to her, but Charles had also seen through it with a glance and sneered in his heart.
Toby Fuller, you b*stard!
