Suddenly, the door to the office flew open, and Tom came barging in without even knocking. “President Fuller!”

Toby frowned and demanded irritably, “What is it?”

Tom did not answer him immediately but looked around the office like he was searching for something. At the sight of this, Toby pursed his lips into a grim line and asked coldly, “Just what are you looking at?”

“President Fuller, where is Miss Reed?” Tom asked hastily.

 

Toby recalled what he had done earlier with Sonia’s cup of leftover tea and subconsciously grazed his thumb over his lips, then said plainly, “She left.”

Taken aback by this, Tom raised his voice by an octave as he repeated, “Left?”

Massaging his temples tiredly, Toby sauntered over to his desk. “Why are you looking for her?”

“Have you forgotten, President Fuller? I just got back from Marina City,” Tom replied urgently as he followed the other man from behind.

Upon hearing this, Toby stopped in his tracks and turned to shoot his assistant a dark look. “What are you implying? Are you trying to say that whatever you found out about Maple has something to do with Sonia?”

He felt his heartbeat speed up at the possibility of this.

 

City and tracked down Maple’s old postal address, and it turned out to be

widened at the revelation, and he quivered slightly

Maple said that she had a stepmother and a sister, not to mention a pet dog named Bucky. Now that her address has turned out to be the Reeds’ residence, Miss Reed is

still tell that the penmanship is the same. And yet, neither of us have ever recognized this, even when Miss Reed shares the same backstory as Maple. A single

and lowered his head in shame. “I’m starting to

the back of his hand were throbbing as he seethed, “No, you aren’t an idiot.

the Fuller Family knew about Toby’s history with Maple, so it was strange that no one had

that everyone had been under

to what Toby was thinking, Tom widened his eyes in shock as he asked hesitantly, “President Fuller, are you saying that somebody doesn’t want us to know

reconsidered. “It’s only natural for Tina to keep that a secret from us, but there’s no way she could stop us from putting the pieces together. So how could we have overlooked all the

intently and asked, “Do you believe that there might be some mysterious force in this world that could control one’s thoughts

he chuckled dismissively as he quipped, “Well, of course,

as he was done speaking, a sudden realization dawned upon him, and he slightly opened his mouth as he pressed, “Is this the reason why you asked to see a therapist the last time, President Fuller? I

said earlier, he was implying that

eyes were dark with thought, and when he remained silent, Tom took it as

Dr. Anderson had reassured Toby that he was not hypnotized, he was still certain that the opposite was true, only that the doctor had not been able to diagnose him as such. Perhaps the person who had carried out the hypnotism was far more skilled at it than Dr. Anderson and the

cheek and

his mind turning. “From now onward, go and contact

Tom promised immediately,

renowned hypnotists could break them out of this state of mind-control that they were in. Just as Tom was about to leave to carry out his new orders, he thought of something

dipped his head and pondered on

wanted to meet up with Maple before he found out that she

of reconciling with Sonia terrified him, for there

sighed and pointed out bluntly, “Look, President Fuller, I know you said you loved Tina, but that was because you thought she was Maple.

lips twitched. “When did you realize I was never in love

were only kind to her because you thought she was Maple, and it was only when Maple was brought up that love would

silent at

loved Tina. Tom had gathered as much six years ago, while he only became

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