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 the Reeds’ residence! That

are the same person!” Toby finished Tom’s sentence. His eyes widened at the revelation, and he quivered slightly

Reed is definitely Maple; there’s no doubt about it. 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 the

calmed himself, then went on to say, “More importantly, Maple and Miss Reed have similar handwriting. While the former’s lacks the refinement of the latter’s, one could 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 thought

paused 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. Someone’s

history with Maple, so it was strange that no one had ever noticed how similar Sonia was to

everyone had been under the

eyes in shock as he asked hesitantly, “President Fuller, are you saying that somebody doesn’t want us to know about Miss Reed’s identity as Maple? Could it be Tina? But that

but there’s no way she could stop us from putting the pieces together. So how could we have

believe that there might be

“Well, of course,

this the reason why you asked to see a therapist the last time, President Fuller? I thought you were trying to find an emotional outlet or something but were you suspecting that you

said earlier, he was implying that I have been

were dark with thought, and when he remained silent,

opposite was true, only that the doctor had not been able to diagnose him as

Tom patted his cheek and muttered, “How did this

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

sir!” Tom promised immediately,

were in. Just as Tom was about to leave to carry out his new orders, he

dipped his head and

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

Maple’s pen name, the idea of reconciling with Sonia terrified him, for there was far too much that had happened

bluntly, “Look, President Fuller, I know you said you loved Tina, but that was

twitched. “When did you realize I was never

the very beginning,” Tom answered easily. “I believe it was six years ago when you first met Tina. You might have said you loved her, but I could tell from your eyes that you did not. You were only kind to her because you thought she was Maple, and it was only when Maple was brought up that love would gleam in your

fell silent

what Tom said, he concluded that he indeed had never loved Tina. Tom had gathered as much six years

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