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

widened at

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

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 is all it

paused and lowered his head in shame. “I’m

the veins on the back of his hand were throbbing as he seethed, “No, you aren’t an idiot. Someone’s been playing dirty

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

had been under the influence of that strange mysterious

shock as he asked hesitantly, “President Fuller, are you saying that somebody doesn’t want us to

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 clues that pointed to the

you believe that there might

first, but he chuckled dismissively as he quipped, “Well, of course, though I’m quite sure

and he slightly opened his mouth as he pressed, “Is this the reason why you asked to see

Fuller said earlier, he was implying that

he remained silent, Tom took it as a

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

and

turning. “From now onward, go and contact the world’s

Tom promised immediately, his expression

renowned hypnotists could break them out of this state of mind-control that they were in. Just as Tom was about to leave

Toby made no reply as he dipped his head

wanted to meet up with Maple before he

the idea of reconciling with Sonia terrified him, for there was far too much

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

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

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 eyes. In other words, you have always treated Tina and

silent

he indeed had never loved Tina. Tom had gathered as much six years ago, while he only became

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