With that in mind, Toby fished out his phone and called Sonia’s number only to hear a cold automated voice answer in her stead, monotonously informing him that her phone had been switched off.

Tom heard it as well and cleared his throat. “Well, that shouldn’t stop you, President Fuller. Why don’t you look for her and explain things to her in person?”

Toby’s eyes glimmered at this, and for a brief second, he almost took Tom’s advice.

But the next moment, he shook his head and said, “No. I want to go over to the Gray Residence and personally expose Tina for putting on an act all these years.”

 

“Yes, sir. I’ll bring the car around immediately,” Tom said with renewed fervor as he adjusted his glasses and left to get the car ready.

Meanwhile, Toby clicked into his phone gallery and found the two pictures of Sonia that the boutique assistant had taken previously. His eyes were dark with a gentle longing as he muttered to himself, “Six years we were married. Why didn’t you ever tell me that you were my pen pal?”

If she had only given him some kind of clue that would make him realize she was Maple, then he never would have treated her the way he had!

He was pulled from his thoughts when his phone vibrated with a new message.

He glanced at his screen and saw that Tom had sent him a text, which read, ‘President Fuller, I’ve brought the car around for you. I’ll be waiting at the main entrance of the company.’

his phone without replying and shoved it into his pocket, then

 

break with a

how odd the weather has been for the past few days? The forecast said that it would

odd about that. Those things happen every year,” Toby remarked plainly as he stared at Sonia’s photo, his

you’re right to say

him, and he was about to drown in his own thoughts when he saw a figure standing on

figure was dressed entirely in white, and he was holding up a black umbrella as he stood

too, and though he honked several times to signal the person to move away, it

Tom frowned and grumbled sullenly, “Does he have a death wish or something? Why the hell is he standing in the middle of the

in a low voice. Judging from the way he refuses

abrupt halt. Tom and Toby leaned forward due to the inertia, thereafter falling backward into their seats

at Toby and asked

ahead and snapped irritably. Then, pinching the

wide eyes, “Are you getting

passed by the area, and as of now, the entire stretch of road was completely empty save for their car and the mysterious

did that person come from? More to the point, why is he blocking our way? There’s no telling if he’s good or bad, so it’s too dangerous for President Fuller to get out of the car now! With that in mind, Tom turned to cast Toby a concerned look before advising solemnly, “President Fuller, I don’t think you should be getting out of the car. We don’t even know the

fire shots the moment something goes awry,” Toby instructed ominously with narrowed eyes. He was going to get

for myself

mind. Sighing, he opened up the storage compartment in the car and carefully drew out a pistol, then assembled its parts while nodding as he said, “Roger that, sir. I’ll

umbrella from the side before walking toward the middle of the road. He stopped in front of

he was concerned, the man before him did not boast incredible good looks,

back the way you came,” the mysterious man said with an equally

eyes suspiciously. “What

and expose

widened his eyes and clenched his fists, turning more

turn the car around and pretend you never

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