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.’

shoved it into his pocket, then

 

the sky seemed to break with a sudden torrential downpour, which was swiftly followed by fog that blurred the road

the past few days? The forecast said that it would be sunny, but the rain has

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

dryly. “I was only making an observation, but you’re right to say that there isn’t anything

his own thoughts when he saw

as he stood in the middle of the

saw this, too, and though he honked several times to

have a death wish or something? Why the hell is he standing in the middle of the road

voice. Judging from the way he refuses to budge, chances are he’s

an abrupt halt. Tom and Toby leaned forward due to the inertia, thereafter

to glance at Toby and asked hastily, “Are you

irritably. Then, pinching the space between his

demanded with wide eyes, “Are you getting out of the

quieter streets of Eastbourne. There were hardly any cars that passed by the area, and as of now, the entire stretch of road was completely empty save

President Fuller to get out of the car now! With that in mind, Tom turned to

moment something goes awry,” Toby instructed ominously with narrowed eyes. He was going to get down from this car no

to see for myself

there was no dissuading Toby when he had already made up his mind. Sighing, he opened up the storage compartment in the

before walking toward the middle of the road. He stopped in front of the man, who slowly lifted the edge of the black umbrella to reveal

far as he was concerned, the man before him did not boast incredible good looks, and he demanded icily, “Who

should go back the way you came,” the mysterious man said with an equally cold and

suspiciously. “What

growing tired of their exchange. “Do you really have to go and expose Tina for pretending to

clenched his fists, turning more

turn the car around and

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