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Chapter 249

Chapter 249

it was at that precise moment that Toby became sure of the truth: Tina was not Maple.

After all, if she indeed was Maple, then why would she burn the letters which had brought them together instead of keeping them and reminiscing over them? Because she was afraid that keeping those letters would one day bring her lies crumbling down.

Jean saw that Toby was trembling slightly, like he was suppressing insurmountable rage. A chill ran down her spine as she swallowed and asked hesitantly, “T-Toby, what’s the matter with you?”

Toby ignored her and took out his phone to make a call.

Before long, Tom’s groggy voice sounded from the other line as he yawned and asked, “President Fuller, is there something wrong?”

“Come by the Fuller Residence now. I need to ask you something.” Having said that brusquely, Toby hung up the call without another word.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the phone, Tom sat up in bed with a spaced-out look on his face. Did he just ask me to drop by the Fuller Residence?

As his mind cleared up, he detached the phone from his ear and stared at the screen. When he saw that it was close to midnight, he let out a

 

frustrated groan. For heaven’s sake, it‘s late at night, and it’s nearly midnight! He must be insane to have asked me to go by the Fullers‘ Residence! Whatever this is about, why couldn’t he have told me over the phone and insisted that I go over to his place?

Despite Tom’s resentment, he got out of bed anyway and begrudgingly began to get ready, then headed over to the Fuller Residence as ordered.

At around 1.00AM, he found himself standing in Toby’s study. “What is it that you needed to ask me, President Fuller?” he asked with a polite smile, though he was cursing Toby over and over in his heart.

As though sensing the man’s annoyance, Toby shot him a pointed look and tapped his fingers against his ice-cold desk. “Do you think Tina is Maple?”

but he quickly regained his composure. “President Fuller, are you

Toby nodded in affirmation.

sure that the man was not joking, he said after a long pause,

for all these years, and I’ve seen you exchange letters with Maple. From what I’ve gathered about her, she’s warm

at Toby apprehensively, worried that he might have

to his surprise, Toby did not appear furious at all but looked as

breath of relief. Thank goodness President Fuller isn‘t mad at me for making those disparaging comments about Miss Gray, but I wonder why he doubts her identity as Maple. He

said in a cold voice, “You’re right. She has none of these qualities, and she

pushed his glasses up his nose bridge and asked, “Have you discovered

President Fuller‘s been cold and distant to Miss Gray for the past two

would naturally grow indifferent toward her. After all, Miss Reed is the one he’s

the one who collected Maple’s letters on my behalf when I

me to drop by the place and find out if

“Yes” Toby replied.

on it, sir,” Tom said dutifully. “I’ll head over to Marina

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broke off, and his eyes widened as the sudden realization that something

frowned at this. “What is

is in Eastbourne. Both these cities are practically sixty kilometers away, and the

widened by a fraction as he pondered on this new revelation. That’s right. If Tina really was Maple, then the postal address would have been Eastbourne and not Marina

Tom spoke up again from across the desk, “I remember you

chin jerked slightly.

of Tina’s handwriting last month

on the envelopes, which was enough to make him come to the conclusion that she had understated and refined handwriting. It

who had

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