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, its late at night, and it’s nearly midnight! He must be insane to have asked me to go by the FullersResidence! 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?”

by this, but he quickly regained his composure. “President Fuller, are you suspecting that Miss Gray

Toby nodded in affirmation.

while, and after making sure that the man was not joking, he said after a long pause, “To

these years, and I’ve seen you exchange letters with Maple. From what I’ve gathered about her, she’s warm and kind, not

he was done speaking, he peered up at Toby apprehensively,

Toby did not appear furious at all but looked as if he was immersed

quiet 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

ticked by, and Toby finally said in a cold voice, “You’re right. She has none of these qualities, and she has no right to assume Maple’s

up his nose bridge and asked, “Have you discovered something that made

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

to her because he believed she was Maple. If the opposite were true, then he would naturally grow indifferent

narrowed his eyes pensively without answering Tom’s question and asked instead, “You were the one who collected Maple’s letters on

me to drop by

“Yes” Toby replied.

dutifully. “I’ll head over to Marina

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broke off, and his eyes widened as the

frowned at this. “What

are practically sixty kilometers away, and the Gray Family has been in Eastbourne for

widened by a fraction as he pondered on this new

Tom spoke up again from across the desk, “I remember you mentioned that Maple used to have a

jerked slightly.

any pet dogs. You also mentioned that Maple has a stepmother and a sister, but Mrs. Gray has always been the first wife. All these aside, I caught a glimpse of Tina’s handwriting last month when she got bored in your office and scribbled a couple of things. While

of the letters Maple wrote to Toby, but she did pen the address on the envelopes, which was enough to make him come to the

who had

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