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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?”

his composure. “President Fuller, are

Toby nodded in affirmation.

for a while, and after making sure that the man was not joking, he said after a long pause, “To tell you the truth, President Fuller, I don’t think Tina and Maple are the

about her, she’s warm and kind, not to mention

speaking, he peered up at Toby apprehensively, worried that he might have angered

did not appear furious at all

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 scratched his head, unable to figure out what Toby

finally said in a cold voice, “You’re right. She has

Tom felt something click in his mind. He pushed his glasses up his nose bridge and asked, “Have you

President Fuller‘s been cold and distant to Miss Gray for the past two days. That makes sense, seeing

would naturally grow indifferent

the one who collected Maple’s letters on my

want me to drop by

“Yes” Toby replied.

right on it, sir,” Tom said dutifully. “I’ll head

QORON

the sudden realization that something was off dawned

this.

the way in Marina City, but the Gray Residence is in Eastbourne. Both these cities are practically sixty kilometers away, and the Gray Family has been in Eastbourne for the last twenty years; they never once moved. It’s as

widened by a fraction as he pondered on this new revelation.

up again from across the desk, “I remember you mentioned that

chin jerked slightly.

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 she didn’t often write

letters Maple wrote to Toby, but she did pen the address on the envelopes, which was enough to make him come to the conclusion that she had understated and refined handwriting. It was distinct and easy on

who

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