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Chapter 253

Chapter 253

Suddenly, the door to the office flew open, and Tom came barging in without even knocking. “President Fuller!”

Toby frowned and demanded irritably, “What is

Tom did not answer him immediately but looked around the office like he was searching for something. At the sight of this, Toby pursed his lips into a grim line and asked coldly, “Just what are you looking at?”

“President Fuller, where is Miss Reed?” Tom asked hastily.

Toby recalled what he had done earlier with Sonia’s cup of leftover tea and subconsciously grazed his thumb over his lips, then said plainly, “She left.”

Taken aback by this, Tom raised his voice by an octave as he repeated, “Left?”

Massaging his temples tiredly, Toby sauntered over to his desk. “Why are you looking for her?”

“Have you forgotten, President Fuller? I just got back from Marina City,” Tom replied urgently as he followed the other man from behind.

Upon hearing this, Toby stopped in his tracks and turned to shoot his assistant a dark look. “What are you implying? Are you trying to say that whatever you found out about Maple has

something to do with Sonia?”

He felt his heartbeat speed up at the possibility of this

Tom nodded solemnly. “That’s right. I went to Marina City and tracked down Maple’s old postal address, and it turned out to be the Reeds’ residence! That means –”

“Sonia and Maple are the same person!” Toby finished Tom’s sentence. His eyes widened at the revelation, and he quivered slightly as his fists clenched at his sides.

Tom continued quickly, “Yes. Miss Reed is definitely Maple; there’s no doubt about it. Maple said that she had a stepmother and a sister, not to mention a pet dog named Bucky. Now that her address has turned out to be the Reeds’ residence, Miss Reed is the only one who could possibly be Maple.”

The words came rushing out in a flurry, and at the end of his elaboration, Tom found himself slightly out of breath. He inhaled deeply and calmed himself, then went on to say, “More importantly, Maple and Miss Reed have similar handwriting. While the former’s lacks the refinement of the latter’s, one could still tell that the penmanship is the same. And yet, neither of us have ever recognized this, even when Miss Reed shares the same backstory as Maple. A single thought is all it would have taken for us to connect the dots, but we never did! How

could we not have figured out that Miss Reed is Maple all along?”

He paused and lowered his head in shame. “I’m starting to wonder if I’m an idiot.”

Toby slammed his fist against the desk, and the veins on the back of his hand were throbbing as he seethed, “No, you aren’t an idiot. Someone’s been playing dirty tricks to stop us from ever connecting the dots.”

Maple, so it was strange that no one had ever noticed

been under the influence of that strange

you saying that somebody doesn’t want us to know about Miss Reed’s identity as Maple? Could it be Tina?

that a secret from us, but there’s no way she could stop us from putting the pieces together. So how could we have overlooked all the clues that pointed

confusing, isn’t it?”

“Do you believe that there might be some mysterious force in

he quipped, “Well, of course, though I’m quite sure the force

reason why you asked to see a therapist the last time, President Fuller? I thought you

was implying that I have

with thought, and when he remained silent, Tom took it as a

only that the doctor had not been able to diagnose him as such. Perhaps the person who had

his cheek and

in his mind turning. “From now onward,

the better!”

sir!” Tom promised immediately,

they were in. Just as Tom was about to leave to carry out

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as he dipped his

Maple before he found

knew the person behind Maple’s pen name, the idea of reconciling with Sonia terrified him, for

sensing how conflicted Toby was, Tom sighed and pointed out bluntly, “Look, President Fuller, I know you said you loved Tina, but that was because you thought she was Maple. However,

you never loved her at

twitched. “When did

have said you loved her, but I could tell from your eyes that you did not. You were only kind to

fell silent at

what Tom said, he concluded that he indeed had never loved Tina. Tom had gathered as much six years ago, while he only became aware

happened because of that

else I’d like to tell you, President Fuller-the person you love is

look of surprise flashed in Toby’s eyes. “I’m sorry. Did you just say that I’m in

wanted you to realize it on your own because there’s a chance that you might not believe me if I were to tell

a single sound, but at the same time, he felt

be

yet, try as he might rebuke such a notion,

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