Novel Name : Boss, Your Wife's Asking For A Divorce, Again

Boss, Your Wife's Asking For A Divorce, Again Chapter 253

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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 it?” 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.”

Along with Tom, the rest of the Fuller Family knew about Toby’s history with Maple, so it was strange

that no one had ever noticed how similar Sonia was to Maple. This could only mean that everyone had

been under the influence of that strange mysterious force as well. Clueless as to what Toby was

thinking, Tom widened his eyes in shock as he asked hesitantly, “President Fuller, are you saying that

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

doesn’t make any sense…” He trailed off pensively, then shook his head as he reconsidered.

“It’s only natural for Tina to keep 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 to the fact that

Miss Reed and Maple are the same person? It’s all so confusing, isn’t it?” Just then, Toby looked at

Tom intently and asked, “Do you believe that there might be some mysterious force in this world that

could control one’s thoughts and emotions?” Tom froze at first, but he chuckled dismissively as he

quipped, “Well, of course, though I’m quite sure the force is called hypnotism.”

As soon as he was done speaking, a sudden realization dawned upon him, and he slightly opened his

mouth as he pressed, “Is this the reason why you asked to see a therapist the last time, President

Fuller? I thought you were trying to find an emotional outlet or something but were you suspecting that

you have been hypnotized?” And from what President Fuller said earlier, he was implying that I have

been hypnotized as well! Toby’s eyes were dark with thought, and when he remained silent, Tom took it

as a confirmation. While Dr. Anderson had reassured Toby that he was not hypnotized, he was still

certain that the opposite was true, only that the doctor had not been able to diagnose him as such.

Perhaps the person who had carried out the hypnotism was far more skilled at it than Dr. Anderson and

the other therapists. Dazed, Tom patted his cheek and muttered, “How did this even happen?” Toby

looked down, the wheels in his mind turning. “From now onward, go and contact the world’s most

renowned hypnotists—the more, the better!” “Yes, sir!” Tom promised immediately, his expression

stiffening. It was only sensible that only the most renowned hypnotists could break them out of this

state of mind-control that they were in. Just as Tom was about to leave to carry out his new orders, he

thought of something and asked, “By the way, President Fuller, would you like to reconcile with Miss

Reed?”

Reconcile… Toby made no reply as he dipped his head and pondered on the idea of it. He had always

wanted to meet up with Maple before he found out that she was Sonia. But now that he knew the

person behind Maple’s pen name, the idea of reconciling with Sonia terrified him, for there was far too

much that had happened between them. As though 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, all this while, everyone can tell that you never loved her at all.” When

Toby heard this, his lips twitched. “When did you realize I was never in love with Tina?”

“From the very beginning,” Tom answered easily. “I believe it was six years ago when you first met

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

kind to her because you thought she was Maple, and it was only when Maple was brought up that love

would gleam in your eyes. In other words, you have always treated Tina and Maple as two separate

entities.” Toby fell silent at this. Having heard 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 of this after the car

accident. Could all this really have happened because of that mysterious force?

“There’s something else I’d like to tell you, President Fuller—the person you love is actually Miss

Reed,” Tom added as a matter-of-fact while adjusting his glasses. A look of surprise flashed in Toby’s

eyes. “I’m sorry. Did you just say that I’m in love with Sonia?” “Yes, and you’ve been in love with her for

quite some time now, though you never realized it. I—along with Old Mrs. Fuller, Mr. Coleman—could

tell all along, but we didn’t tell you. I wanted you to realize it on your own because there’s a chance that

you might not believe me if I were to tell you outright.”

Tom lifted his hands with the palm facing upward, sounding as if he didn’t have much of a choice in the

matter. Meanwhile, Toby’s throat felt dry, and he could not utter a single sound, but at the same time,

he felt as though there was a tempest within him. How could I possibly be in love with Sonia? And yet,

try as he might rebuke such a notion, he ultimately could not. Toby loved Maple, and now that she

turned out to be Sonia, it would naturally mean he was in love with the latter. The equation was logical,

but that was clearly not what Tom had meant; he was trying to tell Toby that at some point, he had

begun to fall for Sonia, even before the whole truth was revealed. “So why are you telling me this

now?”

Toby demanded hoarsely. Tom rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. “Well, it’s only because we’re

sure Miss Reed is Maple now, but from the moment I realized you were in love with Miss Reed, I knew

you no longer had any affection for Maple.” He paused in thought. “You were only attached to the idea

of her, and that made you think you were in love with her, but now that both these women are one and

the same, I figured I’d have nothing to hide anymore.” There was a steely glint in Toby’s eyes, and he

grew reticent as Tom’s words sunk in. I get it now. I thought I was in love with Maple all this time, but

that hasn’t been true for a while now, and I’m actually in love with Sonia instead!

Even if Maple was Sonia, the love he had for the latter was entirely different, because it was one that

happened before he even knew the truth. Perhaps that was the reason why he felt he had lost

something precious when he first divorced Sonia. In fact, this explained why he was always so jealous

and angry whenever he saw her getting close to other men. At that moment, everything fell into place.

He could finally understand why he was always so affected by Sonia and why he had sipped her

leftover tea and became lost in thought at the sight of her lipstick stain.

It was because he loved her, and there was no mysterious force at play; he was truly in love with her.

Tom saw the expression on Toby’s face and knew instantly that the man was processing all this. He

beamed and prompted encouragingly, “Go and reconcile with Miss Reed, President Fuller. I’m sure she

would forgive you once you tell her that the both of you were pen pals.” Would she honestly forgive

me?

Toby’s lips pressed into a thin line. He wasn’t sure if Sonia would forgive him, but he really did want to

know why Tina had turned up in her place after they had agreed to meet up all those years ago. More

importantly, he wanted to find out how Tina even knew they were pen pals in the first place!

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