Chapter 256


    The sound of Toby’s footsteps sounded as if he was stepping on Tina’s contracting heart, filling it


    with fear and panicking her. At the same time, she subconsciously stepped back, her lips trembling


    in silence.


    Seeing her reaction, Toby couldn’t help but feel disgusted with it. “What’s wrong? The cat got your


    tongue? Let me answer the question for you. That’s because you never lived in Marina City; you


    never kept a pet dog, and neither did you ever have a stepmother and sister. So, tell me now. Do


    you still insist that you are Maple?”


    At that moment, a loud thump was heard when Tina copsed onto the ground with a nk gaze on


    her face. In the meantime, Toby only fixed his eyes on her, immediately knowing what her gesture


    meant because she could no longer cover up her wrongdoings.


    “Tina!” Julia quickly came closer to her daughter and hugged her, cing her hands on her


    shoulders. “Are you alright, Tina?”


    Nevertheless, Tina only puckered her lips, wanting to say something, only to swallow her own words


    eventually. Feeling helpless and panicked, Julia turned to Toby and asked, “What was it that you


    were telling Tina, Toby? What’s all that about posing as Sonia and Maple? I don’t understand a


    single thing about that matter at all.”


    Without looking at the woman, Toby kept his eyes on Tina and replied to Julia, saying, “Your


    beloved daughter posed as the person whom I had always thought to be the woman of my life and


    enjoyed what was not rightfully hers for six years.


    “What?! So, you’re saying you don’t love Tina now?” Julia raised her voice.


    However, Toby responded with a cold grunt and said, “I never loved her, in fact. Sonia has always


    been the one I’ve loved because she is the one who’s truly my pen pal, and the only reason Tina


    got to be with me was that she posed as her. Why else do you think I’d confess my love to someone


    like her, whom I never met six years ago?


    “Well...” Julia was tongue-tied as she began to recall what had happened. While she knew the two


    of them had never seen each other due to the inequality between their statuses, she quickly


    realized it was actually Toby who wasn’t aware at all about her existence. On the other hand, Tina


    had truly seen Toby before, judging by how he was an outstanding man any woman would dream of


    marrying.


    One day, Toby unexpectedly showed up at the Gray Residence and confessed his love for Tina,


    which Julia found to be strange because he had never seen her before, especially with his


    sentimental gaze. Nheless, she quickly dismissed it as a reason that he fell in love with Tina at


    first sight. Furthermore, their young age served to convince Julia even more that both of them were


    just a young couple who desperately sought some unforgettable romance. However, now that the


    truth had been uncovered, she was shocked to discover that it was her daughter who had been


    scheming to take Toby away from Sonia all along.


    At the thought of that, Julia cast a strange gaze on Tina, who guiltily looked away before thetter


    stood up and seized Toby’s arm in a tearful manner. “I’m sorry, Toby. This is all my fault. I m so


    sorry! I shouldn’t have posed as Sonia, but I just couldn’t help it because—I love you!


    Knowing she could never get away with the fact that her scheme was exposed, Tina decisively


    apologized to Toby and begged for forgiveness. After all, she reckoned she still stood a chance to


    win his favor if she could have his forgiveness.


    “You love me?” Toby chuckled in irony while pinching Tina’s chin hard. You posed as Sonia and took


    what was hers away from her because you loved me. Well, if everyone just takes anything they


    want from others just because they love them, what kind of world would we be living in?!” Toby


    pinched Tina’s chin harder this time.


    As Tina was overwhelmed by the painful twinge, tears began to roll down her cheek. Meanwhile,


    Toby felt a stab of pain in his heart when he saw her tears, but it wasn’t because he felt sympathetic


    toward her, but because the same thing that happened at the restaurant thest time was now


    happening again. Therefore, Toby made up his mind to bear with the pain he was going through on


    the inside because he was never going to tolerate Tina ever again. After that, he shook off her chin


    and took a handkerchief from his breast pocket to wipe his fingers with a disgusted look on his face.


    Upon wiping them, he even threw the handkerchief away as a gesture of revulsion.


    “I’ll cancel our engagement as soon as possible, Tina, but be warned that I will not go easy on you


    for the lie you fed us in the past six years, so you’d better pray hard from now on.” Toby finished his


    words while fixing his cold gaze on Tina like a sharp de that pierced through her soul. It was only


    a few momentster that he took his eyes off her and left the mansion.


    The moment Toby disappeared from sight, Tina went weak in her limbs and copsed onto the


    ground like she was exhausted from days of starvation. While her face was covered in a cold sweat,


    she couldn’t stop thinking about Toby’s intimidating gaze because he seemed as if he was going to


    make her suffer in a living hell. At the thought of that, she curled up and hugged


    herself.


    “What’s going on?” Julia sympathetically let out a sigh and asked.


    “Mom.” Tina held her mother’s hands and agitatedly asked, “What should I do now, Mom? What


    should I do?”


    As Julia started to feel Tina’s fingers tightening around her palm, she began to see red marks,


    whereupon she tried to free herself from her daughter’s grip. Nevertheless, Tina simply wouldn’t let


    go, as if she was waiting for her mother to suggest something. In the end, Julia helplessly endured


    the pain and said, “I didn’t know about this at all. After all, you did pose as Sonia, and you can’t


    really me Toby for being mad about it. Anyway, why didn’t you tell your dad and me about this


    back then? We both had always thought that Toby was truly in love with you.” In fact, Julia and her


    husband had always


    thought it was Sonia who tried to take Tina’s ce.


    “What’s the point of saying those things now?!” Tina shook off her mother’s hand and screeched,


    “Toby is going to cancel our engagement now, and I can’t let that happen! I went through a lot


    before I got this far, so I’m never going to let this opportunity slip away. I’d rather die if that


    happened!” She then frantically stretched her arms to reach for her own face, leaving red scratch


    marks on the skin.


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    Fearing that Tina could disfigure her face, Julia immediately restrained her hands and consoled her.


    “Okay. Okay, we won’t let that happen. I’ll call your dad and talk to him about this.” As soon as she


    finished her words, she instantly gave Titus a call.


    In the meantime, Tom approached Toby with an umbre when he saw himing out of the


    house. “Have you told her everything, President


    Fuller?”


    “Take me to Bayside Residence now.” Toby didnt answer Tom’s question, only closing his eyes


    tiredly after getting into the car. Seeing his tired look, Tom was left with his mouth wide open as he


    went ahead to start the engine and leave his question behind him.


    An hourter, they arrived at Bayside Residence, whereupon Toby knocked on the door at Sonia’s


    apartment. At that moment, she happened to be writing when she heard the knock on the door.


    Thus, she put down her pen and went to find out who it was. “Who is it?”


    On the other hand, Toby was able to hear her voice but didn’t respond to it. After all, he knew she


    wouldn’t open the door for him if he did. At the same time, Sonia yawned and went ahead to answer


    the door without even looking through the peephole. When she saw Toby, she was stunned for a


    split second before she knitted her eyebrows and closed the door. However, Toby was quick enough


    to stop it by cing his hand on the door, pitifully begging her not to turn him away. “Please don’t


    close the door. I have something to tell you.”


    “What is it?” Sonia knitted her eyebrows.


    Knowing she wouldn’t close the door, Toby put his hand down and set his eyes on Sonia in an


    emotional manner before he wrapped his arms around her. Shocked by the man’s sudden behavior,


    Sonia took a few seconds to process what was going on, whereupon she tried to shove him away


    with a pair of widened, angry eyes. “What’re you doing, Toby? Let me go!”


    However, Toby showed no signs of letting up at all but instead hugged her even tighter. I’ll never let


    you go, Sonia! You’re the woman I love!


    Meanwhile, Sonia grew angrier and angrier when Toby’s drenched shirt was beginning to dampen


    her clothes because of his refusal to let go.


    In the end, she bit her lip and stomped on the man’s toe, hurting him as he moaned in pain with a


    pair of furrowed brows. Nheless, he still didn’t let go of Sonia, which angered her even more


    and prompted her to raise her hand in the air before she gave him a p.