Chapter 423


    As soon as Toby heard Rose grinning through her voice, his eyes brightened. “Aren’t you mad at


    me, Grandma?”


    “Why would I be? You don’t always take things seriously, so why should I stop you when you finally


    do?” she asked with a smile.


    “Thank you, Grandma.” He appeared to be relieved.


    “There’s no need to thank me, but even if you manage to create an opportunity for Sonia to meet


    more people, I’m afraid—”


    Knowing what his grandmother was going to say, he interrupted, “I gave Mom’s jewelry to her in


    your name and she epted it. By then, all she needs to do is wear it during your birthday feast


    and she should have no problem talking to those big shots.”


    After all, Toby knew that the valuable jewelry would help Sonia to create a decent and well-


    mannered illusion. Even if Paradigm Co. might appear to be unstable, the jewelry could change


    their impression as they would probably think she was from a decent and established family. For


    that, they would be willing to interact with her; otherwise, she would struggle to even greet anyone


    during Rose’s birthday feast. She can never get away with the grim reality.


    “Ah, I see.” Rose nodded. “What a meticulous n you have there! It seems that I have worried too


    much.”


    Toby responded with a faint smile just as something crossed his mind. “By the way, Grandma, Sonia


    now thinks that you’re the one who gave her the jewelry. She’ll be calling you to thank youter, so


    please don’t tell her anything I just told you,” he reminded his grandmother in a serious manner.


    Roseughed helplessly. “Do I look like someone who is too dumb to know what should be done?


    Don’t worry, I know what to do.”


    He chuckled, “Thank you, Grandma.”


    Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    She responded with an affirmative hum shortly before an iing call came in when she was


    about to say something. When she took a look at the caller, she couldn’t help but raise her


    eyebrows. These 2 kids can really read each other’s minds, can’t they? Toby was just telling me that


    Sonia would call a few seconds ago and herees the call. “Toby, Sonia is calling now. So, I''m


    going to hang up first and answer her call,” she replied.


    “Sure.” Toby nodded, staring at his phone screen for two straight minutes after the call ended. Then,


    he kept his phone in his pocket and headed toward the elevator shortly before he found himself at


    Bayside Residence’s main exit.


    Meanwhile, Tom was leaning against the car when he saw his bossing in his direction. He then


    straightened his posture and greeted Toby, “President Fuller.”


    When he noticed his assistant’s stern look, Toby knitted his eyebrows and


    asked, “Do you have something you want to tell me?”


    Tom nodded. “The investigation team working on your case seems to have found new leads on the


    culprit.”


    “New leads?” Toby squinted. “I thought the culprit who tried to kill me and Sonia was caught thest


    time.”


    “Yeah, but this time, the investigation team managed to dig deeper and find something that might


    lead us to the mastermind behind everything,” Tom replied with a deep voice.


    As Toby radiated a cold aura, his stare became intense and chilly. “So, that culprit has a


    mastermind?”


    “That’s right. The mastermind is the actual culprit who has been hiding for twelve years without


    anyone ever discovering a single lead on him until recently.”


    “What’s the lead about?” Toby clenched his fists.


    “That person seems to know your mother.” Tom looked at Toby, seemingly noticing the need to


    rify his words as he added, “And I’m not talking about Madam White. I''m talking about your


    biological mother.”


    “My... My biological mother!” Toby’s expression changed. This mastermind knew my mother and


    killed my father. What on earth is going on? “What evidence do they have to prove that the


    murderer knew my mother?” He fixed his gaze on his assistant.


    Soon, Tom nodded. “The evidence is a picture of your mother. Ever since you were caught in that


    traffic ident, the investigation team took a long time before they were able to find and bribe the


    driver who knocked you down. After some time, they managed to get their hands on the security


    footage of the entire Seafield, through which they sessfully identified the target’s residence.


    However, that person was nowhere to be found by the time they sent someone after him.”


    “After that?”


    “Then, the investigation team proceeded to do some digging about the house and discovered that it


    was owned by someone else. Thus, they approached the owner and found out that the house was


    rented to three people.”


    “Three people...” Toby pursed his lips.


    Tom then continued to say, “ording to the owner, two of the tenants called the other one ‘Boss’.


    Thus, if I were to venture a guess, the boss was probably the same person who killed your father


    and orchestrated the car ident you were caught in. Meanwhile, the reason why I think this


    person knew your mother was because the investigation team searched the house and found a


    picture of her. Besides...”


    “What else do you know?” Toby demanded with a dark look.


    Tom took a deep breath and responded, “There were a few words found written on the back of the


    photo that read—I will avenge you! Those words were written so hard that it almost tore the picture


    apart. Thus, it was deduced that the actual culprit must have been in a good rtionship with your


    mother, which was why he killed your father to avenge her.”


    “Avenge her?” Toby was seen with a bitter look. “Are you saying my parents shared a bitter history


    between them?”


    “N-No, of course not. That’s not what I meant. After all, it was a mere guess,” an embarrassed Tom


    rified with a smile.


    At the same time, Toby clenched his fists, looking down to mask the coldness in his eyes. Deep in


    his heart, he knew there was nothing bitter between his parents since they were not in love with


    each other in the first ce. In fact, they were only together because of the prearranged betrothal.


    Subsequently, when Toby’s mother fell pregnant, his parents began sleeping in separate rooms and


    became spouses in name only.


    When Toby turned 12, his father met Jean, but his mother wasn’t mad about that at all. Instead, she


    even supported the man’s decision to be with Jean and even put in a few good words for her in front


    of Rose, attempting to convince Rose to ept Jean. By doing so, Toby’s mother would be able to


    divorce his father and realize her biggest wish because she used to carry Toby in her arms and tell


    him that she wanted to leave the Fuller Family to live her own life.


    Unfortunately, Toby’s mother had an emotional breakdown one night before she could divorce his


    father. She drowned her sorrows with alcohol that night and strangely threw a tantrum in the Fuller


    Residence while murmuringints about a man who stopped waiting for her and betrayed her


    love.


    At that moment, Toby finally understood his mother’s indifference toward his father and her desire


    for a divorce because she was in love with another man, but he had fallen for someone else.


    Unable to ept the harsh truth, shemitted suicide the next day by slitting her own wrist. Thus,


    he was sure that his mother’s death had nothing to do with his father, which was why he found the


    killer’s motive to avenge his mother absurd andughable. Moreover, the culprit had also tried to kill


    Toby, which made him wonder whether there was something personal between his mother and this


    mysterious person.


    “Please tell the investigation team to find out more about my mom’s lover before she married into


    the Fuller Family,” Toby instructed with a pair of cial eyes.


    Tom adjusted his sses and asked, “President Fuller, are you implying that the murderer could be


    your mother’s former lover?”


    In fact, he had already known a thing or two about the matter rted to Toby’s mother. Thus, he


    could tell that Toby ordered him to investigate his mother’s former lover because Toby suspected


    the murderer was this person. Furthermore, Tom also agreed with his boss’ deduction since it was


    likely that the former lover of Toby’s mother was jealous and mad at Toby’s father for separating


    them. Well, if that murderer reckoned President Fuller’s father was the one who caused his


    mother’s death, that should exin his motive to kill Old Master Fuller. Why was he onto President


    Fuller as well? Perhaps I’ll still need to do some digging about that.