Chapter 84


    “There’s no need to check on him. You should just let him stay on his own since that’s what he likes


    best.” Although Jean spoke in a harsh and resentful tone, she didn’t physically hold Toby back as he


    headed upstairs.


    Tyler was her biological son, after all; no mother would have the heart to act so cruelly toward their child!


    Toby


    headed for the stairs after finishing his sentence as he knew that Jean didn’t truly mean what she said.


    “Open the door, Tyler.” Toby stopped outside Tyler’s door before rapping his knuckles against it. Toby


    was greeted


    with Tyler’s swollen eyes once Tyler opened the door. “Toby,” Tyler muttered.


    “Did you cry earlier?” Toby raised an eyebrow.


    Tyler hastily raised his arms to rub his eyes furiously. “No, I didn’t,” he replied in an indignant tone. His


    words put


    a slight smirk on Toby’s face, but Toby decided not to expose his lie. “Can Ie in for a talk?” Toby


    asked


    instead.


    “Sure.” Tyler nodded and stepped aside for Toby to enter the room, and he followed behind Toby after


    Toby went


    1. “Didn’t you promise me that you’d help me convince Mom to let me focus on my basketball? Mom’s


    nagging


    me to quit the team, and she doesn’t even allow me to join the training now. The U17 Youth Expedition


    fact, Tyler’s coach had called him earlier and told him that he would be removed from the team if he were


    to miss more training. Tyler had put in a lot of effort to get into the basketball team, and he didn’t want to


    get kicked out so soon.


    Meanwhile, Toby twisted his features into an exasperated look. “Mom did promise me that she would


    allow you to y basketball-I don’t know what drove her sudden change of mind. Don’t worry; I’ll talk to


    herter.”


    “What’s the point of talking? What if she agrees now but changes her mindter?” Tyler plopped on the


    edge of


    the bed as he spoke in an annoyed tone.


    desk.


    Tyler’s eyes lit up immediately. “That’s right. We should get Grandma toe. Mom’s terrified of


    Grandma.”


    Toby grunted in agreement and was about to say something when he noticed something from the corner


    of his


    eye. There was a letter on the table that looked like it had been around for a while. Its paper was yellow


    and


    worn. However, that didn’t matter much to Toby. What mattered was that the envelope looked really


    familiar to


    him.


    In the past, when Toby and Tina were still pen pals, they would use the exact same envelopes. “Why do


    you have


    one of my letters to Tina with you?” Toby held the envelope up and shot Tyler a look of displeasure.


    Tyler jumped in surprise before he snatched the envelope away from Toby.(This novel will be daily


    updtaed at .noveljar) “That’s not one of your letters to Tina.” Tyler had gotten the envelope from


    Sonia, so it couldn’t have belonged to Tina.


    “Isn’t that one of the letters I wrote to Tina?” Toby frowned. He didn’t bother to conceal the disbelief in his


    eyes.


    Tyler simply kept the letter away. “It isn’t.”


    “Why don’t you tell me whose letter it is, then?” Toby narrowed his eyes as he red at his brother. His


    gaze made Tyler feel rather self-conscious, and Tyler quickly looked away as he spoke. “All you need to


    know is that it doesn’t belong to you. I’m not going to tell you who the letter is from-that’s a secret,” he


    uttered.


    Initially, after Tyler got hold of the letter, his n was to tell Toby that Sonia had been writing love letters


    to


    others ever since she was in high school. However, Tyler changed his mind and decided to help Sonia


    keep her secret after she helped him to get his contract with the basketball team. That was why Tyler


    refused to tell Toby


    that the letter belonged to Sonia.


    Toby looked like he was about to say something else as he red at Tyler’s rather reserved and cautious


    expression. Tyler hastily stuffed the letter into his trouser pocket before he pushed Toby out toward the


    door.


    “Alright, Toby. You can go out now. Please help convince Mom about this.”


    Toby pressed his lips together as he headed downstairs.


    “Phew..” Tyler pulled the letter out once he shut his bedroom door. “That was close. I nearly got caught. I


    should just return this letter to her.” With that said, Tyler pulled his phone out to call Sonia.


    Sonia had just reviewed an entire stack of files, and she was already sprawled across her desk in


    exhaustion. Charles let out a heartyugh as he watched her. “Are you tired after such a minor task?


    Wouldn’t you be lying on


    the bed all the time if Paradigm Co. further develops their business? What if thepany bes as


    renowned


    as they once were in the past?”


    “That might just happen.” Sonia let out a littleugh, but her voice sounded rtively t. All of a sudden,


    her cell


    phone that she had ced beside her head began to ring. Before Sonia got a chance to see the caller,


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    “It’s your ex-husband’s brother.”


    “Tyler?” Sonia lifted her head instantly.


    Charles let out a light scoff. “Why would he call you?”


    “How am I supposed to know?” Sonia held the phone up and ended the call.


    “Aren’t you going to answer it?” Charles looked Sonia in the eye.


    ;


    “There’s no reason for me to do that,” Sonia replied calmly as she gradually lowered her phone. Right


    then, a new


    message popped up on her screen. Your letter is with me!


    My letter? Sonia knitted her brows before she returned the call that she had ignored earlier. “What


    letter?” …


    Pride was written all over Tyler’s face when Sonia called him. “Didn’t you reject my call earlier?”


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    Sonia sniggered when she heard the hint of cockiness in Tyler’s voice. “I’m going to end it again if you


    don’t tell


    me what you’re calling for.”


    “Wait, wait, wait!” Tyler hastily stopped her. “I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you what it is. Thest time I was at your


    house,


    saw that you have a lot of letters that John wrote to you. I stole one of them.”


    “You searched my room?!” Sonia’s face darkened as she felt anger bubbling in her chest. “Is this what


    the Fuller


    Family taught you to do? Do they teach you to trespass and poke around in other people’s rooms?”


    Tyler knew that he had made a mistake, so he lowered his head and replied in a meek voice,(This novel


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    my faults and to apologize to you.”


    “Hah.” Sonia scoffed once more.


    Tyler scratched the tip of his nose. “I’ll return you the letter in the future,” he mumbled.


    “It’s fine. Just throw it out. I don’t need it anyway.” Sonia ended the call after finishing her words.


    Charles came forward with a curious look on his face once Sonia got off the phone. “Why is he looking


    for you?”


    “That guy stole one of the letters that John used to write to me.” Sonia pinched the bridge of her nose as


    she


    spoke.


    Charles seemed rather intrigued by this answer. “Based on what I recall, you and John haven’t been in


    contact in


    a while, huh?”


    Sonia nodded as a hint of nostalgia surfaced in her gaze. “It’s been nearly seven years.” Sonia would’ve


    forgotten


    about her pen pal if Tyler hadn’t brought it up with her.


    “What’s the reason you guys stopped talking? I thought you and John were pretty close in the past. You


    guys would send two or three letters each week.” Charles’s tone seemed a little salty as he spoke.


    Charles and Sonia


    grew up together, so they were extremely close. However, he felt like he had been neglected ever since


    she became pen pals with John.


    “Who knows.” Sonia shrugged. She didn’t even know why John stopped writing to her. Six years ago,


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    John sent


    her a final letter to exin that he would stopmunicating with her. Since then, she never heard from


    him


    anymore. She even wondered if she had written something to offend him and if that was why he ignored


    her


    after that.


    Charles assumed that Sonia didn’t want to give any further details, so he stopped grilling her for answers


    after that. “It’s time to get off work. I’ll send you back,” he offered after taking a look at the time.


    “Okay,” she replied with a nod.


    Charles drove off after he dropped Sonia at the Bayside Residence. Sonia used a walking stick to help


    her into the bedroom, where she began to dig out the letters that John had sent her in the past. A wistful


    look surfaced in


    her gaze as she gently ran her fingers across the letters. However, she was quick to suppress her


    emotions before picking the letters up to throw them into the trash. She had been keeping the letters for


    years, anyway-it was about time for her to give up and let go. Yet, for some reason, Sonia felt unable to


    let go of the letters in her


    hand even as she held them up above the trash can. She couldn’t bear to do such a thing.


    After a while, Sonia let out a huge sigh before returning the letters to their initial spot. (This novel will be


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    Forget it. I’ll just leave it around since I know I’ll miss them if they’re gone. I’ll just stop reading those


    letters. Sonia massaged the space


    between her brows as she stepped out of the bedroom and headed into the shower.