Not only do you still want to lie to me, but you even joined forces with your grandmother to lie to me? ” Upon seeing that she was still unwilling to believe his own sincerity, Toby sighed. “Do you still remember John?” When she heard the name, Sonia’s expression changed slightly. “How do you know John?” She really is the real Maple! Then, Toby’s eyebrows softened as he lightly opened his thin lips and replied, “John Johann is my other name. Many years ago, I took my mother’s last name Johann and she used to call me John!” “Y-You…” Upon hearing his words, she pointed at him as her eyes widened in disbelief. She finally came to the realization that he was her long-time pen pal, John!
As if Toby seemed to know what Sonia wanted to say, he gently put her hand down. “I’m the John whom you’re thinking of, Maple!” Now that he had called out her pen pal name, Sonia could no longer deny that he was not her pen pal. She merely found it difficult to accept the truth. “How could it be you?” Sonia bit her lip, feeling that everything was so ridiculous. “Why would you be John?” That gentle boy who would comfort her with letters whenever she was bullied by her stepmother and when she was unhappy was actually Toby! “Why can’t it be me?” Toby frowned slightly and asked, “Or, are you disappointed that John is actually me?” He could tell that she looked disappointed when she confirmed that he was John.
She actually did not want him to be John! Now that he saw his reaction, his heart was slightly constricted with pain. He initially came to her with the excitement to tell her that they were pen pals; he even thought that she would be happy to know that he was John since they were once so close. He never expected her to react in this manner! Maybe she wasn’t unhappy to see John; it’s just that she did not want to accept that he was John. If another person was John, she would not have reacted like this. When Toby thought about that, he couldn’t help but clench his fists as the cold aura emanated from him. Sonia took a deep breath and looked at him.
“I’m sorry, President Fuller. I am indeed a little disappointed that you are John because you aren’t even the slightest similar to the John whom I know.” Of course, he did not bear any resemblance to John. Instead, the Toby of 6 years ago was at least rather similar to John. When she met John, she was only 12 years old and had just started middle school. There was once when her stepmother’s daughter broke a vase, but she accused Sonia of the action. Then, seeing that Sonia’s father was not at home, her stepmother slapped her across her face. She locked herself in her room as she was upset and typed a letter before she sealed it in a virtual bottle on the Internet and sent it off.
However, not long after that, a message alerted her that someone had replied to her letter and that person was John. From that moment on, she and John became pen pals. He would answer all kinds of questions for her while also being patient whenever Sonia was frustrated. Moreover, he even suggested a number of ways to deal with her evil stepmother, so it could be said that he bore the credit for Sonia growing into a fine adult even though with her stepmother around. When Sonia was in high school, she fell in love with Toby at first sight and began to find out about him. The more she talked to him, the more she realized that Toby and John were similar in character with the same kind of gentleness. At that time, she couldn’t help but wonder whether Toby would treat like John since both men were so similar in character and if she was with Toby.
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