Tina did not expect Sonia to be such a tough opponent. It doesn't matter, though, because she is too soft-hearted and enjoys pretending to be nice and kind. One day I'll have to kick her out of university.
However, before her scheme was ready, she accidentally discovered that Sonia was exchanging letters with someone. So, she decided to read those letters to see if there was a way to use them to beat Sonia down.
To Tina's surprise, Sonia's correspondent was Toby Fuller, heir to the Fuller Family. She had always wished she could converse with him but had never had the chance. In addition, she had always imagined her future husband to be him. Due to their families' social stratification differences, she was forced to abandon her dream.
However, she did know quite a bit about him because he was their senior at the same university. She had even read one of the essays he had left behind, which allowed her to immediately identify him as the recipient of Sonia's letter. Nevertheless, she never imagined someone as lowly as Sonia could know him. From those letters, she saw that he loved Sonia as well.
Toby Fuller, a man of great stature, fell in love with Sonia Reed, a woman who was inferior to Tina. So, how could she accept that?
On the other hand, Titus told Tina that the Reed Family had been their enemy for years. Consequently, she would also regard anyone from the Reeds as her enemies. While Titus would take on Henry, she would take on Sonia as her adversary.
She had always felt that Sonia was inferior in every single way. Thus, she always acted proud whenever Sonia was around. However, Sonia now knew Toby, a man not even Tina could befriend, and even stole his heart.
If Sonia married into the Fuller Family, she could crush me beneath her foot for the rest of my life. The mere thought of it made Tina cringe. Hence, she had to find a way to ruin everything.
After going through all of Sonia's letters, she realized the most important fact about their relationship; neither Sonia nor Toby knew who the other person was. She had no idea why neither party had bothered to learn the other's true identities or conduct background checks. Still, it was irrelevant to her because it eventually gave her a chance.
Hence, she pretended to be Sonia and met Toby, telling him she was Maple, and he immediately believed her. Nonetheless, he gradually realized there was something amiss with her disguise. When he knew Tina wasn't Maple, he wanted to expose her lies and find the genuine Maple.
As soon as she realized he was suspicious of her, she knew she couldn't let that happen. If he met Sonia, Tina would be inferior to Sonia for the remainder of her life. In addition, she would also be humiliated for impersonating Sonia.
That was a double whammy, so Tina had to stop everything and forbid him from looking for Sonia.
It was then that she recalled her then-boyfriend. He said he had a brother who was into hypnotism. Thus, she begged him to ask his brother to help her hypnotize Toby. On the other hand, she did not have the guts to tell her boyfriend she wanted to break up with him to get together with Toby. She did not want him to know she never once loved him, that she only dated him because he made her look good, and it fed her ego.
However, her boyfriend refused to let her ask his brother for help. Her boyfriend said he would never ask his brother for assistance because he was unlike others, and hypnotizing others was unethical.
Hearing that, Tina was so furious, but she could do nothing.
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