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.
As expected, when she suggested Toby divorce Sonia, he readily agreed. Instead of waiting for him to bring up the topic of divorce, Sonia brought it up first. It was a relief for Tina that Sonia was astute enough to leave because she didn't need to expend too much effort.
Nonetheless, Sonia was constantly on her mind. Tina's actions would eventually be revealed as long as Sonia was alive, so she needed her to die.
Although Toby did not recognize Sonia and was unaware of his feelings for her, he would rush to her aid whenever she was in danger. He eventually canceled his engagement with Tina because of Sonia. Ultimately, the hypnotism was broken, and he had her arrested and thrown into a mental asylum.
There were many times when Tina wondered if Sonia and Toby were destined to be together. Was it impossible for them to be split up?
Reality proved that the couple was genuinely star-crossed. There was no way to split them up, and they remarried soon after.
That was fine, but now she found an even more laughable fact; Sonia was, in fact, Julia and Titus' biological daughter!
Ridiculous. It is absolutely absurd. I have been Sonia's substitute for over twenty years!
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