“You’re supposed to be the one satisfying my whims, not the other way round. This wasn’t part of the deal,” Tobias said.

Skylar lowered her head in silence.

Truth be told, she thought she might be pushing her luck with him here.

“Let’s just forget it. It doesn’t matter who’s behind that keyboard, seeing how messed up everything already is.”

Unbeknownst to her, he had already sent the link to the IT department, as he could tell at a glance that the photograph was doctored. He was curious to know who could have done something so sinister and why.

After that, he pulled her into his arms and took in the lightness of her scent. “Try to stay out of trouble, yeah? An old man like myself can’t be running around cleaning up after you.”

 

The young woman looked at him. Her eyes widened at how his tone could have graduated from cold to warm, then affectionate.

She held her head close and nodded quietly.

 

to her, whether she wanted it or

shower, Skylar was sprawled out

girl in, all the while marveling at how she could lull herself to sleep

on her arm still looked raw, and the iodine tincture

and rubbed it over

and deliberate while he constantly

of bed the next day, she noticed the yellowish

handiwork, as it seemed improbable that she could have

being close to roll call. As

only when she picked it up that she realized that he was still using an Android model

take him

stuck with her old phone previously due to her

notifications for a dozen missed

on Skylar’s conscience. She felt like she had hurt the woman and was single-handedly destroying

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