“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.

 

found its way to her, whether she wanted it or

was sprawled out on the bed. Her

in, all the while marveling at how she could lull

her arm still looked raw, and the

the swab with the tincture and rubbed it

deliberate while he constantly monitored

the next day,

figured that it must have been his handiwork, as it seemed improbable

was still asleep despite it being close to roll call. As Skylar got dressed, she noticed that his phone

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

him

was stuck with her

his phone awoke to show notifications for a dozen missed

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

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