“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.

 

way to her, whether she

shower, Skylar was sprawled out on the bed. Her chest rose and

while marveling at how

looked raw, and the iodine

the tincture and rubbed it over

was slow and deliberate

groggily out of bed the next day, she noticed the yellowish stain upon her

it must have been his handiwork, as it seemed improbable that she could

despite it being close to roll call. As Skylar got dressed,

she picked it up that she realized that he was still

not take him for

was stuck with her old phone previously due to

phone awoke to show notifications for a dozen missed

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

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