Skylar poured some wine for herself and downed the content in one gulp, glass after glass.

Tobias stopped her. “That’s enough. You have a low alcohol tolerance.”

She drank a whole bottle of wine. In her drunken stupor, she promised never to hold on to the thought of marrying him. Her mother’s plan had backfired.

Skylar was too naive to think that a dinner with her mom could soften his view on marriage.

After a while, Tobias refilled her glass instead of stopping her from drinking. In the end, Skylar lay her head on the table as she felt the alcohol work its way in her empty stomach.

Miranda continued the conversation with Tobias outside the private room, away from her daughter.

 

her a few times before heading to the corridor to smoke. “Ms. Watt, just tell me

Miranda thought differently.

 

“Can you be honest with me? Will you marry Skylar? You are much older than her. She’s still young. It will ruin her

resorted to forcing him to marry her daughter. It was exactly what

future. As of now, I can certainly tell you we will

by his answer. The wealthy possessed a similar trait; they were

still sprawled on the table when Tobias returned to the private

dealing with a drunk

like a fool this minute, but the next, she would grab him by the collar and start cursing like now. “Tobias, wipe the smugness

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