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.

 

about leaving Skylar alone in the room. He checked on her a few times before heading to the corridor to smoke.

Miranda thought differently.

 

asked, “Can you be honest with me? Will you marry Skylar? You are much older than her. She’s still young. It will ruin her reputation if both of you were to split up in the future. Will any man want a used woman? A guy needs to be responsible to

to marry her daughter.

that depends on the future. As of now, I can certainly tell you we will not be getting married because we

his stand. However, she was not surprised by his answer. The wealthy possessed a similar trait; they were extremely

the table when Tobias returned to the private room. She

dealing with a drunk

stand on her own, and she was extremely unpredictable. Skylar could be grinning like a fool this minute, but the next, she would grab him by the collar and start cursing like now. “Tobias, wipe the smugness off your face. One day, you will be f*cking begging

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