Skylar fumbled for the light switch as she got home at dawn. The expensive furnishings did nothing to mask her loneliness in such a big and empty house.

Skylar would always take a shower and head to bed once she got home. As long as Tobias was not around, she would not enter his study.

However, she had been sleeping poorly for the past few days despite her exhaustion. She often lay awake on the bed for hours on end.

Skylar suspected that she was stressed out. Work, relationship, and friendship problems all played a role.

She entered the study and sat on Tobias’ chair. She began flipping through the neatly arranged documents on his desk.

She did not understand a thing—the documents were full of complicated jargon in both Ustranian and Chanaean. All the documents had Tobias’ signature on them.

 

Flipping to the bottom of the stack, she saw the words “Quest Group” on the last page.

The Quest Group was Thomas’ company. When he had first established it with his wife Irene, the industry was amazed at their decision to go into business together as a couple.

 

been the victim in Thomas and Irene’s seemingly perfect

needed the funds from Irene’s family to

marriage was bound for ruin. She

Ford Group had plans to acquire the

had never been one to pry

She wanted to ask Tobias if his decision to buy

Quest Group was on a decline. If it were not for special reasons, Tobias would never have considered

his desk

and browsed its contents. The clicking noises from her

The only

as bland as his

She fell into a deep sleep once

her phone ring. The ringing grew louder

phone with her eyes still closed. Upset at the disturbance, she answered angrily, “Who are you? Why are you calling in the middle of the night? I don’t want a loan or any expensive liquor

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