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.

 

did not know was that Miranda had been the

the funds from Irene’s

heir, their marriage was bound for ruin.

then that the Ford Group had

been one to

She wanted to ask Tobias if his decision

the Quest Group was on a decline. If it were not

moved everything on his desk

The clicking noises from her mouse were jarring against the silence of the

not learn anything interesting from her digging. The only games on the computer were

games are as

did the trick. She fell into

she heard her phone ring. The ringing grew louder just as she was about to dismiss it as

are you calling in the middle of the

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