Hearing that, Skylar threw herself into his arms. The scent of sandalwood he used to carry had already been overpowered by the stench of alcohol.

Nothing else happened. The couple merely held each other and slept through the night.

Owing to the effects of alcohol, Tobias slept particularly soundly.

It had been a while since Skylar saw him manage without sleeping pills.

As Tobias fell asleep sooner than Skylar the night before and with his phone set to silent, Claudia was unable to reach him despite calling three times in a row.

Skylar saw them but dared not answer, as it could prove quite problematic should she let the elderly woman hear her voice on Christmas Eve.

 

Kai did a rather impressive job spying and had sent her some photos via WhatsApp.

The potential future daughter-in-law Claudia had her eye on was there with her alongside her own family, and it was a different woman this time.

 

and almost obsessive about ensuring that the candidate was one

to keep tabs as it had become a little tiresome. She

he opened it to see Thomas with bags

a frown from Tobias, whose demeanor betrayed his displeasure. “Could you keep it down? Skylar’s still

that girl still doing in bed at this time? If she’s not even going to get up

sort of assurances out

“wife,” as the last time he used that word

he last hailed that way from that ill-fated relationship had gone, but that was both the first and last time

discuss the issue of Quest Group. I’m sure you already understand the situation, so

would be staying over here the night before, he was apprehensive about calling in too early for fear of disturbing his rest, while simultaneously afraid that the latter would be gone should he arrive

all night waiting for

no interest in Quest Group. The process of restructuring a family business like this one and trying to make it viable is just too tedious. I’m

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