Why don’t you treasure what I give you? Penelope had written feelingly in small, white text against a plain black background. She had evidently done so with the intention of soliciting comfort from her friends on social media.

Skylar pondered this for a while but ultimately scrolled away without reacting to it.

“We’ve been continuously working overtime lately because of your father’s company,” Eva intoned, breaking the hush in the office. She picked up the last document and added it to her neat stack, then strode over to Skylar.

Skylar turned to look at Eva, then said quietly, “Eva, what are you blaming me for? I don’t get a single cent from Quest Group, you know.”

Eva was dressed in a rather risqué, fitting blouse and mini-skirt. She’d left the top three buttons of her blouse undone, exposing a peek of the smooth white skin on her chest for all to see.

Skylar realized that Eva had a rather impressive figure, being treated as she was to a rather expansive view of Eva’s body through the plunging V-neck that the blouse now afforded.

So this is the view Tobias sees every day! Skylar mused.

Eva replied coldly, “You know very well what I’m talking about. You made such a scene during the family dinner. Everyone was so upset.”

 you were upset, wondering how on earth I could have managed to snag Tobias? You don’t think

right

ducklings don’t magically turn into swans. Tobias’ mother came over to the office

look on Eva’s face, Skylar instantly perceived that it had not

whatever you heard

what transpired during that conversation. I

like a bolt of lightning. Racking her brains furiously, Skylar struggled to remember if

her mind, she had already begun frantically ransacking her

weren’t getting married anytime soon and that there was no reason to bring you home to meet his

a wave of disappointment wash over her. However, she had to admit that that

“I didn’t expect you to be

then. When you eventually get married, if you

while later, Tobias stepped out of the meeting room wearily. His mind was throbbing with the seemingly infinite number of emergencies he would

to Skyler and ran his fingers through her hair lovingly. “Come on, I’ll send you home. You haven’t eaten anything yet, have

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