Later on, Penelope was sent away by a few words from Tobias as he was lazy to even entertain her.

In the end, he still did not make the call. Skylar realized that she couldn’t force him to do something he did not like at all. She wasn’t that important to him.

Skylar wore a sulky look on her face throughout the journey home.

“Wanna go for a drink? I need to unwind. Drink with me, hmm?” Tobias asked her, seemingly oblivious to her emotions.

Skylar was still seething over the fact that Tobias managed to notice Eva’s dark circles but did not even think about asking how she was doing recently.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, huh? Well, I beg to differ!

 

Pursing her lips unhappily, she snapped, “No, thank you. I have dark circles because I didn’t sleep well. I want to go home and rest.”

Tobias turned a deaf ear to Skylar’s refusal, and ordered the driver, “Find a barbeque restaurant with fewer people. Ms. Jones isn’t a fan of fine dining.”

 

more secluded area.

pressed his lips against her ear to whisper in a

“Since you didn’t agree to help me find Brayden, don’t even think about

owner brought up a few bottles

faulty. Thus, after several failed attempts, Tobias simply used his palm and the

opened the beer bottle.

deliberately ordered a lot of

sure you eat more of this. It’s good for your libido,” she said

picked up an oyster and stared at it, but did not seem inclined to

two months you were gone, but don’t worry, everything’s still functioning very well. You can give it a spin tonight if you don’t believe me.

want to. I mean, I already dropped you many hints, yet you

momentarily stunned. He did have time to visit her. He could have, but he didn’t want

that since they were adults, being apart from each other

maintain a distance between each other. This way, we won’t

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