Remembering Tobias’ obsession with cleanliness, Skylar cleaned the soles of her shoes before entering the house.

When they were inside, the man went to the bathroom to retrieve a warm towel for her. She received it and bent down, ready to wipe her shoes off when he suddenly said, “That’s for your hair and face. You got wet after getting down from the car, didn’t you?”

After a moment of hesitation, she reached up and used the towel to dry her hair off, hanging it back in the bathroom once she was done.

Her gaze fell upon the toilet. The cover was open, and there were no feminine products by the washbasin. Everything that was there was all arranged neatly.

Knock, knock.

Skylar quickly composed herself and opened the door, greeting Tobias with a smile. “You did a good job at cleaning up the bathroom.”

 

She didn’t say anything more, but he knew she’d stayed so long in there to check if there were any traces of another woman’s presence.

He led her to the dining room, where she cautiously took a seat down at the table. She felt weirdly antsy and not as comfortable as she was with Madelyn.

 

out a box and placed it on the table in front of Skylar, who merely stared blankly out the window and didn’t seem to notice at

she still thinking about the

searches of “crazy fan behavior,”

Tobias called her name once more that Skylar snapped back to

to know about what happened at the mall today. Why didn’t he ask about

the box, revealing the medium-sized cake inside with

 She’d completely forgotten today was her real

card and her real birthdate was different. When registering for the card, she had altered her birthdate to be several months earlier than the real date so that she

been as strict, so she hadn’t needed any sort of connections to do so. It came

was clearly an afterthought of his that had possibly been randomly bought off a bakery on the street. It wasn’t properly decorated, nor did

birthday. After all, she’d

place much importance on birthdays ever since she was a child. Her

birthday, and no one else

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