Skylar stared up at him in a daze, clutching the necklace in her hand. If she remembered correctly, the price of this necklace was about seven hundred when bought online.

Thinking that she was waiting for him to put it on, Tobias reached out to take the necklace from her, but she didn’t let go of it.

“Why did you choose this brand? And why a little black swan?” The blunt words finally left Skylar’s mouth. She had an inkling that Tobias had not personally picked this necklace. He was the kind of person who thought the more expensive the gift was, the better. He would not usually even consider buying anything that was priced less than a thousand.

Tobias could tell from her expression that she didn’t like the gift as much as he thought she would. He’d asked Susan to help pick the necklace out, and all his secretary had told him was that the brand was popular amongst young people.

He didn’t know how much it had cost either; after all, it was the company’s money, and he couldn’t be bothered to care.

was gold or silver and didn’t even like the pendant on it but felt like

 

image; it’s youthful and cute,” Tobias explained. He had put effort into preparing this gift for her and was

her face as she clung onto his arm and nuzzled him as a cat

 

second, he did as she asked, clumsily fastening the necklace around her neck. Skylar could tell from his grumbling about the thin chain and tiny latch that this was likely his first time doing such

the first slice to Tobias. Sharing cake with someone else was one of the staples of celebrating a birthday,

shook his head and rejected the cake. “I don’t like sweet things,” he said. “Plus, you won’t have enough cake left over if you give some to me. You can go ahead and eat

reminded herself to not expect too much from him; it was good enough that he’d remembered in the first place. I’ll just pretend he has diabetes and will get horribly sick if he eats a single bite of cake or

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