The young man looked at Skylar awkwardly and asked, “Is he your boyfriend? I thought you were single.”

When Skylar recalled the nature of James’ job, she was worried that he would bring it up in his idle chatter with his colleagues. Hence, she denied immediately, “I don’t have a boyfriend yet. He is a friend and my superior at work.”

Tobias’ eyes squinted in response as he watched Skylar lie through her teeth.

“Hello, my name is James Jackson. I’m Skylar’s friend from high school. She used to sit in front of me,” James introduced himself warmly and he stood up to shake Tobias’ hand.

Holding a wooden skewer in his hand, Tobias broke it in half with a push of his thumb, sending a chill down Skylar’s spine.

As he stared at James coldly, James’ hand was still extended awkwardly.

“Are you done eating? There’s something urgent at the office. Come back with me right away.” He turned his gaze toward Skylar.

Usually, she would feel uneasy in my car because she wanted to avoid suspicion or was worried about being photographed.

with a reddened face

behavior

his head and replied, “You should go deal with whatever you need to. Anyway, I’ll work on what you have asked of me

gratefully, “I

informed her, “A man

shouldn’t have done that. How can I allow you to

me. I didn’t manage to

expression was just as sullen given that Skylar acted

that he paid, Skylar turned toward Tobias. Her expression changed from one that was

observation told him that Skylar’s relationship

by her exquisite features,

not noticing her early enough. Hence, she ended up getting together with Jeremy. Consequently, he had even seen many

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