Chapter 12


    Given the choice, Skr wouldn’t see him.


    “Give me three minutes. I’ll leave after saying my piece,” she said, putting on a bold face.


    Is she ying hard to get? I’ve seen many women like her. Tobias nced at his watch. “You have two


    minutes and fifty seconds left.”


    “I-I can’t talk when there are so many people here,” Skr said, scanning the surroundings. “Could you


    at least ask them to leave for a short while?”


    “How demanding.” Tobias dispersed the crowd with a wave of his hand. Then lifting his wrist again, he


    said curtly, “Thirty seconds.”


    “The check you gave me was real. I’ve been cheated, and I can’t just let this slide. Only you can prove


    that the check doesn’t belong to him. Do you understand what I’m saying?” Skr exined vaguely in


    one breath.


    “Are you done?” Tobias asked tly.


    Skr nodded. “That’s roughly what I’m trying to say in thirty seconds. How about you give me a little


    more time?”


    Tobias lit a cigarette. “So, you’re trying to get me to retrieve the check for you?”


    Skr nodded again, earnestly this time. As expected of theprehensive ability of a businessman.


    “I am not obliged to help you, nor am I interested to do so. Business is all about making an equivalent


    exchange. So… what can you offer if I were to help you?”


    Hearing his reply, Skr’sst piece of hope was shattered in an instant.


    Like her mood, the sky was dark, looking as if it were about to rain.


    “I’m sorry to bother you, Mr. Ford. Just pretend that I was never here,” she said while biting her lips. “I


    don’t think I have anything to offer you.”


    Skr simply stopped trying as she knew what it meant to make a deal with the devil. With that, she


    turned around and left, clearly disheartened.


    Looking at Skr’s retreating back, Tobias stood rooted to the spot.


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    “Zion Hotel, presidential suite. Come look for me tonight,” he said cidly.


    Skr stopped in her tracks and smirked. Is he for real now? A hotel? Why is he so desperate all the


    time?


    “Goodbye, Mr. Ford,” she said and waved goodbye without looking back.


    Tobias couldn’t wrap his head around this woman—girl, to be exact.


    It was the first time he had ever made such a request, yet he was rejected roundly.


    The girl had made his monotonous life a little better, but other than that, she was of no value.


    Returning to his office, Tobias instructed Flynn, his secretary, to do a background check on Skr.


    “Who’s Skr Jones?” Tanya, who had been waiting at the lounge of the office, asked upon overhearing


    Tobias’ words.


    “How did you get in?” Tobias asked, his tone as cold as ever.


    Tanya shrugged. “I wouldn’t have known that my fiancé is doing a background check on another woman


    if I hadn’te today.”


    He cocked an eyebrow and looked askance at her. “We’ve made it clear not to interfere in each other’s


    life, Tanya. Don’t cross the line.”


    Tanya then walked over to him with a hint of a smile hanging on her lips. “Don’t forget how much your


    mother likes me, Tobias,” she said, gently fixing his cor. “No one else can marry you but me. So pull


    yourself together; the wedding is around the corner. If you can’t deal with all the other women, I’ll handle


    them for you.”