Chapter 63


    It was eight, and Skr was making her way toward the location mentioned earlier while cussing.


    The trees, the shrubs, and the darkness all looked the same to her. With her poor sense of direction, she


    reckoned she might not be able to get out if she lost herself inside.


    She would be damned if some bear had decided to show up halfway and pick her up for its supper.


    So in Tobias’s honor, the girl mentally exhausted every colorful expression in her library of expletives.


    Then, she received a call.


    He told her that he would take her, and they would wait outside King Hotel together for her ssmates.


    After that, she went on to quietly rescind what she said about him.


    In the thick of night, the music that red in the distance from where the bonfire party was held reached


    her ears.


    This merriment and revelry had no ce for her.


    She pulled thepels of Tobias’ coat closer as she trudged through the dark towards the rendezvous


    point.


    Tobias leaned by the side of the entrance. He had one hand on his hip and another on a lighted


    cigarette.


    Tapping at the watch on his wrist impatiently, he finally saw hering.


    She took her ce beside him. “Are you sure we aren’t doing anything highly embarrassing? We are in


    the middle of nowhere.”


    “Look, if you really want me to do something to you, just say so. It’s a bit chilly out here, but I’m game if


    you are.”


    Skr blushed and averted her gaze while ignoring him.


    She was not going to provide him with any more ammunition to shoot herself in the foot with.


    The girl stumbled a few times on the unlit path. And more than a few times her eyes darted to the left and


    to the right to check if there were any hungry beasts staring back.


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    “Do you have night blindness?”


    She picked up her pace. “Healthy people like me don’t really get to suffer from diseases of affluence.”


    He turned around and held her hand. There was a spot of coolness inside her palm.


    Her fingers lifted to reveal a jade pendant encrusted in gold. She lifted her eyes to him and furrowed.


    “Your sign makes you prone to encountering the supernatural. Hang on to this for good luck.”


    Skr shuddered to think that he even knew her sign.


    Compared to any ghost, this seemingly omniscient man scared her even more.


    When she saw the ne’s exquisite workmanship and the rity of the jade within, a thought struck


    her.


    It would not be a bad idea to pawn off the item, pay for her mother’s treatment and then take her far


    away from here.


    Good riddance to studies and the future.


    Where her reputation was at right now, it would only get worse for her should she ever be famous.


    She knew the ck card Tobias gave her must be tied to his phone number.


    Thus, if she were to withdraw a significant sum, it would not elude the wily old fox’s attention.


    Should she upset him, she might be pped with anotherbel of scammer. Ironically, this time, it might


    be her own turn to go behind bars.


    A gift, however, was a different story. She had the right to decide what to do with it.


    “Just a small trinket. It isn’t worth much.”


    That did much to burst her bubble as the bestid ns went to waste.


    Meanwhile, Tobias thought that the crestfallen look on her face looked rather endearing under the murky


    moonlight.


    Besides, he was definitely not telling her that he acquired the antique ne from Hendricks Auction


    House in a bid that started from twenty-eight million.


    The man was not interested to know whether it could actually ward off evil. At the end of the day, he just


    wanted to give it to her.