Chapter 185


    Knowing how hard things had been on Skr over the years, Penelope did not want to implicate her.


    She could not bring herself to let Skr pay for her own mistake.


    Tobias took out a checkbook from his suit pocket and wrote a cheque for half a million before giving it to


    Skr.


    “Don’t worry yourself sick over this. It’s not that big of a deal anyway,” he said in an exceptionally calm


    tone.


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    Penelope was dumbfounded. Skr held onto the cheque, steeling herself before extending it toward


    Penelope.


    Despite finding it improper, she had no choice. Currently, her top priority was getting Penelope out of this


    predicament.


    As Penelope stared at the string of numbers written on the cheque, she became tongue-tied and was


    even more curious about this man’s story.


    She smacked the cheque on the table and resolutely refused it. “I won’t take it. Why should I take your


    money? It’s better that you figure things out with that wife of yours at home instead.”


    Tobias cast Skr a long and meaningful look. She really does tell her best friend everything.


    Never one to be good at giving exnations, he did not exin himself to Penelope. Moreover, he found


    it unnecessary to talk about personal affairs with people who were irrelevant.


    What upset him was the fact that Skr did not seem to trust that he would never take Tanya as his wife.


    Meanwhile, Penelope took Tobias’ck of exnation as an admission by silence, she was certain that


    Skr woulde to regret this rtionship in the future. There were no short of young girlsmitting


    suicide for men like him.


    As it was gettingte, Skr vehemently persuaded Penelope into epting the cheque, but it was to no


    avail.


    In the end, Skr could only give up. Perhaps Penelope would change her mind when she really ran out


    of options.


    The three of them exited the café with Tobias taking the lead and the two girls walking behind him, arm in


    arm. Like two school girls crushing on a senior, the two of them giggled softly as they stomped on his


    shadow.


    Tobias gantly offered to bring Penelope home first.


    As they rode in his spacious Porsche SUV, Penelope whispered into Skr’s ear, “You should keep your


    guard up. Spending money on you doesn’t mean he loves you. Don’t let all this materialistic stuff cloud


    your judgment.”


    Through the rearview mirror, Tobias spied the two girls whispering to each other. Both of them seemed to


    have endless topics to talk about.


    Even after so many years, Penelope still lived in the same old house.


    The family of three lived in a space of about ten square meters where there was only one room. They


    slept on a bunk bed and for privacy purposes, she had installed a curtain on the upper bunk.


    Her home was close to the one Skr used to live in and was only two to three minutes away by foot.


    Penelope was the one who apanied her the most throughout her childhood.


    When they arrived outside her house, Penelope gave Skr an inquisitive look, seemingly asking where


    she was going with this man.


    Not long after Penelope left, Skr heard someone calling her name.


    She turned around and saw her cousin, Kevin Watts, carrying a backpack. He was wearing ck-rimmed


    sses and was d in a baggy school uniform. He had mild e and light stubble, all typical


    characteristics of an adolescent boy.


    With a broad grin on his face, he greeted Skr enthusiastically.


    Tobias went for a smoke, seemingly unwilling to have any interaction with Skr’s rtives. Or perhaps,


    he felt that it was a waste of his breath to entertain a mere high school student.


    As for Skr, she had not seen Kevin for a long time.


    He told her that his father had been sacked and went out looking for a job every day, but oddly, none of


    the factories were willing to hire him.


    Skr gazed at Tobias’ towering figure in the distance, watching as puffs of smoke cloaked his


    features. Does he have anything to do with this?


    Logically speaking, it would be easy for her uncle to find a job since there was currently a shortage of


    skilled workers and all the factories would be jumping at the chance to hire one.


    After exchanging pleasantries with Kevin, she finally left.


    “Finished?” Tobias hooked an arm around Skr’s waist, letting her lean into his embrace.