Chapter 229


    Skr brought nothing but a ballpoint pen to the B2 French exam, and she calmly put it away in her


    pocket after the exam was over.


    Avery was in the same venue as her for the exam, but the results did not matter to her.


    Instead, she stood in the corridor and stuck out and arm to block Skr when she walked past.


    “I heard that your mother was discharged from the hospital,” Avery said usingly. “Shouldn’t murderers


    stay in jail? Why isn’t she sent back immediately?”


    Skr scoffed.Looks like you’re keeping yourself updated!


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    Tobias had told her that he would settle the matter for Miranda, but she figured that he would have


    forgotten about it by now.


    She grimaced.That would bepretty embarrassing…


    Tobias was a busy man, and there was no telling if he had the time or energy to think about her request


    after a whole day of working.What if he had memory loss from all those sleeping pills?


    Avery seemed very worked up, but Skr simply smiled and asked, “Why are you so concerned about


    my mom? Are you scared that she’ll snatch your dad away from you?”


    Since young, Avery had always hated Skr to the core, and her father’s love was not something she


    was willing to share.


    She wanted everything that Skr had, but she never allowed Skr to have what she had.


    They used to pretend to be friends in front of others, but that fa?ade had since worn off. Avery could not


    care less about Tobias, and to her, Skr was nothing more than Tobias’ sex partner.


    She was the other woman.


    “Tell your mother to behave,” Avery growled angrily. “If she dares toe near me or my parents, I’ll call


    the cops on her.”


    Skr chuckled. “Don’t worry. I’ll take her somewhere where you can’t touch her.”


    After that, Skr turned around and walked away, leaving Avery trembling in hatred. Her nails dug into


    her palms, but it did not hurt a single bit.


    Avery’s father became an absentminded mess the moment he heard of Skr’s mother’s release, and


    several fights had broken out between him and Avery’s mother because of that.


    Meanwhile, Skr queued up outside the family-run Italian eatery where she was supposed to meet up


    with Penelope. Their business was booming, and she had to wait for quite a while before she finally got a


    seat.


    After she sat down, she ordered two tes of their signature pasta with extra meatballs and some


    garden sd as a side dish.


    Her stomach grumbled as she looked at the pasta and sd.Tobias woulddefinitely avoid kissing me if


    he knew I ate raw onion in the sd!


    By the time Penelope arrived at the restaurant, Skr had already finished half her pasta. Neither of


    them were particrly bothered with table manners, after all.


    She took off her hat and ced it next to the steaming pasta, but she made no move to pick up her


    cutlery.


    “Didn’t I give you five hundred thousand? Haven’t you gotten it settled?” Skr asked.


    Penelope shook her head with a sigh. She had na?vely given the money she was supposed to pay up to


    her boyfriend, and he ended up running away with it.


    However, when she told Skr about her unfortunate experiences, she received a thumbs-up from her,


    much to her surprise.


    “You only knew him for a week, and you’re entrusting him with so much money?” Skr asked.


    However, she grimaced a little when she realized that she was just being a pot calling the kettle


    ck.Didn’t Jeremy take three million from mest time? Why is he still living like a beggar?