Chapter 365
Skr vaguely recalled Penelope once boasting to her that Brayden had paid three months of rent all at
once, which added up to a grand total of nearly one thousand seven hundred.
Tobias gave a low whistle. “The bar’s really getting lower and lower these days, isn’t it? All you have to
do to buy a woman over is to rent her an apartment, and she’ll dly carry a child to term for you.”
Skr felt her dislike for Brayden swell into intense hatred. No amount of wealth was enough to conceal
the fact that he was fundamentally a loathsome character.
Annoyed by Tobias’ flippant response, she snapped, “Do you want to get out there too, then? Since
women nowadays aren’t as much of golddiggers as they were before, you definitely won’t becking in a
supply of young girls for your harem.”
Tobias wisely refused to allow himself to be drawn into such a conversation. He had never treated his
women meanly. Besides, ever since meeting Skr, he had never considered putting himself back out on
the dating scene.
They drove inpanionable silence to the set, where Tobias dropped Skr off. Hannah was already
waiting for her in the dressing room.
As Tobias drove away, his secretary called to inform him that udia had arrived at the office.
Tobias hurried into the office to find the woman seated by the side, her long legs crossed elegantly. She
was wearing an emerald-green dress that showed off a slender figure despite her age.
“You left the office already so early in the afternoon?” udia chided teasingly.
“No one said I have to be here all the time. Did youe here just to interrogate me about my working
hours?” Tobias curtly replied.
“Everyone’s having a field day with the news that you’re taking over Quest Group. I really can’t
comprehend how you can absorb such a liability just for that woman. You must be mad,” udia
answered frankly, delving right into the heart of the matter.
Tobias had not imagined that the news would travel so quickly.
“It has nothing to do with her. Nobody can force me to do things I’m not willing to. I was fully on board
with taking over Quest Group,” Tobias said gruffly.
udia decided not to pursue the matter. Knowing her son’s obstinacy, challenging him would only
harden his heart further.
“Bring her back home tomorrow. We can have dinner together,” she suggested in a milder tone.
Tobias raised his head and met udia’s eyes with a piercing gaze before he said evenly, “It’s not
convenient. She’s very busy…”
“You’ve dated for quite a while now. Is it so difficult to persuade her to meet your mother?” udia
interrupted.
Unbothered by the note of warning in udia’s voice, Tobias continued, “Rx, we’re not preparing to
marry each other just yet. We can have dinner with or without her.”
“Why are you being so defensive of her? Are you afraid I’ll drive her away?” udia sniffed, looking hurt.
She had meant it as a joke, but Tobias immediately agreed. “I’m afraid you’ll skin Skr alive. I don’t
want to upset her. She’s young and might not be able to withstand your vicious words.”
A look of discontent appeared on udia’s face. Whenever the conversation veered towards a sensitive
subject like this, a dead-end was inevitable.
“Ingrid’s back home. I think Dad’s attention will be fully focused on her for a while,” Tobias remarked. He,
too, was all too familiar with the tension that hovered over both their heads and was anxious to change
the subject.
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Disdainfully, udia replied, “Having a daughter like Ingrid is just retribution for Xander.”
Tobias merely shrugged, reserving his opinion.
Xander had a terrible habit of spoiling Ingrid. Hevished a tremendous amount of affection and gifts on
his daughter; Ingrid could do no wrong in his eyes.
Tobias, however, privately wondered if Ingrid was a discement of the love Xander had wanted to pour
into his marriage instead.