Chapter 369


    “Tobias, Skr isn’t as innocent as you think. She’s a malicious person! She’s going all out to achieve


    fame right now regardless of what it takes, even if it means trampling all over everyone else. Everything I


    said in the office was true,” Winnie insisted brokenly.


    Whether out of sheer defiance or stupidity, Winnie stood her ground. Tobias eyed her as he lit a cigarette


    and spewed out a mouthful of smoke, sneering, “Don’t call me Tobias. We’re not rted, and neither are


    we on intimate terms with each other. Who said I liked innocent women? They always end up being quite


    foolish like you.”


    Winnie cringed when she remembered that Sheldon was still on the other end of the line, hanging onto


    every word.


    Tobias headed downstairs to wait for Skr, who had excitedly told him earlier that day that she would


    be in the studio recording her new single, Demon.


    Tobias had never heard Skr sing. He thought she should focus on honing her acting skills rather than


    embarking on a whole other endeavor entirely, but he didn’t have the heart to say so.


    After all, as the saying went, a jack of all trades was very often a master of none.


    Skr’s emerged breezily from the office, carrying only a thermos sk in one hand.


    Tobias drew another long puff of his cigarette. Ash drifted onto his pants, which he dusted leisurely off.


    Watching Tobias from afar, Skr paused to admire the fine silhouette his handsome profile cut against


    the night sky.


    When the man turned to look in her direction, she hurried over, waving wildly to him. “Are you here to


    fetch me home?” Skr asked, her eyes shining.


    Tobias, however, had urgent matters to attend to at the office. Since he had promised to spend the day


    with Skr regardless, he had no choice but to bring her to the office with him.


    Even though it was nearly midnight, the fluorescent office lights in the Ford Group building were still


    aze. Skr groaned inwardly. Don’t these people have anything better to do than to work? I’d rather


    be sleeping! She recalled reading somewhere that working long hours and not getting sleep increased


    one’s risk of getting a stroke.


    Skr had long bemoaned the amount of time she dedicated to her work. The employees at Ford Group,


    however, were on a whole different level ofmitment.


    Only the very young and able-bodied could possibly hope to keep up in this intenselypetitive and


    draining environment.


    Eva was still in the office. She’d always been jealous of her cousin. They’dst met each other at their


    family dinner but had not been in contact since.


    Eva caught a glimpse of Skr’s resentful face as thetter sat in the office. If not for Tobias sitting next


    to Skr, Eva would have hurried past without saying a word.


    Skr set her thermos sk and brown coat down on Tobias’ desk. The Hermes logo gleamed under the


    harsh white glow of the fluorescent office lights. Not too long ago, Eva had haughtily presumed it to be a


    fake. s, she had been quickly proven wrong.


    As Eva tidied up the documents that had been scattered all over the table, she watched Skr and


    Tobias out of the corner of her eye. Skr was sitting rigidly on the sofa while Tobias coaxed her, “Are


    you tired? If you’re sleepy, I can get the chauffeur to send you home. I did keep my promise of


    apanying you today, after all, so don’t say I didn’t.”


    Peevishly, Skr retorted, “I sound like a task you’re way too eager to tick off your to-do list. If you’re that


    unwilling, or you think that I’m a hindrance to your work, I’ll leave, then.”


    Undeterred, Tobias continued in a meeker tone, “Why would you say that? That’s not what I’m thinking at


    all. I’ll head off to my meeting first. I’ll do my best to be back as soon as possible.”


    Eva raised her head slightly, sneaking a look at Tobias stroking Skr’s hair in an effort to pacify her.


    Watching that, she felt a growing bitterness rise within her.


    Despite the woman that Skr had grown to be, she was still that unwanted, unhappy girl in Eva’s


    mind. Skr was a mediocre performer with nothing especially worthy about her.


    Eva thus could not even begin to fathom why Tobias was so enamored with Skr. Wasn’t like supposed


    to attract like? Eva thought cattily.


    Tobias, in the meantime, straightened his tie and headed out of the office.


    This left Eva with Skr. It was so quiet that one could hear the minute rustling of the pages as the


    former flipped through them.


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    Skr did not even nce at Eva. She took out her phone and began scrolling flippantly through social


    media, asionally breaking into a yawn. Her bent head exposed the creamy white skin at the nape of


    her neck. At that moment, unconsciously, Skr looked the very image of alluring femininity.


    On her screen, Skr saw that Penelope had posted a new Instagram story.