Chapter 370


    Why don’t you treasure what I give you? Penelope had written feelingly in small, white text against a


    in ck background. She had evidently done so with the intention of solicitingfort from her


    friends on social media.


    Skr pondered this for a while but ultimately scrolled away without reacting to it.


    “We’ve been continuously working overtimetely because of your father’spany,” Eva intoned,


    breaking the hush in the office. She picked up thest document and added it to her neat stack, then


    strode over to Skr.


    Skr turned to look at Eva, then said quietly, “Eva, what are you ming me for? I don’t get a single


    cent from Quest Group, you know.”


    Eva was dressed in a rather risqué, fitting blouse and mini-skirt. She’d left the top three buttons of her


    blouse undone, exposing a peek of the smooth white skin on her chest for all to see.


    Skr realized that Eva had a rather impressive figure, being treated as she was to a rather expansive


    view of Eva’s body through the plunging V-neck that the blouse now afforded.


    So this is the view Tobias sees every day! Skr mused.


    Eva replied coldly, “You know very well what I’m talking about. You made such a scene during the family


    dinner. Everyone was so upset.”


    Skr reclined against the sofa and batted off a yawn. “Do you mean that you were upset, wondering


    how on earth I could have managed to snag Tobias? You don’t think I’m good enough for him, do you?


    Are you upset that I’m doing better than you?”


    Skr’s jeers had urately pierced right to the heart of Eva’s disgruntlement.


    The other woman snorted. “In real life, ugly ducklings don’t magically turn into swans. Tobias’ mother


    came over to the office today, and I overheard them talking about you.”


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    From the exultant look on Eva’s face, Skr instantly perceived that it had not been a pleasant


    discussion.


    She looked at Eva with distaste. “Keep whatever you heard to yourself. I’m not interested.”


    Eva smiled slyly. “I suppose you know just as well as I do what transpired during that conversation. I


    have to say it was pretty generous of his mother, though, inviting you to dinner.”


    Eva’s words struck Skr like a bolt of lightning. Racking her brains furiously, Skr struggled to


    remember if Tobias had raised this matter with her. Was it because there wasn’t time?


    In her mind, she had already begun frantically ransacking her wardrobe for suitable clothes to wear to


    this meeting.


    Eva grinned unkindly. “Mr. Ford refused, though. He said that the two of you weren’t getting married


    anytime soon and that there was no reason to bring you home to meet his family.”


    At that, Skr felt a wave of disappointment wash over her. However, she had to admit that that was a


    more likely response of Tobias’.


    Determined not to let Eva get the better of her, she shed a dazzling smile in return. “I didn’t expect you


    to be in the habit of eavesdropping, Eva. It’s true, though. We’ve decided to take things slowly.”


    Eva shrugged carelessly. “Good luck, then. When you eventually get married, if you do, I’ll be the first to


    congratte you.”


    A whileter, Tobias stepped out of the meeting room wearily. His mind was throbbing with the seemingly


    infinite number of emergencies he would have to attend to. His thoughts, however, were arrested at the


    sight of Skr sitting forlornly on the sofa. She was waiting for him.


    The man’s tense features softened. He crossed over to Skyler and ran his fingers through her hair


    lovingly. “Come on, I’ll send you home. You haven’t eaten anything yet, have you? What would you like?”


    Skr shook her head. “I don’t eat anything after six in the evening. It’ll make me gain weight.”


    Tobias’ attention was abruptly drawn to the fact that Skr did look a lot thinner than she had a while


    ago. She had always been slender, but now, she was on the verge of appearing bony.


    After all, part of Skr’s job, being in the entertainment industry, was to conform to their beauty


    standards, no matter how oppressive.


    “What’s the point of living if you don’t get to eat good food?” Tobias said, trying to tempt Skr.


    It didn’t take much for him to persuade het. She, too, was of the firm conviction that food was one of the


    things that made life enjoyable.


    Skr thus relented quickly. Her first thought was of having a simple te of pasta to satisfy her hunger.


    However, she stifled her craving in consideration of Tobias’ refined taste. She thus suggested boldly,


    “Let’s eat seafood. The kind that costs no less than a thousand per person.”


    As she’d expected, Tobias didn’t bat an eyelid. As long he could do so, Skr could consider all of her


    wishes granted.


    She had imagined supper to be an intimate affair between herself and Tobias. As they were driving


    towards the restaurant, however, a car stopped before them. It was Sheldon.