Chapter 394


    However, Tobias took his sweet time before finally texting Skr back around breakfast time.


    Tobias: ?


    Skr gripped tightly on a soymilk bottle with one hand and typed out a response with the other.


    Skr: Didn’t you like my Instagram photo yesterday?


    Tobias: I don’t bother with social media. Sheldon was on my phonest night, so what’s the fuss about


    this liked photo?


    Skr downed the soymilk. It washed down her throat like stale, powdered milk due to her foul mood.


    She mentally sneered at herself, repulsed by how she had taken the whole thing so seriously. I even took


    a screenshot! Ugh!


    Well there goes my good mood.


    Elsewhere, Tobias noticed that Skr had ignored his message. He became lost in deep thought as he


    tapped on the sides of his phone.


    Curious, he opened up Skr’s social media page and found the photo in question, a bathroom selfie. It


    showed off Skr’s porcin skin and rosy cheeks as if she had just hopped out of a shower. His eyes


    roamed on the photo and eventuallynded on her plump, delectable lips.


    She’s good-looking, I’ll give her that.


    Sheldon had slept in till now. He came downstairs in his crinkled pajamas, and his hair looked like an


    overgrown bush. Sheldon seemed disgruntled and worn-out as he kept on yawning, despite having slept


    for over twelve hours.


    “Good morning, Mom, Tobias. Why didn’t you guys wake me up for breakfast?” Sheldonzily slumped


    onto the chair opposite Tobias with his legs crossed.


    udia grumbled in response, “It’ste. Must you sleep in every day? Look at how you’re indulging in


    hedonism and wasting away like some bum. Do you intend to rely on your brother forever?”


    At her nagging, Sheldon shoved two-thirds of toast into his mouth.


    He then mped his mouth shut and feigned a quick choke, motioning that he wasn’t keen on talking.


    udia shook her head disapprovingly but said nothing about his antics.


    Eventually, udia answered a phone call from her best friend and left the room. Tobias had waited for


    this moment to speak up. He asked Sheldon, “Why did you use my phonest night? Who said you


    could?”


    Sheldon’s back straightened at once. “I was bored, so I scrolled through your stuff to pass the time. Then


    I saw Skr’s photo and liked it. By the by, that photo is all over the inte now.”


    Although Sheldon kept a straight face, he was sweating buckets inside.


    I can’t believe Skr texted Tobias so quickly after I used his ount to like her photo. She seems pretty


    enthusiastic over something petty like a photo.


    Although… if Skr rats out about how Winnie wants me to split half the family’s assets, then it’s


    certainly not a petty matter.


    I’ll be skinned alive if Tobias finds out about that.


    Besides, Winnie is overestimating my abilities with all that talk about splitting assets. I haven’t done


    anything to deserve even a penny’s worth of Ford Group’s earnings. And even if I wanted to start my own


    company, I’m just not capable enough to do so.


    Sheldon could only hope that Skr wouldn’t rat him out.


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    Tobiaster saved Skr’s photo onto his phone. After hesitating for some time, he set it as his


    wallpaper.


    …


    Avery felt inferior now that she was working alongside Skr. It unnerved her that Skr had gone


    through some magical transformation; Skr was no longer the meek and poor little wretch that begged


    Avery’s family for tuition fees all those years ago.


    “How does it feel to y this character, knowing that you’ve stolen it from someone else?” Avery


    sneered.


    Skr responded to this with a wicked grin. “It’s not too shabby. But to be fair, I was given this role. They


    wouldn’t take no for an answer, so how could I refuse? Besides, weren’t you always stealing my things


    when we were growing up? Now you know what it’s like to be on the receiving end.”


    Avery’s face scrunched up into a hideous frown. Skr’s smugness made her feel worse about losing


    the role.


    Avery couldn’t hold it in any longer. She shed all pretenses of amiability and turned violent against


    Skr. “We’ll see about that. Some things will never be yours, no matter what scheming methods you


    use to obtain them. You’re just as shameless as your mother; she stole someone else’s man while you’re


    stealing career opportunities from me!”


    Avery’s heart simmered for the despicable mother-daughter duo. She hated how her family had been in


    tatters ever since Miranda got out of prison.