Chapter 479


    Ah, I’m the one who bears the brunt of the torment in this rtionship! He isn’t even giving me the right


    to question him or get jealous! How absurd! Despite it all, a ball of aggrieve lodged within Skr.


    “Are things fine with us now? I don’t like the silent treatment.” Tobias reached out and ced his hand on


    hers, his palm warm and rough.


    However, Skr said nothing. Well, if I say nothing, he’ll still take it as a tacit acquiescence. He said he


    doesn’t like the silent treatment, but doesn’t he know that he’s best at doing that to me?


    “I’ll be very busy in the uing days, so I won’t be able to make much time for you. But before that,


    I’ve resolved your problem.” Tobias warned her in advance that she wouldn’t be seeing much of him.


    “What are you busy with when you’ve retired from Ford Group temporarily?”


    Speaking of that, Tobias’ gaze gradually darkened. “I’ve given Sheldon a chance, but he’s not utilizing it.


    Ford Group is now in chaos, and no one pays him the slightest mind. He can’t even keep them in line


    with the power he wields. How useless…”


    Skr, on the other hand, pitied Sheldon. Well, he’s not inherently bad, but Tobias has been too strict


    with him. With all the pressure, it’s only natural that he has a vtile temper. Anyway, it’s truly a shame


    that he doesn’t have the capability to lead thepany. To tell the truth, their love-hate rtionship


    boggles my mind.


    When they exited the café, a young man ran smack into Skr, almost causing her to fall down.


    Fortunately, Tobias steadied her with a hand around her waist.


    Having gained her bnce, Skr then looked at the young man, only to see an intoxicated Hayden


    staggering to his feet.


    She stared at her half-brother with a frown.


    The words he spat at her back when she asked Tobias for money to pay her school fees echoed as


    though having been burned in her mind.


    “You’re filthy, so don’t even step a single foot into our house! Avery doesn’t like you either, you mooch!”


    he snarled in contempt and derision.


    When Hayden saw Skr with Tobias beside her, he snorted drunkenly and drawled, “Oh, our high and


    mighty celebrity is still wandering around outside at this hour, huh? It really tarnishes your status to


    frequent such a slum!”


    Skr didn’t want to bicker with him or have anything to do with the Joneses. After all, it was all an


    exercise in futility.


    Chuckling, she retorted, “No matter, for I don’t have much status. Instead, it’s you who shouldn’t be


    frequenting the outskirts out of fear that your status as a rich heir will be tarnished.”


    Subsequently, Hayden took advantage of fact that Tobias had gone to retrieve his car to totter over to


    her. Lowering his voice to a mere whisper, he muttered, “My biggest regret in life now is not killing you


    before you were sixteen and allowed you to live until this day. Let me warn you that I’ll definitely make


    you pay tenfold if you pick on my sister again.”


    Shock swamped Skr at his words. While Hayden’s character was indeed despicable, it was


    undeniable that he was a good brother to Avery. And it was precisely because Avery was pampered like


    a princess by the entire family that she grew up to be spoiled and overbearing.


    Skr didn’t even notice when Tobias drove his car over, only snapping back to reality when he had


    honked twice.


    In the blink of an eye, the menace on Hayden’s face vanished, to be reced with a smile. “So long,


    then.”


    When Skr had gotten into the car, Tobias was uncharacteristically curious and asked, “What did he


    say to you? Hayden is by far smarter than your father. s, your father wasn’t willing to hand the


    company over to him back then. Even when Quest Group copsed, he wasn’t willing to give his son the


    opportunity to salvage the situation.”


    “That has always been the way he does things. In the face of material interests, everything else doesn’t


    matter. Well, just like you,” Skr replied nonchntly.


    Tobias was silent for a moment. Then, he said, “You indeed know me very well. This is an era of greed,


    so why should I act as though I’m above everyone else? In fact, even the priest in the confessional said


    that I’ve sinned. Since I’m a sinner in the first ce, why not just continue sinning?”


    Meanwhile, when Hayden got home, he saw Avery watching a movie starring Largo on her iPad in the


    living room.


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    He knew that Avery had been dumped by Largo, what with the way she would begin wailing incessantly


    every single time she saw any news rted to him ever since she came home after the filming wrapped


    up.


    cing the burrito he bought next to her iPad, he sat down beside her.