Chapter 516
Only then did Skr set the script aside. She sat on the side of the sofa and massaged him as deeply as
she could. However, she did not have much strength in her, so each push felt like a mere tickle on his
back.
“Were you followed?” Since that note was left behind, Skr had been quite paranoid for fear of simr
incidents happening again.
Valerie had given her a stern warning. At this stage, Skr had to ensure that she was free of scandals.
Valerie also persuaded her to allow her male fans some leeway in that they could entertain their
fantasies of having a chance to date her.
Even so, Skr dismissed this form of publicity and disapproved of letting the industry force her into
submission.
“What are you afraid of?” asked Tobias, clearly displeased. “Do you think I will embarrass you? Just let
them know that you have a man with you.”
Skr huffed and pinched him hard, thinking that he was being quite unreasonable.
“You’re the one who started it. I’m also concerned about how this implicates you. If word gets out that
we’re together, it’ll probably affect yourpany’s stock prices. The senior executives are hoping you
would marry a rich scion, not an actress.”
Tobias waved a hand dismissively. “If I cared that much about this, I would not have handed the
company over to Sheldon for him to mess up.”
This made sense to Skr. After all, Tobias was a courageous man, and his decisiveness was
something that few could match.
Tobias sat up. In spite of Skr’s efforts, herck of strength did nothing to ease his physical difort.
Back in the bedroom, Skr had Empyrean Sword running in the background, just so that Tobias had
something to nce at.
She would normally watch the show on her phone but was met with a barrage of livements. This
happened often with some of the more famous scenes, where the livements would cause her
screen tog.
Tobias sighed, picked up the remote, and turned the TV off. Before he turned it off, the image of Skr
being held by Largo was disyed on the screen. They were paused amid battle, a sh of snowy white
and ruby red.
“Well, can’t you just watch it for my sake and praise my efforts this time!” squealed Skr excitedly.
“Even if you end up only watching two or three episodes.”
“I’ll make time to watch it. Besides, you yed this episode right in the middle! How will I know what’s
going on?”
Skry back on the bed. A cursory nce at Tobias told her that she would not be getting much action
tonight. She noticed that Tobias had pulled out a few pills from the bottle in his trouser pocket and
swallowed them without any water.
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Do men do this? Just take their pills dry? I always need warm water and some fruits to mask the taste.
Skr shuddered. She had a gag reflex that would react to just about anything. If she swallowed arge
pill, it would sometimes get stuck, even with water. It was not the most pleasant sensation.
“Can’t sleep? Do you need sleeping pills?” Skr was worried about Tobias as he could never sleep
well.
Thus, Skr was unsure if it was caused by stress or just overthinking.
Insomnia must be terrible.
“No, I’m not taking those. It’ll leave me in a horrible state of mind the next day, and I’ll be quite dazed.
I’ve taken painkillers instead.”
Skr could not imagine that Tobias had such a terrible affliction, to begin with. How did he even end up
with a backache this bad?
Nheless, that night, he slept like a log, and she had not noticed any difort at the time.
The whole night was spent apart as the coupley asleep, without even a cuddle.
For a brief moment, Skr felt like they were an old married couple.
Tobias’ back was turned towards her, his breathing shallow.
The silence was then broken by the constant vibrating of Tobias’ phone. A cursory nce at the screen
revealed that it was Idania, but Skr did not wake him up.
This woman seemed to appear more and more frequently in their lives.
She hesitated briefly but then gently picked up the phone and entered the bathroom.