Chapter 535
Remembering Tobias’ obsession with cleanliness, Skr cleaned the soles of her shoes before entering
the house.
When they were inside, the man went to the bathroom to retrieve a warm towel for her. She received it
and bent down, ready to wipe her shoes off when he suddenly said, “That’s for your hair and face. You
got wet after getting down from the car, didn’t you?”
After a moment of hesitation, she reached up and used the towel to dry her hair off, hanging it back in
the bathroom once she was done.
Her gaze fell upon the toilet. The cover was open, and there were no feminine products by the
washbasin. Everything that was there was all arranged neatly.
Knock, knock.
Skr quicklyposed herself and opened the door, greeting Tobias with a smile. “You did a good job
at cleaning up the bathroom.”
She didn’t say anything more, but he knew she’d stayed so long in there to check if there were any
traces of another woman’s presence.
He led her to the dining room, where she cautiously took a seat down at the table. She felt weirdly antsy
and not asfortable as she was with Madelyn.
Opening the kitchen refrigerator, he took out a box and ced it on the table in front of Skr, who
merely stared nkly out the window and didn’t seem to notice at all.
Is she still thinking about the incident from this morning?
The pictures of that ident would likelye up in future web searches of “crazy fan behavior,” and
the story would never beid to rest.
It was only when Tobias called her name once more that Skr snapped back to reality.
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Why did Tobias bring me here? He has to know about what happened at the mall today. Why didn’t he
ask about it or offer any words of reassurance?
She watched as he opened up the box, revealing the medium-sized cake inside with a “twenty-two”-
shaped candle perched on top of it.
Oh. She’dpletely forgotten today was her real birthday.
She’d once briefly mentioned to Tobias that the birthdate on her identity card and her real birthdate was
different. When registering for the card, she had altered her birthdate to be several months earlier than
the real date so that she could apply for school early.
Back then, government background checks hadn’t been as strict, so she hadn’t needed any sort of
connections to do so. It came as a surprise to her that Tobias still remembered this fact.
The dark forest chocte cake was clearly an afterthought of his that had possibly been randomly
bought off a bakery on the street. It wasn’t properly decorated, nor did it look very appetizing.
He’d likely realizedst second that today was her birthday. After all, she’d forgotten all about it as well.
Skr had never been one to ce much importance on birthdays ever since she was a child. Her
grandma would cook a simple dinner for her to celebrate, but that was about it.
No one else celebrated her birthday, and no one else other than her grandma remembered the actual
date.
Skr wrapped her arms around Tobias’ waist, burying her face into his chest and taking in the familiar
scent of white sandalwood.
Her vision blurring with tears, she told him, “You’re too nice to me. I didn’t think you’d remember my
birthday. The cake is a little small, though.”
He gently ran a hand through her hair. “I thought you were on a diet. You wouldn’t be able to finish it all if
I’d bought arger cake anyway, so I figured a small one would do.”
Skr pouted, moved by how considerate he was being towards her. “Did you get me a birthday gift too?
Or a card at least?”
She instantly deted when she saw him pull a long, thin rectangle-shaped box out from his suit pocket.
If it had been a square-shaped box, she could have at least hoped for a ring.
A Swarovski neid inside the box, and she rubbed at her eyes before holding it up close to
inspect it.
It wasn’t that she had expensive taste, but she was surprised to see Tobias gift something that only cost
several hundred. The ude M he’d gifted herst time nearly cost ten million.