“Was the matchmaking successful, Mr. Ford?” Skylar coldly asked. Smiling languidly, she leaned back into the sofa while desperately suppressing the raging emotions within her.
Amidst the suffocating silence, Skylar assumed Tobias would storm out in anger after being exposed.
Given his character, she expected no less.
Her cold and mocking smile had pierced his heart like a dagger.
Finally, he broke the silence with a calm and deep voice. “Please listen to me. When I came home, the woman was already there; my mom invited her over. Do you actually think I need someone to matchmake me if I’m really looking for a wife? Did Kai tell you about this?”
Despite being smart, Skylar could also be impulsive at times. At that moment, she realized her questioning had carelessly exposed Kai, and it wasn’t appropriate to have done so.
She tried to cover up her mistake. “No, it has nothing to do with him. Just take it that I’m blindly speculating. You have so many servants at home. It’s not difficult for me to bribe any one of them.”
Tobias didn’t bother to expose her ludicrous excuse.
When he tried to hold Skylar’s hand, she pulled it away instead.
Tobias was stunned when his hand grasped at thin air. Lifting his gaze at her, she looked both alluring and defiant at the same time.
Stung by a sense of bitterness, Tobias didn’t force the issue.
Standing up from the sofa, Skylar remarked with a self-deprecating tone, “Considering that you like obedient women, I must have crossed the line today. Tobias, I will not care about the women around you going forward. All I ask of you is to break up with me before you get married. As my career is just getting started, I don’t want to be labeled as a mistress. I have had enough of being embroiled in such controversies.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t get married.”
As he stared intently at her with his abyss-like gaze, the wrinkles by the corner of his eye made him look authoritative and difficult to read.
“But I want to. In fact, I’m looking forward to having kids with the person I love.” Skylar averted her gaze.
Tobias didn’t respond to her comment. As he raised his hand to stroke her face, he stopped mid-air. “You should rest early now. It’s obvious that you’re not in the mood to see me today. I’m leaving.”
Before Skylar could bid him goodbye, Tobias had already gone upstairs to get changed. Looking sharp as always in his suit, his face didn’t display a shred of emotion.
When Skylar returned to the room after he was gone, she was greeted by the messy bed and an erotic scent. It reminded her of the vigorous scene that had just occurred.
Flipping the blanket aside to get in bed, she suddenly noticed a black velvet box on the pillow. Furrowing her eyebrows, she opened it and saw a blue diamond necklace inside. It looked extremely exotic and expensive. No girl could resist the temptation of diamonds.
It was now apparent that Tobias was aware of this. Staring quietly at the necklace, Skylar figured that she would never be able to afford something like that within her lifetime.
Hence, she decided to keep it in the safe at home. When she unlocked the safe using her birthday as the combination code, she realized that it was stuffed with jewelry. Without her knowledge, Tobias had presented her with many gifts.
The generosity he displayed toward her was simply unimaginable. He had the capability of fulfilling any materialistic desire she could ever dream of.
To her, he was like a drug. Despite knowing how dangerous he was, she just couldn’t stay away.
