Only then did Skylar 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, Skylar had been quite paranoid for fear of similar incidents happening again.
Valerie had given her a stern warning. At this stage, Skylar 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, Skylar 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.”
Skylar 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 your company’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 Skylar. After all, Tobias was a courageous man, and his decisiveness was something that few could match.
Tobias sat up. In spite of Skylar’s efforts, her lack of strength did nothing to ease his physical discomfort.
Back in the bedroom, Skylar had Empyrean Sword running in the background, just so that Tobias had something to glance at.
She would normally watch the show on her phone but was met with a barrage of live comments. This happened often with some of the more famous scenes, where the live comments would cause her screen to lag.
Tobias sighed, picked up the remote, and turned the TV off. Before he turned it off, the image of Skylar being held by Largo was displayed on the screen. They were paused amid battle, a clash of snowy white and ruby red.
“Well, can’t you just watch it for my sake and praise my efforts this time!” squealed Skylar excitedly. “Even if you end up only watching two or three episodes.”
“I’ll make time to watch it. Besides, you played this episode right in the middle! How will I know what’s going on?”
Skylar lay back on the bed. A cursory glance 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.
Do men do this? Just take their pills dry? I always need warm water and some fruits to mask the taste.
Skylar shuddered. She had a gag reflex that would react to just about anything. If she swallowed a large pill, it would sometimes get stuck, even with water. It was not the most pleasant sensation.
“Can’t sleep? Do you need sleeping pills?” Skylar was worried about Tobias as he could never sleep well.
Thus, Skylar 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.”
Skylar could not imagine that Tobias had such a terrible affliction, to begin with. How did he even end up with a backache this bad?
Nonetheless, that night, he slept like a log, and she had not noticed any discomfort at the time.
The whole night was spent apart as the couple lay asleep, without even a cuddle.
For a brief moment, Skylar 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 glance at the screen revealed that it was Idania, but Skylar 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.
