Skylar pretended not to have heard as she packed the leftover boxes into her bag. “Wasting food is a sin. Besides, no one has touched the food before. So why can’t I eat it?”
Tobias replied, “Suit yourself. Come home with me. I have something to ask you.”
The moment they stepped out of the restaurant, they ran into Hannah. Underneath her thick glasses, her eyes were all red. It was obvious that she had just cried very hard given how swollen her face was.
Leaving Tobias, Skylar grabbed Hannah’s arm and asked softly, “What’s wrong? Your eyes are all swollen from crying. Wasn’t everything fine just now? Who has bullied you? Did you bump into some hoodlums? Tell me.”
When Hannah saw that Tobias was there, she refused to tell Skylar what happened. Instead, she took off her specs and wiped her tears.
She had just revealed to her boyfriend that she was Skylar’s assistant. Previously, she lied to him because she wasn’t confident of herself and her looks. Hence, she was worried that he would think less of her.
However, her boyfriend told her that he needed to reevaluate their relationship. Furthermore, he finally understood why the pictures she had sent him all looked like Skylar.
Just like a mute, Hannah didn’t respond no matter how much Skylar asked.
As Tobias entered the car first to wait for Skylar, Hannah quickly followed them. From the moment she got in, she could no longer control her emotions and began to vent, telling Skylar that she was on the verge of a breakup.
Hannah’s cries at the back of the car irritated Tobias. Glancing at Skylar from the rearview mirror, he wondered if she would be bawling the same way if both of them were to break up.
He had never reconciled after a breakup. However, Tobias figured that if Skylar cried to this extent, he would likely waver if it wasn’t over a matter of principle.
Skylar comforted her, “Is he worth you crying so much for? Men are all pigs. Why should we care so much about them? Don’t dwell on it so much. After all, there is plenty of fish in the sea. If you’re not happy, change your boyfriend. Most importantly, you should learn how to let go.”
Feeling the sting from her words, Tobias plainly asked, “Are you comforting her, or are you trying to get on my nerves? Tell me, if I made you mad, would you change me off just like that?”
Skylar was stunned. Since when did he get so edgy? I didn’t say I was talking about him.
“Don’t you have any sympathy? How can you feel annoyed given how hard she was crying?” Skylar grumbled after they had dropped Hannah off. At the same time, she was rummaging through her bag.
Tobias furrowed his eyebrows at her as he wondered what she was looking for.
The bag was in a mess. Despite how pretty and neat she looked, she was essentially a messy person.
Tobias had heard that ladies nowadays behaved that way. All they cared about was their appearance.
“Why should I have any sympathy? Isn’t it just a breakup? Why does she need to cry so hard about it?” By the time Tobias stopped the car, Skylar had found what she was looking for: the house key.
The keypad lock on her door had been broken for a long time, and she had forgotten to call the repairman. Also, it was Madelyn’s day off; hence, no one was there to get the door for them.
Before Madelyn left in the morning, Skylar caught her using her facial cream without her knowledge.
Realizing that she had been caught red-handed, Madelyn made an awkward excuse that Skylar always came home late.
Therefore, having to wait up was detrimental to her skin. As a lady, she too needed to maintain her look with proper skincare.
After all, she was meeting her friends, and it would be bad for Skylar’s reputation if they saw her pale expression and assumed that she was badly treated by her employer.
