NovelEnglishSkylar went to the side to answer when her cellphone rang, away from those nosy relatives who were
already convinced that she was a blowhard.
Eva could not resist taking another potshot at her. “Why are you sneaking off like that? Is that Mr. Ford
looking for you?”
Unable to stop Miranda from remonstrating fervently on her behalf, Skylar decidedly left her to it.
“Why did you hang up just now?” Skylar’s tone was not very gracious as she was quite affected by
everything that has transpired.
“I called instead because your cousin said that you have something that you wanted to talk about. Is
something wrong?”
Skylar had sealed herself off after being besieged but cooled off quite a bit upon hearing Tobias’
passable explanation.
“What did you wish to tell me?”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAfter some consideration, Skylar asked, “Are you available right now? Do you want to come over to my
place for dinner? My mom insisted that you’re my boyfriend and that made things embarrassing for me.
Now, everyone thinks that I’m lying.”
“Well, am I not your boyfriend?” Tobias mused as he countered with a question of his own.
“Don’t you get it? The point is, no one believes me.” Indignant at her treatment by the others, Skylar’s
inflection raised a notch even if she had not intended to.
Tobias more or less picked up on Skylar’s foul mood and asked that she wait for him at home, stating
that he would only be done over on his end in half an hour or so.
“Forget it then.” Skylar was not optimistic that Tobias would be able to make it and hence hung up.
The older men in the household were drinking, and the disparaging voices filled her ears once again
when Skylar returned to the dining table.
One glass after another, the increasingly disinterested woman left her own cutlery well alone. She sat
by the side while she idled her time away.
The love-lives of their progeny continued to be the preoccupation of the older women. Tobias’ was the
one name that hung often on Eva’s lips while she called someone else out for being delusional.
She told them that her pitiable boss was so busy that he often crashed overnight in the office, and was
without anyone beside him to warm his heart.
An animated Sylvia said, “How old is Tobias Ford? You should pay more attention to him if he’s single.
As he must surely think quite highly of your talents, who knows whether you might end up marrying up?
Your ex-boyfriend’s family background isn’t too shabby, but they were never quite the match for
someone of your capabilities.”
Eva twitched her lips. “No no no. I’m not as audacious as my dear cousin here as to make such
outlandish claims, nor to even fantasize about something like that.”
When Wesley heard knocking from the outside, he tottered over to answer the door, thinking that it
could be the neighbor or some other acquaintance making a courtesy call.
He was positively stunned to see that it was Tobias. Eva, whose seat directly faced the entrance,
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmloosened her grip on her fork which slipped and clanked upon the floor.
The rest of the relatives who did not recognize the newcomer simply stared with eyes transfixed.
Elaine’s mouth was agape. “Wow. This kid’s so tall that he needs to bow his head when he enters.”
His appearance caused Eva to shoot up from her seat, and left her so nerve-wracked that she seemed
unsure where to place her own hands.
“What are you doing here, Mr. Ford?” Eva asked, secretly hoping that Tobias might be here expressly
to see her.
At the same time, she wondered how he found out where she lived. Did he look it up in the employee
form?
An anomalous blush crept across Eva’s face.
Tobias did not seem to have heard Eva’s squeaks and walked straight toward Skylar instead. “I hope
that I didn’t arrive too late.”
Skylar could detect the alcohol off his breath when he neared and assumed that he must have quite a
lot to drink.
To her, that was not a good sign, as he could be a real pain in the ass at night whenever he was under
alcohol influence.
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