NovelEnglishSkylar would save herself from the trouble of arguing with Laura. As it was already past noon, she
wondered about the progress with what Tobias was doing.
She was a little worried. Hence, in the end, she took her coat from the sofa and hailed a cab to
Wesley’s house.
As soon as she stepped in, Skylar heard Sharon’s crying. She whimpered as she said, “My daughter is
only twenty years old. Her life would be ruined if she is married to such a scumbag.”
Wesley agreed and said, “We didn’t accept this three hundred thousand at will. Skylar’s opinion was
sought and she agreed to it.”
Tobias sat on the sofa like a host and looked at the couple shedding their tears indifferently.
Seeing as Skylar came in, Sharon finally stopped crying. She looked at Skylar as though she had just
seen her lifesaver.
“Skylar, you’ve finally come. Quick, go and talk to Mr. Ford. He wants Eva to marry Jackson. How can
that be?”
Skylar turned to look at Tobias with amazement. He seems to know our background very well. He’s
even aware that I have a cousin, Eva.
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Talking about this cousin of hers, she was only younger than Skylar by a few months. Yet, she had
been Skylar’s nightmare since young.
Eva had always been that child that everyone couldn’t stop praising. She had been performing very
well academically since young. In addition, she was very pretty. Therefore, everyone in the
neighborhood liked her very much.
After high school, she was admitted to one of the renowned universities and Meredith always talked
about how promising a youth Eva was and how well Uncle Wesley and Aunt Sharon had raised their
child.
Sharon was crying so hard that even her eyes turned misty. Never would she have thought that such a
good marriage arrangement would turn out this way.
The man brought home by Skylar was actually Tobias. No one would have expected Skylar, who
usually looked dispirited, to have such great capabilities.
Neither did they ever dream of a titan like Tobias visiting such an ordinary family as theirs.
Skylar turned to Tobias with an inquisitive look.
However, Tobias turned to face the couple with a calm expression. “Aren’t you two extremely satisfied
with this marriage arrangement? Then, isn’t it good that I’m making your wish come true? It’s okay if
you don’t agree with this marriage. I’ve heard that the productivity at the factory where the both of you
have worked isn’t satisfactory. Maybe it’s time to lay off a batch of workers.”
There was only one word popping up in Skylar’s mind right then— sinister.
Tobias was threatening Wesley and Sharon. He knew all too well what it meant to them to be laid off by
a state-owned enterprise and he was trying to cut off their financial resources.
Wesley looked like he would be kneeling down before Tobias any second then. He was sighing and
looking at Skylar with his pleading eyes, signaling her to speak for them.
Skylar took the opportunity to state her condition. “You return the three hundred thousand to the
Zimmer family and I have no other requests.”
Both Sharon and Wesley were reluctant about the money so none of them spoke in a while.
Tobias lit up a cigarette unhurriedly. Then, he placed it between his lips and exhaled a long puff of
smoke.
“It’s okay if you don’t want to return the money. It’s not a huge sum after all. Call your daughter back
and focus on preparing for the wedding in the meantime. I’ll get someone to guard your house in this
period until the wedding day.”
Skylar stared at Tobias’ Adam’s apple, which was moving up and down, and she was at a loss for
words. This man can cause chills to run down others’ spines by just sitting there in his most composed
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This move of Tobias is brilliant and entirely ruthless. He’s making them opt between their jobs and their
daughter.
If Eva doesn’t get married to Jackson, their entire family will be living on air.
“Skylar, I’m your uncle. Is this how you come against me?”
Skylar raised her eyebrows and replied, “I didn’t do anything though. Uncle Wesley, wasn’t it you who
said that getting married to Jackson Zimmer is a blessing? I’m only opening up this great opportunity to
someone else.”
She was well aware that her Uncle Wesley would never really agree on this.
Tobias looked at Skylar from a distance and found that she had recovered pretty well. Not even a wee
bit of her looked like that overly pampered girl lying in his arms last night.
Sharon took out a passbook from the wardrobe. Even her hands were trembling which just showed
how unwilling she was to return the money.
“Three hundred thousand is only dirt in your eyes. Why must you trouble some poor people like us?”
The burning cigarette’s end was reflected as a tiny red spot in Tobias’ eyes as he chuckled softly,
“Poverty and ignorance are correlated.”
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