NovelEnglishIt was eight, and Skylar was making her way toward the location mentioned earlier while cussing.
The trees, the shrubs, and the darkness all looked the same to her. With her poor sense of direction,
she reckoned she might not be able to get out if she lost herself inside.
She would be damned if some bear had decided to show up halfway and pick her up for its supper.
So in Tobias’s honor, the girl mentally exhausted every colorful expression in her library of expletives.
Then, she received a call.
He told her that he would take her, and they would wait outside King Hotel together for her classmates.
After that, she went on to quietly rescind what she said about him.
In the thick of night, the music that blared in the distance from where the bonfire party was held
reached her ears.
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This merriment and revelry had no place for her.
She pulled the lapels of Tobias’ coat closer as she trudged through the dark towards the rendezvous
point.
Tobias leaned by the side of the entrance. He had one hand on his hip and another on a lighted
cigarette.
Tapping at the watch on his wrist impatiently, he finally saw her coming.
She took her place beside him. “Are you sure we aren’t doing anything highly embarrassing? We are in
the middle of nowhere.”
“Look, if you really want me to do something to you, just say so. It’s a bit chilly out here, but I’m game if
you are.”
Skylar blushed and averted her gaze while ignoring him.
She was not going to provide him with any more ammunition to shoot herself in the foot with.
The girl stumbled a few times on the unlit path. And more than a few times her eyes darted to the left
and to the right to check if there were any hungry beasts staring back.
“Do you have night blindness?”
She picked up her pace. “Healthy people like me don’t really get to suffer from diseases of affluence.”
He turned around and held her hand. There was a spot of coolness inside her palm.
Her fingers lifted to reveal a jade pendant encrusted in gold. She lifted her eyes to him and furrowed.
“Your sign makes you prone to encountering the supernatural. Hang on to this for good luck.”
Skylar shuddered to think that he even knew her sign.
Compared to any ghost, this seemingly omniscient man scared her even more.
When she saw the necklace’s exquisite workmanship and the clarity of the jade within, a thought struck
her.
It would not be a bad idea to pawn off the item, pay for her mother’s treatment and then take her far
away from here.
Good riddance to studies and the future.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWhere her reputation was at right now, it would only get worse for her should she ever become famous.
She knew the black card Tobias gave her must be tied to his phone number.
Thus, if she were to withdraw a significant sum, it would not elude the wily old fox’s attention.
Should she upset him, she might be slapped with another label of scammer. Ironically, this time, it
might be her own turn to go behind bars.
A gift, however, was a different story. She had the right to decide what to do with it.
“Just a small trinket. It isn’t worth much.”
That did much to burst her bubble as the best-laid plans went to waste.
Meanwhile, Tobias thought that the crestfallen look on her face looked rather endearing under the
murky moonlight.
Besides, he was definitely not telling her that he acquired the antique necklace from Hendricks Auction
House in a bid that started from twenty-eight million.
The man was not interested to know whether it could actually ward off evil. At the end of the day, he
just wanted to give it to her.
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