Fell Into His Love Trap (Skylar and Tobias) novel Chapter 670

Chapter 670 Still Unfit For Marriage
Thomas froze, trying his best to recall Skylar's age.

After a long time, he was unable to answer. He knew very little about that daughter of his, not even her birthday.

“I'm asking about Avery,” prompted Tobias.

“She's twenty this year,” Thomas replied at once, relieved that the conversation had returned to a domain he was familiar with.

The favoritism was not lost on Tobias.

He produced a photograph from a vest pocket and slid it toward Thomas, who peered at the photograph and studied the fat man with suppressed apprehension.

“And who is this fine gentleman?” he asked with a forced smile.

Although he did not know what Tobias was driving at, Thomas felt certain that the pudgy man must be somebody important.

To be able to belong in the social circle of Ford Group's CEO must mean that he is rich, though he doesn't look it.

Tobias watched as Thomas lay praise upon praise on the man in the photograph.

He crossed his legs and lit a cigarette. “He's a fine gentleman indeed, Mr. Jones,” he concurred graciously, “and an even finer son-in-law, wouldn't you agree?”

Thomas detected the hint of a threat contained behind the man's level voice.

Thomas was just beginning to suspect Tobias's unusually thoughtful gesture to enquire after his younger daughter's marriage when it became clear to Thomas that Tobias was giving him an ultimatum.

If I were to allow her to marry that man, I'm basically throwing her life away. But if I don't agree to it, I may never be able to return to Quest Group again.

As he was used to living in luxury, spending the following half of his life in poverty was more than he could bear.

He's basically forcing my hand by only giving me three days to think about it before the offer's off the table. I abandoned Miranda and Skylar back then over my career once. Tobias is making me relive that choice again.

Several minutes later, Tobias descended the stairs and wandered to the garden in search of Skylar. He saw her engaged in conversation with Colleen not far away.

Although he could not hear them from that distance, he saw that she was looking unhappy about something from the way she pawed at the gravel with the tip of her foot.