Pegasus Cybercafé was near Kevin's school. This cybercafé had been inexistence for quite some years. Skylar had been there when she was stilla student.

Back then, she used to spend the whole night at the cybercafé withJeremy. Skylar still remembered the price. The fee was fifteen—all nightunlimited use.

That time, Jeremy liked to play CrossFire. He wore a headset and cursedat the computer a lot.

He was really good at gaming. At that time, Skylar thought that waslove.

However, it felt terribly uncomfortable especially during the morninghours at cybercafé. The pungent odor, dust in the air, hunger for food,and a face covered in sebum.

What came up next was the voice of the boss.

Wake up. It's morning now.

Skylar was lost in thought. She was never a delicate girl who had thebest time of youth, but an ordinary person who lived a plain life. If itwasn't for Tobias, she would just kept on muddling through her life asshe used to day in and day out.

There was an empty instant noodles bowl on the table when Skylarfinally found Kevin. He was wearing a headset and commanding histeammates in the game.

“Can someone give me a Kar98k? F*ck! I can't replace any vehicles!”

“Who the f*ck is aiming at me?”

“I haven't won a game tonight...”

Skylar found it hard to believe that Kevin used to be an excellentstudent with good manners and top results when she saw him there.Kevin's grades had always been good. He even won first place inNational French Contest during his first year of high school. How did heend up like this in such a short time? Could it be the peer pressure fromgrowing up?

Skylar had been standing behind him for quite a while. If Tobias didn'tremove the headset from behind Kevin, he wouldn't even notice herexistence.

He immersed himself completely in the game.

Kevin couldn't recognize Skylar at first because she was wearing abaseball cap and face mask. He was about to curse but quicklyswallowed the words on the tip of his tongue.

Lauren, Kevin's girlfriend was there too. She put down her computermouse and got up from the sofa.

Tobias looked at Kevin's girlfriend. She was about Kevin's age. She hadher hair in colorful dreadlocks, wearing a goth makeup with smokyeyes. One of her arms was full of colorful tattoo.

These roguish hooligans were such an eyesore to Tobias.

Then, Skylar took the two kids to a restaurant nearby with privaterooms where they could have their privacy.

She had covered herself well from head to toe, but many people werestill looking at her direction.

She wasn't sure if they had recognized her, or they were actuallylooking at Tobias. She just couldn't tell.

It was time to eat. Kevin was still hungry as the noodles he ate earlierhad already been digested

Lauren looked rather nervous and cautious as compared to Kevin. Shesat beside him, biting her lips.

Skylar ordered some food. As soon as the first dish was served, Kevincouldn't hold himself and began to stuff his mouth with food.Meanwhile, Lauren hadn't started eating. Skylar looked at her andasked, “Kevin is your boyfriend, isn't he?”

Lauren nodded.

Skylar somehow felt that that girl didn't deserve Kevin.

This time, Skylar went straight to the point, “Why did you do that? Whymust you push me into the corner? What could you possibly gain fromdoing this?”

Kevin didn't dare to tell Skylar that the idea was actually instigated byEva. He had no choice but to bear the consequences. “Because I haveno money, and you're not helping me either. That money meansnothing to you at all. You even endorse Gucci. Besides, you're also oneof the A-list celebrities. You get paid well for every single show. Do youreally have the heart to see me end up in the ditch?”

His tone was devoid of any guilt or shame. Tobias thought he wasprobably influenced by his family upbringing. They tended to takeothers for granted as if they deserved it.

Skylar was infuriated. “How could you be so shameless to say thesewords? Did I force you to gamble? You're still a student. Aren’t yousupposed to study hard”

Tobias poured a cup of tea for Skylar. None of Skylar's words were onpoint. Still, she was too weak. She was giving Kevin a chance to seeksympathy.

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