Chapter 174. Coaxing His Son

Skyler just said, “Just give it a try and leave here for a while. By the way, your absence will help get this matter out of the limelight that much quicker, don’t you think?”

Scarlett took a lighter and a cigarette out from nowhere, and then she lit it up and took a small puff of her cigarette. She stared at the spark between her finger and said, “I haven’t smoked for a long time because of Carlos. I’m about to quit smoking...”

“It doesn’t matter if you want one now,” Skyler said.

Scarlett smiled helplessly and puffed a smoke ring, and said, “Sometimes, I think we need to change ourselves a lot to cater to someone else. When I woke up on that huge bed at midnight, I had this deep, unsettling feeling that I’m not even me anymore.”

Skyler didn’t know how to comfort her. Usually, people like her having relationship problems didn’t need advice at the moment, and all they needed was a good listener instead.

Skyler poured another glass of wine and handed i