In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 42
Even so, Skylar couldn’t be bothered to care. She lightly pushed the door open, only to instantly hear a roar coming from afar.
“You’ve got some serious nerve bringing your mother here, Skylar!”
Skylar hurriedly shut the door to prevent Miranda from hearing the voice in the hallway.
What a lively day it was, having her father and his current wife, Irene Ziegler, suddenly show up today.
Skylar was bewildered. How did they know Mom’s been brought here? Did they sniff her out like dogs?
Seeing them again made her unable to control her emotions, but she masked her true feelings well and met their gazes casually.
“She’s just finished her sentence, so she’s getting treated at the hospital. Why can’t I bring her here?”
Thomas glared at her. “You’ve become so brazen after we haven’t seen each other for years. You even took your mother to Haywest Hospital. How do you intend to pay the bills? Are you going to come crying for my help when you land yourself in debt?”
“What use is there calling for you? I begged for your help when my
grief. “This daughter of yours is getting real clever, Honey. She even managed to get a prisoner on death row released. If it weren’t
an excessive act of self-defense, Miranda had accidentally killed
had just come home from school
could never forget that sight. The neighbors had surrounded the young girl, gazing
that capable. It’s not like I’m the one setting the law here. They told me to go fetch her, so I
bench, spectating the family drama that was
to
glanced at the person-in-charge
Miranda had been sedated and was probably in dreamland
the hospital bills. Your sister told me you’ve been working as a nightclub hostess. That’s disgusting! You’re
if I had a choice, to begin with. Quit running
an arm