In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO

Katrina blinked her pretty eyes and replied, “I think you’re the one who needs to get your nose checked out. Make sure to wash your hands well before we start shooting! I don’t want my on-screen good friend to be all oily and gross.”

Pollyanna ran her fingers through her hair, too frightened to say anything.

Skylar’s impression of Katrina was getting worse by the minute. It wasn’t because she stole the role of the lead actress from her, or because of the rumors surrounding Katrina and Tobias.

Rather, it was because of the awful way she spoke to this child. There wasn’t a shred of decency in her voice at all.

Skylar ignored her. She took Pollyanna’s filthy hand and bent down to smile at her. “I’ll buy you some bread, alright? Do you want to have some soda with it?”

Hearing that food was on its way, the tension finally disappeared from Pollyanna’s face. She nodded her head frantically.

Katrina remained rooted to her spot, frowning slightly. She turned to her assistant and ordered, “When we’re shooting our scenes together, make sure to check that she has washed her hands thoroughly.”

Her assistant nodded. Inside, she was complaining about how picky and capricious Katrina was. What a difficult person she is to work with!

Pollyanna to the only sundry store in town. The interior of the shop was completely dark when they stepped inside, and Skylar

and shelves looked old and dusty. Skylar looked at the snacks on the shelves and felt a little put-out. Most of

date written on the plastic packaging. They were still three days away from the expiration date. Skylar muttered a prayer of thanks and paid for

the packaging and wolfed down the bread. Evidently, it had been a long time since she had a

of herself a long time ago, back when

then, they lived a hand-to-mouth existence. Miranda had fallen into a depressive state over her failed marriage with Thomas. In

of the time, they were reduced to eating stale croissants at home. Later on, when Skylar was sent to live with her grandmother, Meredith had called Miranda all sorts of names and blamed her for

many memories from her childhood, but sometimes she thought that was a good thing. Having a bad memory that was

on a huge rock and said to little Pollyanna, “Chew slowly. Don’t

bright, youthful voice rang out from behind her. “Children

the logo of the navy in it. He was wearing

man, and he looked even better when he smiled. He was very well put-together, but unlike the pretty boys who were gaining fame on social media these days, he had a manly air about

“She doesn’t get to drink it

nodded timidly at