In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO

“Yeah, I had some spaghetti,” she lied.

Tobias tightened his grip on her wrist slightly. “Join me for lunch. I’m starving, and it feels lonely eating all by myself.”

Skylar didn’t believe him one bit.

“Don’t lie to me! I saw you come here with a bunch of people, so how could you possibly be lonely? Anyway, I have to go. My mom is still waiting for me to bring her lunch, and she hasn’t eaten anything since morning.”

The Cardiology Department and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Department were on different floors, so Tobias could only follow her as far as the elevator.

“How’s your mom doing?” Skylar asked while waiting for the elevator.

“She’s alright. We haven’t decided on whether she’ll be getting a coronary bypass or a heart transplant. The problem with the latter is that it’ll take time to find a donor…” Tobias was clearly fatigued and stressed out when he said that.

Skylar gave him a pat on the shoulder and reassured him in her most mature-sounding voice possible, “Everything will be alright.”

that she didn’t even realize the elevator arriving. Noticing that, Tobias decided to keep quiet about it as he wanted to spend more

she realized it, the elevator was

we’ll take the stairs.” Tobias took the food over from her and began walking

her food in his hands, she had no choice

her when they arrived on the seventh floor. “Go home earlier tonight, and

heartwarming thing she had ever heard

a blood test scheduled very early the next morning, so she

the part about Miranda insisting

decisions for her, Tobias simply nodded and said, “Well, I won’t say any further since you’ve already made up your mind. Still, will you at least kiss me

so close to each other

tiptoes and gave him a quick peck on the

his nose against hers before tilting his head to the side and kissing her passionately, only stopping when

tongue as he pulled away from her

was his