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

time she realized it, the

on, we’ll take the stairs.” Tobias took the food over from

no choice but

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

heartwarming thing

so, she couldn’t do as he said as Miranda had a blood test scheduled very

told him everything, including the part about

her decisions for her, Tobias simply nodded and said, “Well, I won’t say any further since you’ve already

to each other that they

her tiptoes and gave him a quick peck on the lips, which

and kissing her passionately, only

the tongue as he pulled away from

his assistant,