In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO

Skylar went to the side to answer when her cellphone rang, away from those nosy relatives who were already convinced that she was a blowhard.

Eva could not resist taking another potshot at her. “Why are you sneaking off like that? Is that Mr. Ford looking for you?”

Unable to stop Miranda from remonstrating fervently on her behalf, Skylar decidedly left her to it.

“Why did you hang up just now?” Skylar’s tone was not very gracious as she was quite affected by everything that has transpired.

“I called instead because your cousin said that you have something that you wanted to talk about. Is something wrong?”

Skylar had sealed herself off after being besieged but cooled off quite a bit upon hearing Tobias’ passable explanation.

“What did you wish to tell me?”

After some consideration, Skylar asked, “Are you available right now? Do you want to come over to my place for dinner? My mom insisted that you’re my boyfriend and that made things embarrassing for me. Now, everyone thinks that I’m lying.”

Tobias mused as he countered with

believes me.” Indignant at her treatment by the others, Skylar’s inflection raised a

and asked that she wait for him at home, stating that he

was not optimistic that Tobias would be able to make it and hence hung

the disparaging voices filled her ears once again when

glass after another, the increasingly disinterested woman left her own cutlery well alone. She sat by

love-lives of their progeny continued to be the preoccupation of the older women. Tobias’ was the one name that hung often on Eva’s lips while she

he often crashed overnight in the office, and was

more attention to him if he’s single. As he must surely think quite highly of your talents, who knows whether you might end up marrying up? Your ex-boyfriend’s family

twitched her lips. “No no no. I’m not as audacious as my dear cousin here as to make such outlandish claims,

thinking that it could be the neighbor or some other acquaintance

whose seat directly faced the entrance, loosened her grip on her fork which slipped and clanked upon

not recognize the newcomer simply stared with