In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 339
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.”
your boyfriend?” Tobias mused as he
her treatment by the others,
wait for him at home, stating that he would only be done over on his end in half
Tobias would be able to make it and hence
older men in the household were drinking, and the disparaging voices filled her ears once again when Skylar returned
another, the increasingly disinterested woman left her own cutlery well alone. She sat
Tobias’ was the one name that hung often
so busy that he often crashed
Tobias Ford? You should pay 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
“No no no. I’m not as audacious as my dear cousin here as to make such
to answer the door, thinking that it could be the
to see that it was Tobias. Eva, whose seat directly faced the entrance, loosened her grip on her fork which slipped and
relatives who did not recognize the newcomer