In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 369
“Tobias, Skylar isn’t as innocent as you think. She’s a malicious person! She’s going all out to achieve fame right now regardless of what it takes, even if it means trampling all over everyone else. Everything I said in the office was true,” Winnie insisted brokenly.
Whether out of sheer defiance or stupidity, Winnie stood her ground. Tobias eyed her as he lit a cigarette and spewed out a mouthful of smoke, sneering, “Don’t call me Tobias. We’re not related, and neither are we on intimate terms with each other. Who said I liked innocent women? They always end up being quite foolish like you.”
Winnie cringed when she remembered that Sheldon was still on the other end of the line, hanging onto every word.
Tobias headed downstairs to wait for Skylar, who had excitedly told him earlier that day that she would be in the studio recording her new single, Demon.
Tobias had never heard Skylar sing. He thought she should focus on honing her acting skills rather than embarking on a whole other endeavor entirely, but he didn’t have the heart to say so.
After all, as the saying went, a jack of all trades was very often a master of none.
Skylar’s emerged breezily from the office, carrying only a thermos flask in one hand.
cigarette. Ash drifted onto
afar, Skylar paused to admire the fine silhouette his handsome
over, waving wildly to him. “Are you here to fetch
to at the office. Since he had promised to spend the day with Skylar regardless, he had no
inwardly. Don’t these people have anything better to do than to work? I’d rather be sleeping!
had long bemoaned the amount of time she dedicated to her work. The employees at Ford Group,
young and able-bodied could possibly hope to keep up in
jealous of her cousin. They’d last met each other at their family dinner
in the office. If not for Tobias sitting next to Skylar, Eva would have hurried past without saying a
gleamed under the harsh white glow of the fluorescent office lights.
out of the corner of her eye. Skylar was sitting rigidly on the sofa while Tobias coaxed her, “Are you
retorted, “I sound like a task you’re way too eager to tick off your to-do list. If you’re that unwilling, or you