In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO

Remembering Tobias’ obsession with cleanliness, Skylar cleaned the soles of her shoes before entering the house.

When they were inside, the man went to the bathroom to retrieve a warm towel for her. She received it and bent down, ready to wipe her shoes off when he suddenly said, “That’s for your hair and face. You got wet after getting down from the car, didn’t you?”

After a moment of hesitation, she reached up and used the towel to dry her hair off, hanging it back in the bathroom once she was done.

Her gaze fell upon the toilet. The cover was open, and there were no feminine products by the washbasin. Everything that was there was all arranged neatly.

Knock, knock.

Skylar quickly composed herself and opened the door, greeting Tobias with a smile. “You did a good job at cleaning up the bathroom.”

She didn’t say anything more, but he knew she’d stayed so long in there to check if there were any traces of another woman’s presence.

He led her to the dining room, where she cautiously took a seat down at the table. She felt weirdly antsy and not as comfortable as she was with Madelyn.

kitchen refrigerator, he took out a box and placed it on the table in front of Skylar, who merely stared blankly out the window and didn’t seem to

still thinking about the incident

of that accident would likely come up in future web searches of “crazy fan behavior,” and the story would

when Tobias called her name once

at the mall today. Why didn’t he ask about it or offer any words of

box, revealing the medium-sized cake inside

today was her real

her real birthdate was different. When registering for the card, she had altered her birthdate to be several months earlier than the real date so

background checks hadn’t been as strict, so she hadn’t needed any sort of connections to do so.

forest chocolate cake was clearly an afterthought of his that had possibly been randomly bought off a bakery on the street.

was her birthday. After all, she’d forgotten all

never been one to place much importance on birthdays ever since she was a child. Her grandma would cook a simple dinner for her to celebrate, but that was about

her birthday, and no one else other than her grandma remembered