In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO

Smile for the camera. Relax. Give off the clear, gentle aura of a midsummer night’s dream.

When the photographer and Skylar later went over the pictures they’d taken, they quickly discovered that she looked like she was forcing a smile in nearly every one of them.

It was as if someone had been holding a gun to her head and made her do this photoshoot.

“I’ll take a moment to organize my feelings, and we can do a retake soon after,” Skylar offered apologetically.

Noticing the necklace around Skylar’s neck, the photographer shook his head. “I think you should take that off and ask one of the stylists to give you a new one.”

She reached out a hand to gingerly touch the black swan pendant. Though she had grown attached to her birthday present, she eventually relented and switched it out.

It was late afternoon when the photoshoot finally wrapped up. Skylar approached Molly right before she left, saying, “See you soon. Let’s go out for a meal together next time.”

“When? I don’t want this to be an empty promise.”

hadn’t expected Molly to be so blunt. Of course, her invitation had indeed been nothing more than an empty promise, but she couldn’t go

seen each other since Penelope gave birth, and it couldn’t be good for her

ease the woman’s grudge against her if she came out for a

what she had done wrong for Penelope

with pride after getting asked out to dinner by Skylar

been smart to choose her, out of everyone, to be besties

take a picture with Skylar after they had dinner. She could post it on Instagram

trainee, Lisa, enviously mumbled, “Skylar’s literally untouchable within our company. I just don’t

the company about Skylar’s close relationship with the CEO of Ford Group and the head of

day, and had also bumped into him

didn’t know what he looked like; after all, she’d

replied, “Who cares? As long as you work hard, your

of success,

ever since her debut; a far cry from the trainees who practiced from