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.”

Of course, her invitation had indeed been nothing more than an empty promise, but she couldn’t go back on her word now. “Tomorrow night. I’ll text you

dinner meet-up would be a good excuse for her to invite Penelope out. They hadn’t seen each other since Penelope gave birth, and it couldn’t be good for her mental health to stay

the woman’s grudge against her if

as to what she had done wrong for Penelope to

was glowing with pride after getting asked out to dinner by Skylar in front of

had been smart to choose her, out of

Skylar after they

untouchable within our company. I just don’t know where she got such good connections and

Skylar’s close relationship with the CEO of Ford

with a man the other day, and had

didn’t know what he looked like; after all, she’d never had the right to

“Who cares? As long as you

an immature ideal, lamented Lisa. It was true that hard work was part of success, but you couldn’t succeed in the entertainment industry

and without connections started the race on a completely different starting line. Skylar had only enjoyed the best opportunities ever since