In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 185

Knowing how hard things had been on Skylar over the years, Penelopedid not want to implicate her. She could not bring herself to let Skylarpay for her own mistake.

Tobias took out a checkbook from his suit pocket and wrote a chequefor half a million before giving it to Skylar.

“Don't worry yourself sick over this. It's not that big of a deal anyway,”he said in an exceptionally calm tone

Penelope was dumbfounded. Skylar held onto the cheque, steelingherself before extending it toward Penelope.

Despite replaceing it improper, she had no choice. Currently, her toppriority was getting Penelope out of this predicament.

As Penelope stared at the string of numbers written on the cheque, shebecame tongue-tied and was even more curious about this man’s story.She smacked the cheque on the table and resolutely refused it. “I won'ttake it. Why should I take your money? It's better that you figure thingsout with that wife of yours at home instead.”

Tobias cast Skylar a long and meaningful look. She really does tell herbest friend everything.

Never one to be good at giving explanations, he did not explain himselfto Penelope. Moreover, he found it unnecessary to talk about personalaffairs with people who were irrelevant.

What upset him was the fact that Skylar did not seem to trust that hewould never take Tanya as his wife.

Meanwhile, Penelope took Tobias’ lack of explanation as an admissionby silence, she was certain that Skylar would come to regret thisrelationship in the future. There were no short of young girlscommitting suicide for men like him

As it was getting late, Skylar vehemently persuaded Penelope intoaccepting the cheque, but it was to no avail.

In the end, Skylar could only give up. Perhaps Penelope would changeher mind when she really ran out of options.

The three of them exited the café with Tobias taking the lead and thetwo girls walking behind him, arm in arm. Like two school girls crushingon a senior, the two of them giggled softly as they stomped on hisshadow.

Tobias gallantly offered to bring Penelope home first.

As they rode in his spacious Porsche SUV, Penelope whispered intoSkylar's ear, “You should keep your guard up. Spending money on youdoesn’t mean he loves you. Don't let all this materialistic stuff cloudyour judgment.”

Through the rearview mirror, Tobias spied the two girls whispering toeach other. Both of them seemed to have endless topics to talk about.Even after so many years, Penelope still lived in the same old house.The family of three lived in a space of about ten square meters wherethere was only one room. They slept on a bunk bed and for privacypurposes, she had installed a curtain on the upper bunk.

Her home was close to the one Skylar used to live in and was only twoto three minutes away by foot.

Penelope was the one who accompanied her the most throughout herchildhood.

When they arrived outside her house, Penelope gave Skylar aninquisitive look, seemingly asking where she was going with this man.Not long after Penelope left, Skylar heard someone calling her name.She turned around and saw her cousin, Kevin Watts, carrying abackpack. He was wearing black-rimmed glasses and was clad in abaggy school uniform. He had mild acne and light stubble, all typicalcharacteristics of an adolescent boy.

With a broad grin on his face, he greeted Skylar enthusiastically.Tobias went for a smoke, seemingly unwilling to have any interactionwith Skylar's relatives. Or perhaps, he felt that it was a waste of hisbreath to entertain a mere high school student.

As for Skylar, she had not seen Kevin for a long time.

He told her that his father had been sacked and went out looking for ajob every day, but oddly, none of the factories were willing to hire him.Skylar gazed at Tobias’ towering figure in the distance, watching aspuffs of smoke cloaked his features. Does he have anything to do withthis?

Logically speaking, it would be easy for her uncle to replace a job sincethere was currently a shortage of skilled workers and all the factorieswould be jumping at the chance to hire one.

After exchanging pleasantries with Kevin, she finally left.

“Finished?” Tobias hooked an arm around Skylar's waist, letting her leaninto his embrace.