In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 238

“Skylar is studying at the Southwood Film Academy,” Miranda toldthem in support of Skylar. “You all know where that is right? A lot ofcelebrities graduated from that school. I'm hoping that she'd becomereally famous in the future. She's my only insurance plan after all.”

Eva sneered. “So many people that came out of that school would endup just being extras or playing insignificant roles. Those famouscelebrities spent a lot of money to get to where they are. Where do youget that money from? There was Grandma's retirement fund in the past.What about now?"

Eva started being the wet blanket again, clearly not wanting Skylar toget any attention.

Skylar raised an eyebrow in response and smiled. “I just finish filming anew movie by Daryl Williams.”

"Oh?" Eva looked at her suspiciously. “That's a famous director. Whatrole did you play?”

"The second female lead. There were quite a lot of scenes.”

With that, Eva went silent. She had to admit that Skylar had an exquisitelooking face. There are abundance of beautiful faces in the industrythough. For a nameless actress like you to gain popularity would be ahuge joke.

After a while, Eva cleared her throat and made an announcement.“Everyone, I'm getting married soon. Mum, Dad, David's parents wouldlike both families to meet before that. They've already prepared ahouse that's more than two thousand square feet for us.”

“Yeah,” David chimed in. “Mr. and Mrs. Watts, my mother really likedEva so the house was prepared well in advance. It's located in the cityso it's more convenient for Eva to travel to work.”

All the relatives there were shocked by the announcement. Their jawsdropped even further when they heard about the house in the city.“Eva's really amazing! Even your husband is impressive. Your in-lawsseem nice too! Have you secured a job yet?” One of the aunts saidflatteringly.

“It's confirmed,” Eva declared proudly. “The human resourcedepartment already sent me an offer. I'm going to work in the FordGroup.”

At that instance, Skylar almost choked herself when the Ford Group wasmentioned. She was astonished that Eva was going to work in Tobias’company.

Sharon and Wesley looked at each other for a brief moment. Otherthan them, no one knew that they actually met Tobias.

On the other hand, Miranda was in jail for quite some time, so she didnot know whether Eva's job was good or not.

Nevertheless, Miranda did not want Skylar to lose face. “Skylar has agreat boyfriend too! He even gives me money to spend! Look at myclothes, these costed thousands!”

Eva laughed nonchalantly in response. “Aunt Miranda, why don’t youinvite him to dinner with us? Give him a call. Everyone here can helpyou assess him.”

Miranda wanted to meet Skylar's boyfriend as well, so she startedcoercing her. “Why don't you give him a call and ask him to comeover?”

But, Skylar was having none of that. “Why should 1? What's he evenhere for? To finish our leftovers? He's a busy man.”

“How could you talk to your mother like that?” An aunt reprimanded.“Skylar, you're being really disrespectful. Think about how difficult itwas for your mom, she was jailed for so long.”

Skylar, however, fought back. “I meant no disrespect to my mother. Iknow things have been difficult for her, but have you people evervisited her even once? I don't think so.”

As the exchange went on, the atmosphere at the table became moreand more tense.

All of a sudden, Eva slammed her fork on the table. “You better not gotoo far, Ms. Skylar Jones. Everyone here is your elder, so show somerespect! Don't you dare think you're all great just because you got intoa film academy? What did Grandma teach you? Don't use insolence as aweapon to lash out at the people who care most about you.”

Skylar felt sick after seeing the smug way Eva talked. “I'm done here.You guys carry on without me. Oh, by the way, can you people pleasestop thinking that Eva's going to starve? Everyone keeps putting foodin her bowl like I was gonna finish everything if you don't guard thefood from me. I don’t even like duck!”

As she was standing up, Miranda grabbed her arm. “Why are you likethis? Why do you have to ruin a nice evening like this?”