In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 264

Amelia was wearing skintight athleisure wear that complemented herslim, gorgeous body well. If Skylar had to guess, Amelia couldn't haveweighed much more than forty kilograms.

Now that’s what I call a skinny legend. You could start a fish pond in thehollow of those collarbones.

As fellow artists under the same manager, she felt obliged to greetAmelia.

Skylar waved at her as she wiped off some sweat with a towel.

“I haven't congratulated you yet on getting a female lead role beforegraduating,” Amelia said, a hint of contempt in her voice.

Skylar replied humbly, “I was just lucky, that's all.”

Amelia's saccharine sweet giggle that followed sounded mocking.

“It's not as if your luck just came to you out of nowhere. Tell me, do youcall your benefactor “daddy” in bed?”

Skylar's smile instantly froze on her face. She did, in fact, have a vaguememory of being forced by Tobias to call him “master”.

But she would never be so perverted as to call him “daddy”

Amelia interrupted her train of thought by continuing, “That lead rolewas actually supposed to go to me, you know. But I gave up the chanceand so, it went to you. I hope you'll always stay that lucky.”

Skylar wiped the smile from her face, her gaze turning sharp. “I hope sotoo... And I also hope that you won't ever give up your opportunitiesfor my sake again.”

Giving her a sidelong glance, Amelia huffed. “Showbiz goes throughnew generations of artistes and entertainers with a very high turnoverrate. Maybe you should put more effort into making sure yourbenefactor stays by your side. I'm not as fortunate as you are and grewup in a strict household, so I can't possibly imagine selling my body outin order to make a name for myself.”

“Please don't worry about me! I was born with a natural determinationand talent for doing unimaginable things,” Skylar laughed innocently.From Amelia's point of view, Skylar was broken to the point of noreturn. How else could someone do something so immoral andscandalous and not be ashamed of themselves, but take pride in itinstead?

Skylar decided to stop talking to Amelia, having come to the conclusionthat Amelia probably just felt indignant and bitter about Skylar's newrole. Don't blame me, blame Kate... She's the one who used to spoil youby focusing all her time and resources on you, and you alone.

Being forced to give up the lead role to someone else must not havebeen easy, but Skylar could care less.

When Skylar left Royal Entertainment, it was already afternoon and shehad yet to hear from Miranda.

She couldn't stop feeling antsy ever since Miranda was released. Therewas an incessant worry that Miranda might cause trouble, or getinvolved with the Joneses again.

When she got home and pushed open the door, she was surprised tosee Tobias at home. It was out of character for him to return so early.The man was seated on the sofa, head lowered as he ate his saladslowly and carefully with a disposable fork.

If he live-streamed himself eating and covered up that handsome faceof his, no one will ever watch it. His attitude was too prim and properwhile eating, and it made his food seem unappetizing somehow.

Skylar set her bag down and went to wash her hands before comingback to the living room to ask him, “Why are you home so early?Where'd the salad come from?”

She expected for him to say that Susan or another one of his secretarieshad bought it for him.

Tobias handed her a container of food that he had left untouched in itsplastic bag, having bought it for her to eat.

“I ordered it on my phone.” He had finished the salad and startedeating the leftover chicken slices.

Skylar giggled quietly. Tobias was making speedy progress consideringthat he didn’t even know how to pay bills using his phone a while ago.Maybe she should be concerned that Tobias had been with her for solong, he had started stooping to her level and ordering delivery food.Early the next morning, Skylar was awakened by her phone nearlyblowing up with notifications from Instagram.

Her follower count had grown by ten million overnight. She evenlooked at the number three times over to make sure that her blearyeyes weren't fooling her.

Tobias had been woken up by Skylar's movements as well, draping hisarm over her waist and slipping a hand into her underwear withouteven bothering to open his eyes.