In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 269

In fact, Tobias had a fiancée once, but they never went through with themarriage. Susan heard she had a mental breakdown and wasinstitutionalized in a mental hospital.

Only Tobias himself knew what happened between them

Susan knew that, stripped of his charisma, Tobias would be nothingmore than an average hostile, dangerous playboy. This was why sheconstantly reminded herself not to fall for him.

Her boss would rather remain a bachelor for life than being boggeddown by marriage and the demands of one singular woman.

Just as Susan was leaving the room, she bumped into Eva at the door.Susan shot her a look. Eva had a rather lovesick look on her face, andSusan's expression turned rather critical

The office had just hired a few assistants. Eva was objectively the best-looking one out of all of them. Susan feared that she might havedeveloped a few strange ideas. Eva was a pretty good worker, and shecompleted all her tasks wonderfully.

Tobias tore his gaze from his phone and looked up at Eva. “Is theresomething wrong?”

“Mr. Ford, the weather has been rather cold lately. My mother madesome soup to thank you for taking such good care of me. Please drinksome—it'll do wonders for your health.” Eva placed the canister of soupon his desk and made to twist open the cover.

Tobias leaned back in his chair and continued reading his documents,looking utterly unruffled.

“Mr. Ford, you should drink while it's hot,” Eva persisted. The silence inthe room was making her uncomfortable.

“First, I've never extended any special treatment towards you. Second, Ihate soup—they make me sick and taste horrible to boot. Besides, dowe know each other very well? You don't have to be so concernedabout me.”

Tobias drew blood with every word. Eva felt as though someone hadjust emptied a bucket of ice-cold water on her head. She put the lidback onto the canister.

The wild, savage expression in Tobias’ eyes frightened her.

She had no choice but to leave the room. Just as she reached the door,he looked up and gazed at her.

Eva's heart started beating wildly as she felt her face heat up.

“Aside from work matters, please do not come in here to look for me.You might be new, but that's no excuse for your lack of propriety.”

Eva bowed her head in humiliation. This was the first time she had beenso thoroughly embarrassed. Tobias hadn't bothered to treat her withrespect at all.

The office fell silent as she crept despondently out of the room andshut the door behind her quietly.

Susan was waiting for Eva in the corridor.

She gazed contemptuously at the canister in the latter's hands and themelancholic expression on her face.

Blocking Eva's path, Susan smiled and said mockingly, “I remembertelling you about the rules of this office on your first day. Have youforgotten all about it? Don't think you can climb the corporate ladderby engaging in this sort of atrocious behavior. Use the time and doyour work properly!”

Eva tried in vain to defend herself, but Susan refused to listen to her.She had seen this sort of girls before.

Tobias had never expressed an interest in any of his femalesubordinates. He hated it when people tried to suck up to him.

He frowned and pursed his lips in annoyance. He tried to call Skylar, butshe hung up on him every single time.

After he tried calling her a few more times, she got so frustrated thatshe simply blocked his number.

What the hell is she doing? Infuriated, Tobias removed his tie and flungit onto his desk. He stalked over to his window and watched as rainpoured down onto the streets outside.

It was already winter, but it still rained every other day. Recently, it hadbeen bone-chillingly cold. Sometimes, it was so cold at night thatTobias had a hard time falling asleep—that was when he thought twopeople in bed was better than one.

He hadn't had much time to rest these days. He was spending most ofhis days in the office, which left him no time to engage in his usualdebaucherous behavior. In fact, it had been a month since he last hadS@X.