In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 271

Tobias treated this place as his temporary imperial residence.

Skylar discovered a long time ago that this man was prone to severemood swings, and his attitude towards her was hot-and-cold.

When he was in a good mood, he treated her like a precious gem. Ifshe asked, he would probably steal a star from the night sky for her.However, he was sometimes so brutal that he seemed like a completelydifferent person

Skylar slammed her schedule for tomorrow onto the table. She hit thetable so hard that her hands hurt.

“I have to leave the house before the sun even rises tomorrow. You'llexcuse me for not doing it with you tonight. If you're so desperate, youcan always replace another woman to vent your animalistic instincts on.”Skylar looked as though she had swallowed a few mouthfuls ofgunpowder. Tobias gazed at her with a steely expression, feelingaggrieved.

She doesn't like my present.

Skylar caught a faint whiff of alcohol on his clothes. He had probablycome straight here from one of his work parties.

Tobias glanced at her schedule on the table. It was almost completelyfull—she had a very busy day tomorrow.

Without another word, he took her upstairs to a dimly lit room. Themoment they entered the room, Tobias removed his hand from herwaist and started undoing the button on her pants.

Skylar grabbed his hand, which was hovering around the edge of herunderwear. “Are you going to stay after this, or leave immediately afterwe do it?"

She decided to pop the question. In the past, she had looked forwardto living together with Tobias—that meant they could see each otherafter work every day. It was some form of happily ever after for her; shesupposed.

However, he had ruined this fantasy of hers completely. After a fewweeks of their quiet routine, he dropped by less frequently. Sometimes,he refused to reply to her texts or answer her phone calls.

It would be a lie to say his change of heart did not hurt her.

Tobias let go of her. With a salacious expression in his eyes, he said,“Just once? That won't be enough. We'll have to do it thrice at least... orI won't go tonight.”

Skylar didn't know if she should laugh or cry.

What should've happened afterwards happened. Tobias practicallyripped her pants off her body. He was very aggressive this time—herpants were only halfway down her thighs before he pushed her ontothe bed and entered her from behind.

Sweat dripped down his forehead as he panted and breathed raggedly.He told Skylar in a low voice that it had been half a month since he didit.

She didn’t know if she should believe him.

Afterwards, Tobias sat on the sofa and smoked quietly, while Skylar layin bed, naked as the day she was born. Even breathing hurt.

She couldn't summon the energy to sit up in bed. Her calves were stillcramping up, which made her shiver in pain.

As Tobias flicked the ash off his cigarette into the ashtray, he noticedthat there were a few cigarette stubs in it. They weren't from the brandhe smoked.

He put out his cigarette, which he had only finished smoking a third of.Gazing at Skylar darkly, he asked, “Who has been here while I wasaway?"

Skylar knew he had a reason for asking that question. She climbed upfrom the bed with much difficulty and realized it was the cigarette buttsin the ashtray that piqued his suspicion.

“Penelope came a few times. Are you against my friends dropping by?"The butts in the ashtray looked like a brand preferred by females.Tobias didn't ask about it again.

He lay back down in bed and cuddled up to Skylar, trying to move evencloser to her.

He hadn't taken any sleeping pills tonight, but fell asleep anyway. Evenwith the heavy weight of his arm on her, Skylar didn't dare to move.After setting the alarm for half-past four in the morning, she shut hereyes and listened to the even breathing next to her ear.

However, her movement as she turned the alarm off jolted Tobiasawake.

They quickly changed out of their pajamas. Tobias had behaved like astarved wolf last night, quite unlike how he had been when she first sawhim downstairs.

Skylar was kind enough to let him sleep in at her house. It was way tooearly in the morning, anyway.

However, Tobias placed an arm around her shoulders. Without anotherword, he steered her out of the door.

It was winter, but the first few rays of the morning sun were alreadycreeping across the horizon, illuminating the cars that were putteringabout on the roads.

Skylar got into his car. It was the same one that she had discovered alipstick stain a few weeks ago, but now it was perfectly clean. Shenoticed there was a can of xylitol gum in the cupholder.

Skylar popped a gum in her mouth. Her face scrunched up in disgustimmediately—it was mint-flavored

“Be careful,” Tobias drawled lazily. “Those are aphrodisiacs.”