In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 293

Skylar held her head and frowned. “That's his trick to pick up a girl. I'vemet him once and he was talking about how he fooled around withwomen. Don't trust him, Penelope.”

Penelope looked at her with a displeased look. She hoped Skylar to feelhappy for her, but Skylar dampened her enthusiasm instead. Annoyedby her response, Penelope argued, “You're no better than me. You flirtwith men too. You don't know my boyfriend, so you have no right tosay anything about him.”

That was the first time the besties fought against each other. Skylarreplied madly, “You'll regret it. Just don't lose yourself in therelationship.”

Penelope's heart ached when she heard Skylar's words. She's my bestfriend. She should be happy for me, shouldn't she? I guess she justcan't accept the fact that I have a good boyfriend now.

Penelope put the money on the table and walked away. Skylar calledout to her, yet she totally ignored her and left. Skylar drank up her fruitjuice and felt upset that her best friend turned her back on her becauseof a despicable man.

While Skylar was on her way back, she scrolled through Penelope'ssocial media. She was worried when she realized Penelope put her heartand soul into the relationship.

Her posts on social media were all about the man, showing off her newboyfriend. She posted pictures of the man’s back, his shirts, and somepictures of them holding hands.

Penelope had never done anything like that.

Skylar called Tobias and asked him to come over to the mall. He wasattending a business event when she called him. He left the event earlyand headed towards Skylar. She could smell the strong odor of liquoron him when he approached her. Tobias took down his coat and seatedhimself, then he took a sip of Skylar's coffee.

“Why are you here in the mall? You should be resting at home,” Tobiasasked while gazing around.

“I'm bored. Did you drink? You reek of alcohol.” His scent was so strongthat she couldn’t smell the fragrance of her coffee anymore

“A little bit. I was attending a business event. Why did you call me? Doyou want me to pick you up, or is there something you want to buy?”Tobias reached out to his pocket, then he realized that he had left hiswallet in the office.

Skylar showed him the cinema's website on her phone. She waschecking out the movie tickets for a romantic film. “I was in a badmood, so I wanted to watch a movie with you. But I guess you've drunka little too much. Just forget about it. Let's go home.” After saying that,she turned off her phone.

Tobias cast a smile at her. “I'm not drunk. Let's watch a movie. I'll justtake a nap there.”

Such a party pooper! Skylar heaved a sigh upon hearing that. What'sfun about that if my date just sleeps through the movie?

After that, she bought two tickets for a romantic film. There weren'tmany people in the hall, so they practically booked the place.

There were forty minutes more until the movie started. Tobias wantedto have a smoke at the fire escape. Skylar didn't want to follow, yet hegrabbed her wrist and dragged her to the fire escape behind the mall.Holding the tickets in her hand, Skylar stood by the door. She huggedherself with her own arms and mocked, “What a pitiful girl I am! I'vejust been discharged from the hospital and now I'm forced to breathein secondhand smoke. Do you want me to die early, Mr. Ford?”

Tobias squinted his eyes as he looked at her. Actually, smoking was justan excuse. He saw Thomas and Miranda at the cinema, and he didn'twant Skylar to run into them.

Before she noticed, he pulled her out of the place. Tobias was shockedto see Thomas and Miranda there, holding hands and going to a movielike a couple. He wouldn't believe it if he hadn't seen it with his owneyes.

If he loves Miranda so much, then why did he abandon his family?