In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 309

Tobias remained deadpan and adopted a wait-and-see attitude. TheJoneses were quite messy in their family affairs; the relationshipsbetween each individual were very complicated.

Thomas did not want to go to jail. Ashamed, he bowed his head beforehis children, ready to face their reactions.

With the Zieglers having a severe capital chain rupture, Thomas had nochoice but to oblige Miranda. The latter could request Skylar to askTobias for help and resolve the company’s problem.

Irene raised her arm, ready to strike Miranda, but was blocked bySkylar. As a result, the tight slap landed squarely across Skylar's face.“Both of you are scums. How dare you publicly oppress us? This is thefirst time I've seen such a shameless pair!”

Skylar's brows drew together. “Look who's talking? Weren't you amistress who did the same thing back then?"

Skylar's attitude against Irene had always been very aggressive.However, the way Irene treated Skylar was comparatively a thousandtimes worse.

She could never forget how Irene stepped on her face with her stilettoheels. The awful scene was still vividly captured in her mind as if it hadonly happened yesterday.

She was only a teenager when they tortured her that one time she wentto borrow money for tuition fees.

Skylar could recall that it was raining cats and dogs that very day whenIrene pushed her frail body to the floor, cursing her. You're anunwanted beggar. I won't hesitate to beat you up each time I seeyou... Irene’s harsh words still rang in her ears.

She wanted to fight back so badly at that time but was too feeble to doso. Consequently, she was picked up and bullied further by Irene whileHayden and Avery watched on.

Every time Skylar thought about their sarcastic laughs and maliciousexpressions, she had to resist the urge not to tear them apart with herown bare hands.

Another person who witnessed all of these was Skylar's biologicalfather, but he merely stood there, allowing it to happen. In the end,Thomas took out two hundred from his wallet and tossed it at her,saying good riddance.

Since then, Skylar saw Thomas in his true colors and learned the hardfact that not all parents loved their children equally.

While Skylar was holding her burning cheek, an angry Hayden raisedhis hand up high, wanting to strike her again.

“That's enough. What fault does Skylar have? You should know verywell the consequences that will befall you should you slap her.” Tobiasdashed to the center of the ruckus and stared daggers at Hayden.Intimidated, Hayden put down his arm which was hung mid-air.

At that instance, Irene was as mad as a hornet. She could not care lessabout who Tobias was. “It's all your fault, Tobias! I'm sure you're the onewho threatened my Honey to divorce me. You wrecked our family!There's nothing you won't do because of this wicked girl!"

Irene’s words left the guests puzzled.

What does Tobias have to do with the Joneses? Everyone startedgossiping under their breath.

With resentment, Skylar clarified, “This has got nothing to do withTobias. You should question your man instead of barking at innocentpeople.”

Tobias did not bother to stand up for himself. Hugging Skylar, heexamined her face and the obvious slap mark. He then sighed and said,“It's either I change my habit of not hitting women, or you could returnher one right now.”

Skylar was shocked to hear that. She knew that if she were to slap Irene,the latter would definitely not fight back in Tobias’ presence.

She noticed that there were many guests who had taken out theirphones to record videos. If the situation went out of control, she wouldgain public exposure. However, it was not a desirable thing to befeatured in the headlines because of an ugly domestic problem.Considering so, she called upon Tobias’ bodyguard, Samuel, andwhispered a few words to him.

Next, she walked toward Miranda, who was beaming with joy. Such ascene gave her a thrill and made her more excited than taking drugs.Skylar took the blow for Miranda's sake. She looked at her motherdisappointedly. “I don’t care what method you used to achieve yourgoal, it doesn’t matter to me anymore. The two of you can live howeveras you please in the future. Don't harass me ever again. I'm done withyou.”