In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 339

Skylar went to the side to answer when her cellphone rang, away fromthose nosy relatives who were already convinced that she was ablowhard.

Eva could not resist taking another potshot at her. “Why are yousneaking off like that? Is that Mr. Ford looking for you?”

Unable to stop Miranda from remonstrating fervently on her behalf,Skylar decidedly left her to it.

“Why did you hang up just now?" Skylar's tone was not very gracious asshe was quite affected by everything that has transpired.

“I called instead because your cousin said that you have something thatyou wanted to talk about. Is something wrong?”

Skylar had sealed herself off after being besieged but cooled off quite abit upon hearing Tobias’ passable explanation.

“What did you wish to tell me?”

After some consideration, Skylar asked, “Are you available right now?Do you want to come over to my place for dinner? My mom insistedthat you're my boyfriend and that made things embarrassing for me.Now, everyone thinks that I'm lying.”

“Well, am I not your boyfriend?” Tobias mused as he countered with aquestion of his own.

“Don't you get it? The point is, no one believes me.” Indignant at hertreatment by the others, Skylar's inflection raised a notch even if shehad not intended to

Tobias more or less picked up on Skylar's foul mood and asked that shewait for him at home, stating that he would only be done over on hisend in half an hour or so.

“Forget it then.” Skylar was not optimistic that Tobias would be able tomake it and hence hung up.

The older men in the household were drinking, and the disparagingvoices filled her ears once again when Skylar returned to the diningtable.

One glass after another, the increasingly disinterested woman left herown cutlery well alone. She sat by the side while she idled her timeaway.

The love-lives of their progeny continued to be the preoccupation ofthe older women. Tobias’ was the one name that hung often on Eva'slips while she called someone else out for being delusional.

She told them that her pitiable boss was so busy that he often crashedovernight in the office, and was without anyone beside him to warm hisheart.

An animated Sylvia said, “How old is Tobias Ford? You should pay moreattention to him if he’s single. As he must surely think quite highly ofyour talents, who knows whether you might end up marrying up? Yourex-boyfriend's family background isn't too shabby, but they were neverquite the match for someone of your capabilities.”

Eva twitched her lips. “No no no. I'm not as audacious as my dearcousin here as to make such outlandish claims, nor to even fantasizeabout something like that.”

When Wesley heard knocking from the outside, he tottered over toanswer the door, thinking that it could be the neighbor or some otheracquaintance making a courtesy call.

He was positively stunned to see that it was Tobias. Eva, whose seatdirectly faced the entrance, loosened her grip on her fork which slippedand clanked upon the floor.

The rest of the relatives who did not recognize the newcomer simplystared with eyes transfixed.

Elaine's mouth was agape. “Wow. This kid's so tall that he needs to bowhis head when he enters.”

His appearance caused Eva to shoot up from her seat, and left her sonerve-wracked that she seemed unsure where to place her own hands.“What are you doing here, Mr. Ford?” Eva asked, secretly hoping thatTobias might be here expressly to see her.

At the same time, she wondered how he found out where she lived. Didhe look it up in the employee form?

An anomalous blush crept across Eva's face.

Tobias did not seem to have heard Eva's squeaks and walked straighttoward Skylar instead. “I hope that I didn't arrive too late.”

Skylar could detect the alcohol off his breath when he neared andassumed that he must have quite a lot to drink.

To her, that was not a good sign, as he could be a real pain in the ass atnight whenever he was under alcohol influence.