In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 364

Seeing that her efforts at wresting Penelope from her daydream werefutile, Skylar left the topic at that. She hastily swallowed her next fewwords of caution.

Penelope sprawled on the sofa, scrolling through her phone andenthusiastically picking out clothes for her unborn child. Skylar snuck aglance over her shoulder.

Seeing that the other woman was browsing luxury brands such asBurberry and Gucci, each item of clothing exhibiting a minimum pricetag of a thousand, Skylar suggested kindly, “The baby will grow upreally fast. There's no need to buy such expensive clothes if heoutgrows them every few days.”

Scornfully, Penelope answered, “My family was too poor to buy megood clothes when I was young. I won't let my son suffer from thesame fate! His father's a rich man. We'll spare no expense for his child,I'm sure.”

Helplessly, Skylar replied, “All right. I have to be on set later, so I'll headback now. Tobias is waiting for me downstairs.”

Spitefully, Penelope said, “Why didn't he come up here? Does he notwant to see me that badly?”

Skylar heaved a sigh. “You're overthinking things. He's smoking in thecar. Besides, he doesn't really know you, either, and might be afraid tomake things awkward.”

Penelope happily replied, "Well, he's Brayden's friend. I'm sure we'llhave plenty of opportunities to get to know each other in the future.”Skylar massaged her temple in despair. No matter how awfulPenelope's desires were, she nonetheless loyally wished the best forher.

However, Skylar decided to refrain from advising Penelope based onany sort of moral standards, seeing as to how the latter was clearlyunfazed by them.

As she waited for the elevator to rise, Skylar felt the insistent buzzing ofher phone in the bag. She immediately fished it out and held it to herear without bothering to note who the call was from.

“I'm sorry, but perhaps we shouldn't contact each other anymore. Idon't want any trouble,” Harry's voice blurted out over the line. Hesounded as if he was in a great hurry to end the call. “I called to know ifIngrid has caused you any problems.”

Skylar bit her lip. She was touched that amidst Harry's difficulties, he'dnonetheless thought to spare some concern for her wellbeing.

“Nope,” she replied, then hung up the phone quickly. She had neverdoubted the arrangements that Kate made for her. This imaginary affairbetween Skylar and Harry, meant to captivate public interest andgenerate publicity, had been the only dubious move.

Instead of reaping the supposed rewards of this partnership, Skylar hadonly suffered as a result.

The mention of Ingrid sent a shiver down her spine.

Kai had warned Skylar about Ingrid in particular, vehementlycontending that Ingrid was a most fearsome match.

When Ingrid had still been a teenager in school, she'd gotten intomultiple fights. One of her notable achievements included sending heropponent into the ICU.

Even though years had passed since then, the other teenage girl wasstill relying on a respirator for life support.

The other girl's parents, naturally, demanded blood. Discontent with thesettlement offered them by the Fords, they sought a reprisal in court.However, the might and wealth of the Fords were unrivaled. They wonthe suit effortlessly, and the incident even added to Ingrid's braggingrights of being absolutely untouchable.

Compared to his sister, Sheldon's low profile was considered thepreferred choice. He was useless, but even if he failed to help the Fords,at least he did not hinder them.

When Skylar got downstairs, Tobias’ car was already waiting for her. Sheslid into the passenger seat and waited to recollect herself.

With one hand on the steering wheel, Tobias darted a sideways glanceat Skylar. “That was quick,” he commented. “Didn't you say you hadthings to discuss?”

Skylar looked down, twisting her hands together. “I didn’t want to saytoo much and agitate Penelope. She still thinks Brayden will marry her.I'm afraid she won't be able to accept the truth.”

Tobias contemplated their surroundings. Penelope's dwelling wassomewhat in the outskirts of the city. The apartments here, based onTobias’ keen eye, were approximately five hundred thousand squarefeet.

The man scoffed. “Brayden'’s rather stingy, setting her up here. Is theapartment bought or rented?”

“Rented,” Skylar replied.