In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 369

“Tobias, Skylar isn't as innocent as you think. She's a malicious person!She's going all out to achieve fame right now regardless of what ittakes, even if it means trampling all over everyone else. Everything Isaid in the office was true,” Winnie insisted brokenly.

Whether out of sheer defiance or stupidity, Winnie stood her ground.Tobias eyed her as he lit a cigarette and spewed out a mouthful ofsmoke, sneering, “Don't call me Tobias. We're not related, and neitherare we on intimate terms with each other. Who said I liked innocentwomen? They always end up being quite foolish like you.”

Winnie cringed when she remembered that Sheldon was still on theother end of the line, hanging onto every word.

Tobias headed downstairs to wait for Skylar, who had excitedly told himearlier that day that she would be in the studio recording her newsingle, Demon.

Tobias had never heard Skylar sing. He thought she should focus onhoning her acting skills rather than embarking on a whole otherendeavor entirely, but he didn't have the heart to say so.

After all, as the saying went, a jack of all trades was very often a masterof none.

Skylar's emerged breezily from the office, carrying only a thermos flaskin one hand.

Tobias drew another long puff of his cigarette. Ash drifted onto hispants, which he dusted leisurely off.

Watching Tobias from afar, Skylar paused to admire the fine silhouettehis handsome profile cut against the night sky.

When the man turned to look in her direction, she hurried over, wavingwildly to him. “Are you here to fetch me home?” Skylar asked, her eyesshining.

Tobias, however, had urgent matters to attend to at the office. Since hehad promised to spend the day with Skylar regardless, he had nochoice but to bring her to the office with him.

Even though it was nearly midnight, the fluorescent office lights in theFord Group building were still ablaze. Skylar groaned inwardly. Don'tthese people have anything better to do than to work? I'd rather besleeping! She recalled reading somewhere that working long hours andnot getting sleep increased one’s risk of getting a stroke.

Skylar had long bemoaned the amount of time she dedicated to herwork. The employees at Ford Group, however, were on a wholedifferent level of commitment.

Only the very young and able-bodied could possibly hope to keep upin this intensely competitive and draining environment.

Eva was still in the office. She'd always been jealous of her cousin.They'd last met each other at their family dinner but had not been incontact since.

Eva caught a glimpse of Skylar's resentful face as the latter sat in theoffice. If not for Tobias sitting next to Skylar, Eva would have hurriedpast without saying a word.

Skylar set her thermos flask and brown coat down on Tobias’ desk. TheHermes logo gleamed under the harsh white glow of the fluorescentoffice lights. Not too long ago, Eva had haughtily presumed it to be afake. Alas, she had been quickly proven wrong.

As Eva tidied up the documents that had been scattered all over thetable, she watched Skylar and Tobias out of the corner of her eye. Skylarwas sitting rigidly on the sofa while Tobias coaxed her, “Are you tired? Ifyou're sleepy, I can get the chauffeur to send you home. I did keep mypromise of accompanying you today, after all, so don't say I didn't.”Peevishly, Skylar retorted, “I sound like a task you're way too eager totick off your to-do list. If you're that unwilling, or you think that I'm ahindrance to your work, I'll leave, then.”

Undeterred, Tobias continued in a meeker tone, “Why would you saythat? That's not what I'm thinking at all. I'll head off to my meeting first.I'll do my best to be back as soon as possible.”

Eva raised her head slightly, sneaking a look at Tobias stroking Skylar'shair in an effort to pacify her. Watching that, she felt a growingbitterness rise within her.

Despite the woman that Skylar had grown to become, she was still thatunwanted, unhappy girl in Eva's mind. Skylar was a mediocre performerwith nothing especially worthy about her.

Eva thus could not even begin to fathom why Tobias was so enamoredwith Skylar. Wasn't like supposed to attract like? Eva thought cattily.Tobias, in the meantime, straightened his tie and headed out of theoffice.

This left Eva with Skylar. It was so quiet that one could hear the minuterustling of the pages as the former flipped through them.

Skylar did not even glance at Eva. She took out her phone and beganscrolling flippantly through social media, occasionally breaking into ayawn. Her bent head exposed the creamy white skin at the nape of herneck. At that moment, unconsciously, Skylar looked the very image ofalluring femininity.

On her screen, Skylar saw that Penelope had posted a new Instagramstory.