In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 394

However, Tobias took his sweet time before finally texting Skylar backaround breakfast time.

Tobias: ?

Skylar gripped tightly on a soymilk bottle with one hand and typed outa response with the other.

Skylar: Didn't you like my Instagram photo yesterday?

Tobias: I don't bother with social media. Sheldon was on my phone lastnight, so what's the fuss about this liked photo?

Skylar downed the soymilk. It washed down her throat like stale,powdered milk due to her foul mood. She mentally sneered at herself,repulsed by how she had taken the whole thing so seriously. I eventook a screenshot! Ugh!

Well there goes my good mood.

Elsewhere, Tobias noticed that Skylar had ignored his message. Hebecame lost in deep thought as he tapped on the sides of his phone.Curious, he opened up Skylar's social media page and found the photoin question, a bathroom selfie. It showed off Skylar's porcelain skin androsy cheeks as if she had just hopped out of a shower. His eyes roamedon the photo and eventually landed on her plump, delectable lips.She's good-looking, I'll give her that.

Sheldon had slept in till now. He came downstairs in his crinkledpajamas, and his hair looked like an overgrown bush. Sheldon seemeddisgruntled and worn-out as he kept on yawning, despite having sleptfor over twelve hours.

“Good morning, Mom, Tobias. Why didn't you guys wake me up forbreakfast?” Sheldon lazily slumped onto the chair opposite Tobias withhis legs crossed.

Claudia grumbled in response, “It's late. Must you sleep in every day?Look at how you're indulging in hedonism and wasting away like somebum. Do you intend to rely on your brother forever?”

At her nagging, Sheldon shoved two-thirds of toast into his mouth.

He then clamped his mouth shut and feigned a quick choke, motioningthat he wasn't keen on talking. Claudia shook her head disapprovinglybut said nothing about his antics.

Eventually, Claudia answered a phone call from her best friend and leftthe room. Tobias had waited for this moment to speak up. He askedSheldon, “Why did you use my phone last night? Who said you could?”Sheldon’s back straightened at once. “I was bored, so I scrolled throughyour stuff to pass the time. Then I saw Skylar's photo and liked it. By theby, that photo is all over the internet now.”

Although Sheldon kept a straight face, he was sweating buckets inside.I can't believe Skylar texted Tobias so quickly after I used his account tolike her photo. She seems pretty enthusiastic over something petty likea photo.

Although... if Skylar rats out about how Winnie wants me to split halfthe family’s assets, then it's certainly not a petty matter.

I'll be skinned alive if Tobias replaces out about that.

Besides, Winnie is overestimating my abilities with all that talk aboutsplitting assets. I haven't done anything to deserve even a penny'sworth of Ford Group's earnings. And even if I wanted to start my owncompany, I'm just not capable enough to do so.

Sheldon could only hope that Skylar wouldn't rat him out.

Tobias later saved Skylar's photo onto his phone. After hesitating forsome time, he set it as his wallpaper.

Avery felt inferior now that she was working alongside Skylar. Itunnerved her that Skylar had gone through some magicaltransformation; Skylar was no longer the meek and poor little wretchthat begged Avery's family for tuition fees all those years ago.

“How does it feel to play this character, knowing that you've stolen itfrom someone else?” Avery sneered.

Skylar responded to this with a wicked grin. “It's not too shabby. But tobe fair, I was given this role. They wouldn't take no for an answer, sohow could I refuse? Besides, weren't you always stealing my thingswhen we were growing up? Now you know what it's like to be on thereceiving end.”

Avery's face scrunched up into a hideous frown. Skylar's smugnessmade her feel worse about losing the role.

Avery couldn't hold it in any longer. She shed all pretenses of amiabilityand turned violent against Skylar. “We'll see about that. Some thingswill never be yours, no matter what scheming methods you use toobtain them. You're just as shameless as your mother; she stolesomeone else's man while you're stealing career opportunities fromme!”

Avery's heart simmered for the despicable mother-daughter duo. Shehated how her family had been in tatters ever since Miranda got out ofprison.