In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 398

Anger thrummed in Skylar's chest after listening to Tobias’ uninterestedwords.

She hissed, “Can“t you at least pretend to care? You could have asked ifI was fine. Is that so hard to do?”

An exasperated sigh sounded from the other end of the call. “I'm busy,Baby. Besides, you wouldn't be talking back so harshly if anythingserious happened to you. Isn't that right?”

Then Skylar hung up. She fumed at how Tobias wasn't taking herseriously. Forget it. I'm not going to ask for his help anymore.

He's clearly too busy to make time for me.

Meanwhile, Tobias sat behind his desk in a black suit. His expressionturned grim as he looked at the phone in his hands. Why must thevideo call’s audio blast through the speakers? Couldn't it just be subtlelike a regular call?

Various executive members sat on the sofas around. A tenseatmosphere permeated the air around them.

They represented different departments in the company and weregiving detailed status reports to Tobias. It was halfway through thiswhen Tobias’ phone rang. Then they sat uncomfortably as the womanon the phone threw a fit at Tobias.

That got them curious. Who's this woman that is currently involved withMr. Ford?

Eva, who took down the meeting notes with the other assistants, couldtell that it was Skylar's voice on the call.

Delight swelled in Eve's chest. Tobias is way harsher to Skylar than Ithought.

It looks like he no longer replaces Skylar interesting.

“Let's resume. We'll adjourn this meeting after we complete thereports.” Tobias fastened the buttons on his suit and checked the time.If I rush over to the filming site now, I'l likely arrive by dawn. What's thepoint of going on a hectic journey to see Skylar, who's uninjured andperfectly fine?

I'm not the type to indulge in such romantic gestures.

After every executive member had completed their reports, Tobiasdismissed the meeting. Everyone got up and left accordingly. Theyassumed that tonight's meeting was simply routine work.

Shortly after, Tobias’ spacious office returned to its usual silence.

Then Sheldon entered. He promptly closed the door and turned on hisheel to see what Tobias was up to—scribbling something. He heard thesound of Tobias’ pen scratching ferociously against the paper.

Sheldon approached the paper on Tobias’ desk. It was a name list of thecompany's executive members. Tobias had struck off several names,such as Spencer Campbell, Dylan Slade, and others.

He immediately recognized these people. These were some of the olderemployees who had been in the company for the longest time.Confused, Sheldon asked, “Why'd you strike off their names? Shouldn'tyou at least acknowledge that they've served us for a long time? Surelyyou're not that heartless to remove them from the company?”

Tobias stopped striking out names. He looked up at Sheldon and said,“The company will be undergoing a reform. My company is not anursing home for lax employees.”

An inexplicable feeling lingered at the back of Sheldon’s throat. He wasworried that someday, Tobias would discard him like those employees.Winnie might be right. I should start thinking about my future. I can'tallow myself to waste away as I've been doing this whole time.

Tobias leaned deeper into his chair. He pulled at his tie to loosen it,then looked at Sheldon. “Why have you come to see me? Are you shorton money?”

At this, Sheldon shrugged off his original intention of asking for money.He shook his head and replied, “I'm introducing Winnie to Mom. I'mcounting on you to be there too. We can't have the spotlight shine ononly me.”

Tobias’ face fell disapprovingly at Winnie's name, yet he didn’t want tointerfere with Sheldon'’s relationship. He eventually grunted, “Nopromises. I'll be there if my schedule isn't too packed. Otherwise, you'llhave to figure it out yourself.”

At the hotel, Skylar's spine was killing her. On top of that, her heart wasin complete tatters after that video call with Tobias.

The next day, Skylar's mind was still a jumbled-up mess. She wasanxious about re-filming the harness scene from yesterday. I can't trustanyone after that disaster. I'm never putting on another harness unlessit is fully inspected and proven to be safe.

Josiah was too embarrassed to say anything to Skylar. After all, Skylar'smelodramatic request had saved her life yesterday. If he had stubbornlyinsisted on not having the mats, then his female lead would bebedridden in a hospital by now. He could never live with that guilt."How are you doing? Do you feel any discomfort anywhere?” Largoplaced two bottles of freeze spray beside Skylar, offering them to her.Skylar hadn't expected Largo to be so considerate. He's thoughtfullyasking about my pains after the fall, and he even brought medicine!He's way more of a gentleman than that cold-blooded monster, Tobias.Ultimately, women yearned to be cared for by someone special; Skylarwas no exception. However, she had lost all faith that Tobias would everbecome a gentle and considerate man.