In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 41

“How would I know? In any case, it had to be a family member of yours.It was a fancy car.”

A fancy car? It must've been Tobias, then.

I don’t know anyone else who drives a fancy car apart from him. Orcould it have been Jeremy? Oh, dream on. As if that b*stard would doanything for anyone but himself.

Skylar whipped out her phone only while making her way back homeand found several missed calls from Tobias.

She then called him back only to hear an especially disgruntled voice.“You just got a new phone, but it still takes you that long to answer it?”“I silenced it and kept it in my purse,” Skylar explained. “I've justchecked it. Where's my mother?”

Tobias sounded slightly taunting. “What's the point in you knowing? It'snot like you want to see her.”

He's keeping me on my toes even up till now? Skylar couldn't take it. “Iwant to see her. She's still my mother, after all, so please tell me whereshe is. Where have you taken her?”

Delighted to hear Skylar using the word “please,” Tobias gave her thehospital address.

“You should think this through, though. She's not in her best mentalstate at the moment.”

“Okay,” Skylar responded half-heartedly and hung up before Tobias hadeven finished.

You're heartless.

Spotting an ATM by the roadside, she took out the black card Tobiashad given her and withdrew a thousand in cash. Then, she dropped bya fruit stall and bought a fruit basket.

Memories of her past were so vague that the young woman didn'tknow what her own mother enjoyed eating.

At the same time, Tobias stared at the notification of a one-thousandcash withdrawal on his phone and smirked.

Skylar was possibly the thriftiest woman he had ever met. She had onlyused one thousand despite having kept the card for so many days.After that, Skylar carried the fruit basket to Haywest Hospital andobtained Miranda's ward number from the psychiatric department'sreceptionist.

At the door to Miranda's ward, a young, handsome, and gentle-lookingman, who was dressed fashionably, stood there waiting.

The man’s eyes seemed oddly familiar to Skylar as though they hadonce met.

“Hey there, pretty lady. You must've gotten the wrong room.” The manstopped Skylar just as she placed her hand on the door handle.

Skylar glanced at the ward number, making sure she wasn't mistaken.“Nope, my mom's just been hospitalized. This is her ward.”

Sheldon eyed the woman before him with curiosity. Why would Tobiasbe interested in a girl whose mother just came out of prison?

Still, Sheldon refused to let Skylar in. He merely leaned against the doorframe with a seemingly innocent smile.

“You can head in, but tell me, what's going on between you and mybrother?”

“Your brother?” Skylar gazed at the young man in surprise.

Oh, it's no wonder their eyes look so alike! Although this guy looks alittle softer.

Sheldon nodded. “Yup. My dear older brother's the one who made mepick her up from prison first thing in the morning. My name's Sheldon.”The man extended a hand toward Skylar, and she shook it. “I'm SkylarJones — a friend of your brother's.”

Upon hearing Skylar's name, Sheldon thought back to what Avery hadasked him that day.

This caused him to freeze up momentarily. What is my brother doingwith such a trashy woman?

Compared to Tanya, he despised schoolgirls who sold their bodies tomen. Aren't you taking the phrase “robbing the cradle” a little too far,Tobias?

Sheldon suddenly became aloof, and his smile vanished. “Your mother'sbeen sedated, so she’s fast asleep. Go on in.”

Skylar noticed the change in Sheldon’s behavior upon hearing hername. He now looked at her as though she was an eyesore.