In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 562

After all, Wesley and Sharon were the kinds that always felt they wereself-deserving and therefore, entitled to be treated well.

From Wesley's perspective, he was the one that raised Skylar. If not forher, Meredith's pension would have been given to him instead. After all,he was Meredith's son.

Skylar could still remember what happened when Miranda had justbeen sent to prison. Wesley was the first one to make his positionknown.

She had assumed he wanted to take her in given that Miranda was hissister.

Instead, Wesley suggested to Meredith to have her sent to either herdad or an orphanage.

However, Meredith rejected the idea about sending Skylar to theorphanage while Thomas refused to acknowledge her as his daughter.Worried that Skylar would be bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters,Meredith decided to raise her on her own.

Consequently, Wesley's relationship with Meredith became strained andit took them a few years to reconcile. After that, Skylar would movebetween families as if she was a ball being kicked around.

Ever since Meredith died, Skylar felt lonely no matter how luxurious herhome was. She would feel miserable and empty as it didn't give her afeeling of home.

Meanwhile, when she saw Kevin coming downstairs, she noticed hisstubble and all the pimples on his face. A boy going through pubertywas when he would experience the peak of male hormone secretion.Skylar asked, “Where are you going? Don't you have school since it's aweekday? Since you're already in high school, you have to be moreserious about your studies.”

Kevin nodded without a reply. Holding his bag with one hand, helooked at Tobias in the dark building they were in.

“Are you rich?”

Thinking that he was asking her, she replied with a frown, “Have youbeen playing games on your phone again?”

Kevin continued, “Skylar, I'm not asking you. I'm asking the one besideyou if he is rich.”

Tobias’ expression darkened as he wondered why a high school studentwould want to know.

He replied, “You can say that.”

Kevin's expression changed from one of despair to hope. Now, he hadto leave it to his parents while all he wanted to do was hide.

Just when she was bewildered by the question, Tobias asked her, “Howold is your cousin?”

“He's in high school, but I'm not sure about his exact age. Despitebeing Eva's brother, don't you think they don't resemble each other atall?”

Tobias didn't care about their resemblance. He was more concernedwith why Kevin didn't look like a student.

When Sharon saw that Tobias had come along with Skylar, she wassuddenly filled with hope. She quickly grabbed onto Tobias’ arm infront of Skylar.

She was overwhelmed by emotion as Tobias’ arrival felt like a light thatilluminated the darkness that was their despair.

As Sharon clung onto Tobias tightly, he tried to shake her off as soon ashe could.

“Skylar, your cousin was tricked and lost a lot of money. This time itisn't about the game credits. Can you help him out again?”

Sharon sounded as it was Skylar's responsibility to deal with it.

When she glanced at Tobias, she could see the look of contempt on hisface.

Nowadays, it was common for one to ask about one’s relatives beforemarriage. They would like to know the number of one’s relatives andwhat they do for a living.

Skylar finally understood why this was so important before one gotmarried. No one wanted to have troublesome relatives anyway.

Hence, she regretted letting Tobias come along. After all, he hadalready helped out the last time. However, of all days, he had to choosenot to go to the office that day.

This time, Skylar wasn't going to let Tobias get involved anymore.

She admonished them, “Can't you keep an eye on Kevin? Didn't youlearn a lesson from last time? How can he be involved in gambling atsuch a young age?”