In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO
Chapter 63

It was eight, and Skylar was making her way toward the locationmentioned earlier while cussing.

The trees, the shrubs, and the darkness all looked the same to her. Withher poor sense of direction, she reckoned she might not be able to getout if she lost herself inside.

She would be damned if some bear had decided to show up halfwayand pick her up for its supper.

So in Tobias's honor, the girl mentally exhausted every colorfulexpression in her library of expletives.

Then, she received a call.

He told her that he would take her, and they would wait outside KingHotel together for her classmates.

After that, she went on to quietly rescind what she said about him.

In the thick of night, the music that blared in the distance from wherethe bonfire party was held reached her ears.

This merriment and revelry had no place for her.

She pulled the lapels of Tobias’ coat closer as she trudged through thedark towards the rendezvous point.

Tobias leaned by the side of the entrance. He had one hand on his hipand another on a lighted cigarette.

Tapping at the watch on his wrist impatiently, he finally saw her coming.She took her place beside him. “Are you sure we aren't doing anythinghighly embarrassing? We are in the middle of nowhere.”

“Look, if you really want me to do something to you, just say so. It's abit chilly out here, but I'm game if you are.”

Skylar blushed and averted her gaze while ignoring him.

She was not going to provide him with any more ammunition to shootherself in the foot with.

The girl stumbled a few times on the unlit path. And more than a fewtimes her eyes darted to the left and to the right to check if there wereany hungry beasts staring back.

“Do you have night blindness?”

She picked up her pace. “Healthy people like me don't really get tosuffer from diseases of affluence.”

He turned around and held her hand. There was a spot of coolnessinside her palm.

Her fingers lifted to reveal a jade pendant encrusted in gold. She liftedher eyes to him and furrowed.

“Your sign makes you prone to encountering the supernatural. Hang onto this for good luck.”

Skylar shuddered to think that he even knew her sign.

Compared to any ghost, this seemingly omniscient man scared hereven more.

When she saw the necklace’s exquisite workmanship and the clarity ofthe jade within, a thought struck her.

It would not be a bad idea to pawn off the item, pay for her mother'streatment and then take her far away from here.

Good riddance to studies and the future.

Where her reputation was at right now, it would only get worse for hershould she ever become famous.

She knew the black card Tobias gave her must be tied to his phonenumber.

Thus, if she were to withdraw a significant sum, it would not elude thewily old fox's attention.

Should she upset him, she might be slapped with another label ofscammer. Ironically, this time, it might be her own turn to go behindbars.

A gift, however, was a different story. She had the right to decide whatto do with it.

“Just a small trinket. It isn't worth much.”

That did much to burst her bubble as the best-laid plans went to waste.Meanwhile, Tobias thought that the crestfallen look on her face lookedrather endearing under the murky moonlight.

Besides, he was definitely not telling her that he acquired the antiquenecklace from Hendricks Auction House in a bid that started fromtwenty-eight million.

The man was not interested to know whether it could actually ward offevil. At the end of the day, he just wanted to give it to her.