In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO

Chapter 498

Skylar was confused when she heard Tobias’ conclusion. She wondered if something was wrong with Xander because of the way she had brought his children up.

Tobias was different from the rest of his peers because he was the mainstay of the Fords. In spite of being a member of a renowned family, he was never given the chance to indulge himself.

“Contrary to popular beliefs, Tobias has it worse because of the things he needs to deal with.” All of a sudden, Skylar recalled something Claudia once told her.

She nodded in return because she had no intention to pick on others either. With that being said, she had accidentally offended Ingrid during the attempt to make a name for herself through her relationship with Harry.

As a result of the incident that had occurred, Tobias’ mind was all over the place since the morning.

Irked, he asked, “How are you related to Xander? Why has Marcus brought that up, and what does he mean by thirty thousand per night?”

After the long day she had, Skylar felt a strong urge to call it a day and have a break. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Nonetheless, Tobias glared at her, indicating she had to share everything she was conscious of with him.

As someone who had done a great job keeping her past to herself, she wouldn’t share it with Tobias if he hadn’t confronted her.

In the end, she told him everything, including the part she turned the man down without a second thought.

Tobias had faith in Skylar. He was certain she wouldn’t turn her back against him and have an affair with someone, should she be in her right mind.

She wouldn’t need that trivial amount of fortune either. Although Tobias deemed Skylar a materialistic woman, he knew she wasn’t greedy. To be precise, he thought it was a great cause to keep her motivated.

Actually, he was the reason she had been pretty materialistic – she couldn’t wait to be financially independent to prove herself.

In actual fact, she was as poor as a church mouse. A few days ago, Tobias sent someone to retrieve the statement of Skylar’s bank account and noticed she could barely make ends meet.

All things considered, it wasn’t as bad as it used to be because she could support herself instead of groveling herself at her uncle’s mercy.

Tobias sneered and remarked sarcastically, “I guess it’s true when they say a person doesn’t change, huh? I guess he’ll continue messing around with different women until the day he dies!”

Skylar could comprehend the rationale Tobias had remarked in such a harsh manner. After all, he was upset by his father’s behavior.

Since she had explained everything, she massaged her sore neck and announced while yawning, “Can I call it a day yet? Tomorrow is going to be another long day ahead.”

Tobias was conscious of the meaning behind her double innuendo – she wanted him to stay away from her for the night.

He stopped behaving indifferently and looked at her in the eyes, answering with a rhetorical question, “Have I mentioned anything about spending a night with you? Aren’t you aware I need to take a break every now and then?”

Skylar’s cheeks reddened out of the blue as her statement made her sounded like a lustful woman with countless dirty thoughts in mind.

When she tucked herself in bed once she made her way back to her room, she leaned against the headboard and started browsing her phone.

The moment Tobias heard the announcement of another game being commenced, he took a peek at her phone and asked, “Aren’t you tired after playing for such a long time?”

As her headquarter had been ransacked by her opponents, she announced while having her eyes glued to the screen, “You should stay out of my way because I’m the middle of something!”

He responded with a frown and went dead silent since she had made herself clear she didn’t have time to spare him.

After losing three consecutive matches, Skylar cast her phone aside and complained, “See? It’s your fault! You shouldn’t have talked to me!”

Tobias could vividly recall he had merely directed a simple question at her. Hence, he rebuked nonchalantly, “Are you blaming me when you’re not a match to your foes?”

Skylar wasn’t able to get herself promoted to the superior ranks, but she announced with a proud look, “My skills are on par with those in the superior ranks! It must be my comrades’ faults!”

Unconscious of the things she had mentioned, Tobias knew he had to do something about it because of the generation gap between them.