In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO novel Chapter 185

Knowing how hard things had been on Skylar over the years, Penelope did not want to implicate her. She could not bring herself to let Skylar pay for her own mistake.

Tobias took out a checkbook from his suit pocket and wrote a cheque for half a million before giving it to Skylar.

“Don’t worry yourself sick over this. It’s not that big of a deal anyway,” he said in an exceptionally calm tone.

Penelope was dumbfounded. Skylar held onto the cheque, steeling herself before extending it toward Penelope.

Despite finding it improper, she had no choice. Currently, her top priority was getting Penelope out of this predicament.

As Penelope stared at the string of numbers written on the cheque, she became tongue-tied and was even more curious about this man’s story.

She smacked the cheque on the table and resolutely refused it. “I won’t take it. Why should I take your money? It’s better that you figure things out with that wife of yours at home instead.”

Tobias cast Skylar a long and meaningful look. She really does tell her best friend everything.

Never one to be good at giving explanations, he did not explain himself to Penelope. Moreover, he found it unnecessary to talk about personal affairs with people who were irrelevant.

What upset him was the fact that Skylar did not seem to trust that he would never take Tanya as his wife.

Meanwhile, Penelope took Tobias’ lack of explanation as an admission by silence, she was certain that Skylar would come to regret this relationship in the future. There were no short of young girls committing suicide for men like him.

As it was getting late, Skylar vehemently persuaded Penelope into accepting the cheque, but it was to no avail.

In the end, Skylar could only give up. Perhaps Penelope would change her mind when she really ran out of options.

The three of them exited the café with Tobias taking the lead and the two girls walking behind him, arm in arm. Like two school girls crushing on a senior, the two of them giggled softly as they stomped on his shadow.

Tobias gallantly offered to bring Penelope home first.

As they rode in his spacious Porsche SUV, Penelope whispered into Skylar’s ear, “You should keep your guard up. Spending money on you doesn’t mean he loves you. Don’t let all this materialistic stuff cloud your judgment.”

Through the rearview mirror, Tobias spied the two girls whispering to each other. Both of them seemed to have endless topics to talk about.

Even after so many years, Penelope still lived in the same old house.

The family of three lived in a space of about ten square meters where there was only one room. They slept on a bunk bed and for privacy purposes, she had installed a curtain on the upper bunk.

Her home was close to the one Skylar used to live in and was only two to three minutes away by foot.

Penelope was the one who accompanied her the most throughout her childhood.

When they arrived outside her house, Penelope gave Skylar an inquisitive look, seemingly asking where she was going with this man.

Not long after Penelope left, Skylar heard someone calling her name.

She turned around and saw her cousin, Kevin Watts, carrying a backpack. He was wearing black-rimmed glasses and was clad in a baggy school uniform. He had mild acne and light stubble, all typical characteristics of an adolescent boy.

With a broad grin on his face, he greeted Skylar enthusiastically.

Tobias went for a smoke, seemingly unwilling to have any interaction with Skylar’s relatives. Or perhaps, he felt that it was a waste of his breath to entertain a mere high school student.

As for Skylar, she had not seen Kevin for a long time.

He told her that his father had been sacked and went out looking for a job every day, but oddly, none of the factories were willing to hire him.

Skylar gazed at Tobias’ towering figure in the distance, watching as puffs of smoke cloaked his features. Does he have anything to do with this?

Logically speaking, it would be easy for her uncle to find a job since there was currently a shortage of skilled workers and all the factories would be jumping at the chance to hire one.

After exchanging pleasantries with Kevin, she finally left.

“Finished?” Tobias hooked an arm around Skylar’s waist, letting her lean into his embrace.