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.”