In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO novel Chapter 339

Skylar went to the side to answer when her cellphone rang, away from those nosy relatives who were already convinced that she was a blowhard.

Eva could not resist taking another potshot at her. “Why are you sneaking off like that? Is that Mr. Ford looking for you?”

Unable to stop Miranda from remonstrating fervently on her behalf, Skylar decidedly left her to it.

“Why did you hang up just now?” Skylar’s tone was not very gracious as she was quite affected by everything that has transpired.

“I called instead because your cousin said that you have something that you wanted to talk about. Is something wrong?”

Skylar had sealed herself off after being besieged but cooled off quite a bit upon hearing Tobias’ passable explanation.

“What did you wish to tell me?”

After some consideration, Skylar asked, “Are you available right now? Do you want to come over to my place for dinner? My mom insisted that you’re my boyfriend and that made things embarrassing for me. Now, everyone thinks that I’m lying.”

“Well, am I not your boyfriend?” Tobias mused as he countered with a question of his own.

“Don’t you get it? The point is, no one believes me.” Indignant at her treatment by the others, Skylar’s inflection raised a notch even if she had not intended to.

Tobias more or less picked up on Skylar’s foul mood and asked that she wait for him at home, stating that he would only be done over on his end in half an hour or so.

“Forget it then.” Skylar was not optimistic that Tobias would be able to make it and hence hung up.

The older men in the household were drinking, and the disparaging voices filled her ears once again when Skylar returned to the dining table.

One glass after another, the increasingly disinterested woman left her own cutlery well alone. She sat by the side while she idled her time away.