In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO novel Chapter 40

Coincidentally, she ran into Avery, who was also taking a physique lesson in the classroom next door, with two girls trailing after her.

“Avery, your necklace is so beautiful. It must be very expensive, right? It looks so good on you,” one of the girls said with envy.

Picking up the pendant on the necklace, Avery raised her eyebrows slightly and replied, “It’s okay, I guess. My dad likes to buy me necklaces and always buys me gifts whenever he goes on a business trip.”

“You have a great dad who pampers you so much. Unlike my family. My dad favors my younger brother more, so most of the good stuff belongs to my him instead.”

Avery smiled and said, “I’m his only daughter, so of course, he has to pamper me. My brothers complain as they feel like they’re adopted, and I’m his only biological kid”

When she spoke, she held her head high proudly like a princess.

She even gave Skylar a sidelong glance when they brushed past each other as she spoke.

Obviously, she deliberately directed her words at Skylar.

Nevertheless, Skylar was expressionless and calm when she heard that Thomas pampered Avery so much.

She had never experienced any kind of fatherly love, nor had she ever been showered with love and attention from both her parents anyway.

She was already numb from all their ill-treatment anyway.

Her grandmother was all she had during every festive season back then.

When Wesley brought his family over for dinner, she envied her cousins as they had their parents by their side and were showered with gifts and candies.

Afterward, she gradually lost her expectations as the Joneses’ existence no longer meant anything to her.

When she went on to get her phone, Avery called out to her after asking the two girls to buy her some drinks.

“Did Jeremy ask you not to tell anyone about our relationship?”

Skylar forced a smile. “Ah, you know what – it just so happens that I, similarly, didn’t want people to know that I have a very rich and bratty sister. So don’t you worry. I’m nothing compared to you.”