In a Love Nest with the Aloof CEO

Chapter 458

The young chef looked at her, perplexed. “I’m not doing anything illegal.”

Skylar smiled at him. “It’s just a simple task and it’s not illegal. I’ll transfer you the money now.”

The man nodded and took out his phone. Skylar sent him seven hundred and fifty and promised to release the rest of the payment after he fulfilled his end of the bargain.

Skylar put her phone back in her pocket as she whispered in his ear.

The man listened attentively and nodded away.

Truth be told, even Skylar herself did not know since when did she become so sly.

Life had taught her a lot ever since she left school. After what she had gone through because of Jeremy, Skylar came to realize that those who were kind would only be taken advantage of.

The more she wanted to run away from trouble, the more got into them.

Over on the outside, Claudia was in a very good mood after winning a few rounds.

Tobias, who had been sitting on the couch, realized that Sheldon’s phone had not rung once throughout the evening.

Not many people at the company took him seriously after he assumed office. If it were not for Tobias, there was no way Sheldon could stay there for even a day.

“It’s time you stop all the petty tricks behind my back. There’s no use having people tail me and reporting back to you. Nothing will happen as long as I don’t do anything, but let me warn you, it’s entirely up to me whether I want to return to Ford Group. There’s nothing you can do to stop me.”

Tobias drilled his confident gaze through his younger brother.

Sheldon closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm down. “I finally understood why you gave this position up to me so willingly. I’m nothing but a puppet and you’re the one who is pulling the strings. You have absolutely no trust in me. Do you really not believe I can achieve something great on my own?”

Tobias had no intention of backing down. “I’ve been going easy on you. I’ve allowed you to have a cozy life and you’ve never really had any problems in your life, but since mom and you are my only family, I will try not to make things too ugly. I’ve always pampered you since you were a kid. I tried my best to give you everything you wanted, but you’ve done nothing but created trouble. Come to think of it, your incompetence is partly my fault, but you should also know your place and stop testing my patience.”

Sheldon’s fists clenched tightly on his knees as he listened to his brother. Instead of reflecting on himself, he was consumed by wrath listening to Tobias’ admonishment.

Meanwhile, Skylar and Winnie had just finished preparing food.

Winnie had a whole plate full of dumplings while there were only a few plain-looking dumplings in Skylar’s.

Winnie stole a glance at her plate and smiled proudly.

Ha! Do you actually think you can learn everything just from a few tutorial videos?

Kai took up a dumpling from Skylar’s plate and teased her. “Gosh, how did you wrap them? They are so ugly and even the filling is dropping out.” Despite his snarky comments, he still took up one from Skylar’s plate.

Their interaction caught Tobias’ attention. When Sheldon saw his brother looking at the two, a smirk played on his lips. “Kai and Skylar seem really close. I can still remember Kai calling her name when he was drunk.”

Tobias’ face stiffened and his eyes glistened with enmity. “Didn’t I tell you to watch your tongue? Don’t you know when’s the right time to speak? You’d better stop talking about Skylar.” Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

Sheldon instantly shut up when he caught his brother’s icy glare. He was not expecting him to react so strongly. He figured Tobias must have fallen for her.

Perhaps Tobias was the only person who did not realize how much he cared about Skylar. Sheldon could tell from their lasting relationship that Skylar had a special place in Tobias’ heart.