Fell Into His Love Trap (Skylar and Tobias) novel Chapter 626

Chapter 626 True Devotion
When she unlocked her phone, she realized that the family chat group was filled with hundreds of messages.

All of them were talking about the manor and telling her to explain herself to her uncle and aunt.

As a result, she exited the group. There's no way I'm going to give in to their demands that I take responsibility.

By then, Tobias had left for an hour. The time he was gone, Skylar felt as if time had slowed down to a crawl where every minute felt like an entire hour.

In the meantime, she changed her passcode to “111111.” Worried that she would forget, she even jotted it down in her notes.

Given how insensitive she was with numbers, she would always end up forgetting her passcodes.

After heading upstairs, she saw Madelyn carrying a basket of dirty laundry. Thinking back to the night before, she stopped the latter.

Lowering herself toward the basket, she picked out Tobias and her undergarments and spoke as swiftly as she could, “Going forward, I'll wash these myself.”

As someone sensible, Madelyn didn't inquire about the reason. After all, she would usually throw them into the washing machine. Since Skylar wanted to wash them by hand, there was no reason for her to object.

Subsequently, Skylar brought Tobias' black briefs to the washbasin. She didn't want to trouble Madelyn with them, especially when she saw the white stains left from the night before.

While Skylar was washing and wringing the underwear dry, her phone vibrated on the countertop. After shaking the water off her hands and seeing that it was Penelope, she put the latter on speaker.

Ever since she failed to help Penelope join the entertainment industry, their relationship soured. Subsequently, Skylar called her up a few times to talk but was rebuffed every single time with the excuse she was busy.

After her olive branch had been spurned repeatedly, Skylar didn't dare contact Penelope anymore. She didn't want to invite trouble.

Therefore, she didn't continue Penelope's topic and waited for the latter to reveal the objective of the call.

Penelope added, “That b*stard, Brayden, has never visited his daughter nor paid child support. I really don't know what's going to happen to my child in the future. My parents are nagging me every day to move to a bigger place because the small house is filled with my child's belongings. However, where am I going to find the money?”

While listening, a sudden sense of disappointment crept into Skylar when it dawned upon her that she and her best friend could no longer talk heart to heart.

She never envisioned that one day, Penelope had to speak in such an indirect manner.

Given the pressure heaped upon her on all sides, she realized that it was difficult for her to keep the old manor. Maintaining her stance would turn her into someone hated by friends and family.

She replied candidly, “I know you're trying to persuade me about the redevelopment, which I have no objections to. It's Tobias who refuses to demolish the place, and there's nothing I can do about it. Therefore, don't listen to the rumors outside that blame me for it. After all, businessmen always put profit first. Besides, do you actually think I'm important enough for Tobias to do something like that for me?”