Richest Mogul

Chapter 7

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Skylar waited for ten minutes, but she didn’t receive the money from Christopher. She had known that he wouldn’t return the money.

Within ten minutes, she collected various records of her transactions to him and screenshots of every

conversation where he had promised to pay her back.

This evidence was enough to file a lawsuit against him, or result in even worse circumstances if she

wanted. She decided to report it as a scam to the police first.

Next, she clicked on the messages from Sadie and Jeffrey. Both of them had reprimanded her for being disobedient, and Jeffrey specifically mentioned terminating her credit card.

Now that she thought of it, she indeed had a card that Jeffrey had given her when she had first returned

to the Williams family. But she had never used the card.

Maisy’s messages were pretty straightforward; she had done nothing other than brag about Jeffrey’s and

Sadie’s love for her.

Her intention to mock Skylar was unmistakable. In Skylar’s previous life, Maisy’s gloating had often upset

her.

Fortunately, Skylar now had a chance to start all over again. She would only acknowledge Janine, her adoptive mother, as her own mother from now on.

Her adoptive father, Finn Sullivan, had passed away in an accident when she had only been three years- old. As a result, Janine had laboriously raised four children alone.

Just as Skylar was about to set aside her phone and drift off to sleep, she received another message.

“Skye, are you getting used to life with the Williamses?” It was Steven Sullivan, her eldest brother who had always doted on her since childhood.

Skylar stirred. “Steven, I’ve missed you.”

Steven sent a voicemail the next instant. “Skye, just come back if you’re homesick. Mom has been mentioning you a lot these days.”

“Same. I really, really miss Mom. I’ll come back tomorrow.”

“I’ll cook for you once you’re back.”

“How have you been doing lately? I remembered that you said you’re going to publish a paper, right?”

silent. He let out a chuckle shortly after.

Tears began to pool in

she had become paralyzed. She had been able to answer their calls sometimes, but only when the Williamses were in a

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visit Skylar. Meanwhile, everyone had thought

taken care of.

had to amputate

needed to rest well since she couldn’t show up with swollen eyes

to waking up early, she went downstairs after

shower.

Pearlhall Residence yesterday, Joe had

around.

over to clean every day.

well.

the refrigerator. Thankfully,

Inside.

ingredients were, she presumed that the people from Pearlhall Residence probably replenished and cleaned the refrigerator every day.

a pack of noodles in the fridge, so she decided to

a suit, Joe made his way downstairs and caught a whiff of

he was momentarily stunned when he saw Skylar

the kitchen with the noodles. She asked politely, “Mr

fact, she preferred a

to having breakfast in the morning.”

left. ‘Use this

She was capable of earning her own money, so she didn’t need his

would be better for her to accept it; she would return

end.

of coffee as

in the aroma of his coffee, Joe took a sip of it. As the liquid traveled down his throat to his stomach, he was suddenly reminded of Skylar’s steaming hot chicken noodle soup this

was in the midst of reporting that day’s schedule to him, announcing that they were scheduled to visit

to the restaurant across the street and order

to work, Paul thought he must have misheard. Chicken noodle

“Yes.”

misheard at all. Still puzzled by Joe’s sudden cravings, he went out to

with steaming chicken noodle soup half an hour later. He took a

moment the rich aroma of the soup exploded on his taste buds, he felt nauseous. The taste of chicken noodle soup shouldn’t be this indulgent. He set down

“Mr. Martin, is the soup too hot?”

“Take it away.