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?”

out a chuckle shortly after. “I’m doing

Tears began to pool in her eyes as she stared at the

hadn’t seen them in ages, not since she had become paralyzed. She had been able to answer their calls sometimes, but only when the Williamses were in

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to let anyone visit Skylar. Meanwhile,

taken care of.

of her since she wouldn’t have had to amputate her leg if she hadn’t shoved Sadie aside. Besides, Sadie was her biological mother, after all.

rest well since she couldn’t show up with

six in the morning. Being used to waking up

shower.

yesterday, Joe had told her that he didn’t

around.

over to clean every day. He rarely ate at home as

well.

through the refrigerator. Thankfully, there were some

Inside.

presumed that the people from Pearlhall Residence

noodles in the fridge, so she decided

dressed in a suit, Joe made his way downstairs and caught a whiff

when he saw Skylar cooking in the kitchen. The apron she wore couldn’t hide her luscious

left the kitchen with the noodles. She asked politely,

mushrooms and vegetables as garnish. In fact, she preferred a hearty breakfast over mere

I’m not used to having breakfast in

left a black card behind before he left. ‘Use this card for your daily

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

accept it; she would return it once their contract had come to an

end.

a cup of coffee as soon

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

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

across the street and order

that was totally unrelated to work, Paul thought he must have misheard. Chicken noodle soup? Didn’t

“Yes.”

turned out that Paul hadn’t misheard at all. Still puzzled by Joe’s sudden cravings, he went out to instruct someone to

with steaming chicken noodle soup half an hour later. He

he felt nauseous. The taste of chicken noodle soup shouldn’t be this indulgent. He set down his spoon.

was bewildered. “Mr. Martin, is the soup

“Take it away.