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

up, Skylar found a photo of her family in her album. Tears began to pool in her eyes as she stared at

them in ages, not since she had become paralyzed. She had been able to answer their

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visit Skylar. Meanwhile, everyone had thought that she had been well

taken care of.

to amputate her leg if she hadn’t shoved Sadie aside. Besides, Sadie was

tears away, Skylar switched off her phone. She needed to rest well since she couldn’t show up with swollen eyes once she returned home.

six in the morning. Being used to waking up early, she went downstairs after

shower.

Residence yesterday, Joe had told her that he didn’t prefer having

around.

he had people from Pearlhall Residence come over to clean every day.

well.

downstairs and rummaged through the refrigerator. Thankfully, there were

Inside.

from Pearlhall Residence probably replenished and cleaned

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

Joe made his way downstairs and caught a whiff

saw Skylar cooking in the kitchen. The

the noodles. She

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

to having breakfast

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

own money, so she didn’t need his card. However, refusing

would be better for her to accept it; she would return it once their contract had

end.

a cup of coffee as soon as Joe

a sip of it. As the liquid traveled down his throat to his stomach, he was suddenly reminded of

that day’s schedule to him, announcing that they were scheduled

to the restaurant across the street and order a chicken

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

“Yes.”

misheard at all. Still puzzled by Joe’s

chicken noodle soup half an hour later.

buds, he felt nauseous. The taste of chicken noodle

“Mr. Martin, is the

“Take it away.