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?”

fell silent. He let out a chuckle shortly

in her album. Tears began to pool in her eyes as she

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

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let anyone visit Skylar. Meanwhile, everyone had thought that she

taken care of.

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

tears away, Skylar switched off her phone. She needed to rest well since she couldn’t show up

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

shower.

they had left Pearlhall Residence yesterday, Joe had told her that he

around.

come over to clean every day. He rarely ate

well.

downstairs and rummaged through the refrigerator. Thankfully, there were some vegetables

Inside.

she presumed that the people from Pearlhall

of noodles in the fridge, so she decided to

Joe made his way downstairs and caught a whiff of the tantalizing aroma.

used to his married status, he was momentarily stunned when he saw Skylar cooking in the kitchen. The apron she wore couldn’t

when she left the kitchen with the noodles. She asked politely, “Mr Martin, do you want

as garnish. In fact, she preferred a

not used to having breakfast in the morning.” Joe refused blatantly.

behind before he left. ‘Use this card for your

own money,

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

end.

coffee as soon as Joe

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

midst of reporting that day’s schedule to him, announcing that they were scheduled to visit the neighboring city in two hours.

to the restaurant across the street and order a chicken noodle

totally unrelated to work, Paul thought he must have misheard. Chicken noodle soup? Didn’t Joe dislike having breakfast?

“Yes.”

turned out that Paul hadn’t misheard at all. Still puzzled by Joe’s sudden

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

buds, he felt nauseous. The taste of chicken

“Mr. Martin, is

“Take it away.