Richest Mogul

Chapter 57

Skylar hung up right away.

Her heart had been crushed a long time ago. Because of what Steven said, she thought they were perhaps not as hopeless as she thought.

In the end, she expected too much.

When Joe went downstairs, he heard Skylar’s phone ring. He also overheard the things she said,

She didn’t shed a tear after the call ended. Even so, she looked like an injured puppy tending to her wounds pitifully.

The look in Joe’s eyes deepened. He felt something tugging at his heartstrings.

There was a time in the past when he also had to lick his wounds alone.

The sound of someone coming downstairs startled Skylar. She looked up at Joe. He was taken aback to see that her eyes were still filled with hatred and pain.

Skylar realized that she had lost

her composure. She lowered her eyes immediatel

Joe strode toward her. He could feel that she was in low spirits. “The tea you gave me last night was very effective,” he said.

About an hour after finishing the tea, his anxious heart quietened down. Before he realized it, he had fallen asleep

In a slight panic, Skylar nodded. “Good to hear that it was effective. I can make more for you. I have something else I need to do. I’ll be taking my leave.”

She didn’t want anyone to see the panicked and helpless side of her.

shoes, pushed the door, and walked right out without

at the tub of yogurt on the table. Skylar hadn’t had time to throw it away. If she

eyes flashed across his mind. The frigid air around him became

that Paul sent to his phone

on social media. It wasn’t because she had no evidence but because her accounts had been blocked.

in her way. Following that, Sadie treated her so coldly. Despite finding out

table. He made

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are your orders, Mr. Martin?” Paul asked. He sounded a

two days. He had mindlessly scratched a lottery ticket the day before and won a thousand dollars. It was the most he had ever won!

time in his life

for Skylar’s remark, he might have even lost his life if

emerald charm.

is help!

being oppressed. He also knew about the truth. He’d feel bad

him all night, causing him to lose sleep. He was enraged to see the

not help Skylar if Joe hadn’t instructed him

Chapter 58

do it in Martin Group’s name. Come up with a way that can help

on the table a few more times.

marriage was contractual. Whatever it was, she was still his

he couldn’t allow others to oppress her

Paul answered promptly.

couldn’t help but probe. “Have you fallen for Ms. Sullivan,

it,” Joe

thoughts were always mysterious. Besides, Gloria favored Skylar. Joe could very well