Richest Mogul

Chapter 121

Joe felt irritated when Skylar fell silent.

“I guess those years were a waste of time. I’ve wasted my youth on a useless man,” Skylar said softly.

The tension Joe felt disappeared. His mood shifted, and he smiled lightly. “It’s late. You should get some

rest.”

“Okay, good night,” Skylar said.

A few minutes later, Joe put down his book and was prepared to head upstairs as well.

Suddenly, his phone’s WhatsApp notification appeared. He opened the message and continued walking.

Annie: “Good night, Mr. Martin.”

Joe didn’t reply and set his phone to silent mode.

After waiting for 20 minutes, Annie still couldn’t get a reply from Joe. She stood by the window with a

glass of red wine and gazed at the city lights.

She lowered her gaze to look at Joe’s profile picture on WhatsApp.

She had asked Joe to come to their alumni reunion, which was happening in three days. She hoped he

would accept the invitation.

mean

replied with a few words, “I’ll check

her goodnight message or if he had simply

able to guess what others were thinking. Yet, she couldn’t quite read Joe’s mind..

so difficult to

make breakfast the next morning and

breakfast.

favorite pancakes and some bacon on

warm milk. He looked at

deliver us breakfast.”

Joe and took one of the glasses from him. The temperature was just right. She smiled and said,

was caught off guard by

took a bite. Satisfaction was clear on her

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fresh and fluffy. It was clear these were homemade, not store–bought.

having pancakes, just call Edgar. She’ll arrange

delivered,” Joe said.

takes over an hour for a round trip.” Skylar didn’t want to trouble

shouldn’t eat the same thing every day, or else she would get

appreciated Joe’s thoughtfulness.

each other,

possibility. Maybe he was in

blinked and said, “Tonight I’ll head over

working now?” Joe