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.

would mean

replied with a few words, “I’ll

goodnight message or if he had

been able to guess

he so difficult

morning and

breakfast.

and some bacon on the

two glasses of warm milk. He looked at Skylar and said, ‘Grandma sent someone

deliver us breakfast.”

toward Joe and took one of the glasses from him. The temperature was just right.

was caught off guard by her smile.

a bite. Satisfaction was clear on

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

pancakes, just call Edgar. She’ll arrange

delivered,” Joe said.

too much trouble. Pearlhall Residence is too far from Galaxy Villa. It takes over an

every day, or

she appreciated

not seeing each

Maybe he was in a

said, “Tonight I’ll head over to Pearlhall Residence

you working now?” Joe asked.