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.

reunion would mean

he had only replied with a few words, “I’ll check my

she wondered if Joe had seen her goodnight message or if he had simply ignored

ignoring her message made her pout. She had always been able to guess what others were

difficult to reach?

next morning and realized the table

breakfast.

pancakes and some

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

deliver us breakfast.”

him. The temperature was just right. She smiled and said, “The

off guard by her

are great!” Skylar took a bite.

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

feel like having pancakes, just call Edgar.

delivered,” Joe said.

Galaxy Villa. It takes over an hour for a round trip.” Skylar didn’t want

thing every day, or else she would get

she appreciated

a week of not seeing each

in

“Tonight I’ll head over to Pearlhall Residence after work.”

working now?” Joe