Richest Mogul

Chapter 412

Natalie’s facade crumbled the moment the call connected. “Jeremy lied to me! He lied to me!” she cried, her voice cracking. She knew all too well the sting of deception. This wasn’t the first time Jeremy had betrayed her trust.

Skylar had just returned to Galaxy Villa when the sound of Natalie’s distraught words drifted through the receiver, sending a jolt of worry through her. An Image of Annabelle Inexplicably flashed in her mind.

“Nath, where are you? I’ll go to you.” Skylar grabbed her shoes, ready to dash out the door.

Just then, Joe returned. He raised an eyebrow, surprised to see Skylar about to leave in such a hurry.

“My friend needs me urgently,” Skylar explained after confirming Natalie was home. “I won’t be back tonight.”

Without waiting for a response, she hurried out.

Joe stared at the empty doorway, a cold mutter escaping his lips. “A friend?”

What kind of friend, he wondered, could whisk Skylar away so abruptly after a phone call? She hadn’t even acknowledged him.

of coldness flickered in Joe’s eyes as he

stopped crying by the time Skylar arrived at Hughes Residence. However, she’d managed to unearth a few bottles of alcohol, one of which was already half–empty. The strong scent of

in the

soon as she saw Skylar, tears welled up in Natalie’s eyes again. “He deceived

deceived me!”

want to come home anymore, that he didn’t want to be with me,” Natalie sobbed. “I would have let him go. But lying to me? How could he

Natalie. “What exactly did he lie to you about?”

recounted the events

it was him?”

absolutely sure. I know him and his driver, Lucas. When he said he was on a business trip, he sounded normal. But I’m sure he’s been lying about all these trips lately.

pain crashing over her,

serious. “All we know is that he lied this time. We shouldn’t jump

conclusions about him.

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your husband as well as you do or what changes he might be going through. You need to calm down and think carefully about

But as the alcohol wore off, a sense of clarity began