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.

coldness flickered in Joe’s

had 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

the air.

tears welled up in Natalie’s eyes again.

deceived me!”

to be with me,” Natalie sobbed. “I would have let him go. But

the bottle from Natalie. “What exactly did he lie to

her tears, Natalie recounted the

it was him?”

said he was on a business trip, he sounded normal. But I’m sure

thought sent a fresh wave of pain crashing over her,

serious. “All we know is that he lied this time.

conclusions about him.

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your husband as well as you do or what changes he might be going through. You need

But as the alcohol wore off, a sense of