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.

Joe’s eyes as he clenched

However, she’d managed to unearth a few bottles of alcohol, one of which was already half–empty. The

in the air.

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

deceived me!”

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

bottle from Natalie. “What exactly did he lie to

Natalie recounted the events

was

a business trip, he sounded normal. But I’m sure he’s

sent a fresh wave of pain crashing over her, making it hard for her

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

conclusions about him.

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relationship. And I don’t know your husband as well as you do or what changes he might be going through. You need to calm

had felt utterly lost. But as the alcohol wore