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 his jaw.

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

the

in

deceived me!”

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

Natalie. “What exactly did he lie to you

recounted the events

sure it was him?”

and his driver, Lucas. When he said he was on a business trip, he sounded normal. But

wave of pain crashing over her, making

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

conclusions about him.

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what changes he

wore off, a sense of clarity