Richest Mogul

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Vera transferred the money on her phone and said, “Given the damage to your car, transferring you ten thousand dollars should be enough to cover the repairs. If it’s not enough, just let me know.”

Then she stepped out of the car. “Were you here eating by yourself?”

Vera looked into Skylar’s car, scanning for Joe, but didn’t see him.

Skylar simply accepted the money transfer. “If there’s any issue with my car, I’ll contact you. I’m leaving now,” she said as she opened the door and got in.

The location wasn’t ideal for lingering around. They were still blocking the exit from the parking lot. Besides, Skylar didn’t have much to say to Vera anyway. Their relationship had always been distant.

Vera frowned as Skylar got into the car without responding further. A sense of frustration flared up. She thought, “What kind of attitude was that? Did she not even hear me?”

She got back into her car, her irritation growing. She quickly stomped the gas and followed Skylar out of the lot.

Skylar drove for a while, making a few turns. As she waited at a traffic light at an intersection, Skylar glanced in her rearview mirror and spotted a familiar car.

It was the same one that had rear–ended her earlier–Vera’s. She wondered if Vera had been following her this whole time or if it was just a coincidence.

noticed Vera

before deciding to pull

window, signaling her to

while now. Care to

attitude were starting to get

been a spur–of–the–moment

to call the car dealership. See how much it would cost to fix

thousand dollars to me? You said I

for repairs this weekend. Once I have the exact cost, I’ll send you the receipt. I

photo I sent you of Joe and me at the reunion? Are

to reflect on yourself instead of being jealous of me. My relationship with Joe isn’t something that disappears

use it to spend more time with him. Go ahead, relive your memories, build up whatever connection you think you have–I’m not

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what you’re doing right now? You’re acting like a secret mistress, hiding in the shadows. If you can manage to get Joe to divorce me, I

couldn’t make sense of Vera’s thought process, especially how she seemed to bring Joe into every conversation. Her patience, already thin, was

anger. She asked, “Skylar,

believe Skylar had called her a secret mistress. She wondered who the real