Richest Mogul

Chapter 1022

Vera wondered why Joe was asking this again.

“It was a gift from a friend abroad. You seem to like it a lot. I’ll contact her later to ask where she got it and have her send me one too,” Vera replied, trying to keep her tone calm.

Joe responded briefly, “Okay.”

Vera didn’t expect him to agree so readily. She frowned internally, wondering where she could find an identical ring.

This ring was unique. Molly had mentioned it was the only one in existence.

“Whatever,” she thought. When he asked again, she would just say her friend couldn’t remember where she bought it. He certainly wouldn’t keep insisting on finding a replica of that ring.

Remembering the incident earlier with Skylar, she casually shifted the topic. “A few hours ago, I had dinner with some friends and ran into Skylar on my way out. I accidentally rear–ended her car.”

Joe’s expression immediately turned serious. “Rear–ended?”

He recalled the phone call from Skylar and the subsequent WhatsApp message. Joe wondered if it could be that she was frightened after the accident.

happened right when we were leaving a parking lot. She may have braked too suddenly, and I bumped into her unexpectedly. It really startled me. Luckily, neither of us

if she was injured, he suddenly turned and walked away without

he just leave? Did he even hear

boring than before. She hadn’t wanted to be there in the first place, and

down, she finished her drink, grabbed her clutch, and

Galaxy Villa, after Joe returned, he went to the garage and

from the rear–end collision was

through the front door and went upstairs. The lights were still on in

would have been asleep by now. He guessed she must have been shaken

back to that night when she had cried from a nightmare, he realized

opened the door, he noticed that Skylar was already asleep. Her

was how she cared for herself when he wasn’t home. She should have told him directly about the situation when she texted him. He felt

over

tucked the blanket around her and placed her phone on

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light.

Skylar remained in deep

a mixture of frustration and fondness. It