Richest Mogul

Chapter 1043

Skylar stared at Joe in disbelief. But whatever surprise she felt paled in comparison to the complete devastation on Vera’s face. She looked like she was about to shatter at any moment. And yet, Joe kept piling it on.

“It’s better to make things clear while my wife is here.”

The words “make things clear” and “my wife” hit Vera like a series of slaps.

She felt as if someone was repeatedly striking her across the face. Her head spun, and all she wanted to do was run away.

“I…” she began, but the rest of the words tumbled out a jumbled mess. She had never felt so humiliated in

her life.

“Joe and I were just high school classmates. I came to him today because I knew he could help me. There’s nothing else between us.”

The word’s barely finished before she bolted from the Galaxy Villa, her steps hurried and frantic.

After Vera left, Joe turned to Skylar and said, “She’s gone. Let’s head to bed.”

a loss

Was it to show that what people said about

he care so much about

you…” Skylar started, but Joe didn’t

led her upstairs toward the bedroom. “I’m tired. Let’s

bed that night, but

Vera sped back home, heart racing as she gripped the steering

about someone coming after her. Honestly, things weren’t as dire as she had made them out to be. She just saw it as an opportunity to see Joe

Joe to

in high school, they were the perfect

were meant to be. Even the family elders secretly tried to set them up as a couple, and Vera shared

their entire time in high school, Joe had never shown interest in any other girls who liked him. He only ever remembered her

spent time daydreaming about the future together on

her like a slap in the face, jolting her back to reality; only then did she finally calm down. Looking back, Joe had never once told her

other people who said he liked her, and she had just believed

that Joe would only ever like her–that no one else