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 for

of proving something to her? Was it to show that what people said about him and Vera wasn’t true? That they were just high

so much about

you…” Skylar started, but Joe

he took her hand and led her upstairs

and bed that

sped back home, heart racing as she gripped

someone coming after her. Honestly, things weren’t as dire as she had made them out

never expected Joe

in high school, they were

assumed they were meant to be.

their entire time in high school, Joe had never shown interest in

daydreaming about the future together

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

always been other people who said he liked her, and

would only ever like her–that no one