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 that his way of proving something to her? Was it to show that what

much about

started, but Joe

led her upstairs

same room and bed that

back home, heart racing as she gripped the

security; she didn’t have to worry about someone coming after her. Honestly, things weren’t as dire as she had made them out to be. She just saw

expected Joe to be so

high school, they were the perfect match in everyone’s

the same social circle, attending events together and surrounded by friends who always assumed they were meant to be. Even the family elders secretly tried

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

the future together on group

a slap in the face, jolting her back to reality; only then did she finally calm

other people who said he liked her, and

that Joe would only ever like her–that no