Richest Mogul

Chapter 1044

After her rant, Vera, still fuming, called Molly.

Molly sounded out of breath when she picked up the phone, and it wasn’t clear what she’d been doing.

“It’s so late. What’s the emergency?” she asked, her tone clearly annoyed.

Vera didn’t care about the time or whether she was interrupting Molly. In anger, she demanded an answer from Molly.

“Joe was so cold to me, and he even made me explain my relationship with him in front of Skylar. Skylar seems to be more important to him than I am. Is this what you meant when you said once I got back to Jipsburg, he’d start to hate her and fall for me instead?”

“Did you lie to me?” Vera snapped as she rummaged through her bag, frantically searching for the ring.

“Why would I lie to you? What would I even gain from that? If you don’t believe me, then return the ring,” Molly shot back, equally frustrated.

Vera’s expression changed as she suddenly let out a panicked cry, “The ring is gone! I think I lost it when I left Galaxy Villa. I don’t know if I dropped it in the villa or outside!”

“What? You lost it? Where did you put it? How could you just lose it? You better find it! If Skylar gets her hands on it, you can forget about ever getting close to Joe again!” Molly’s voice was laced with panic

now, too.

and Vera vaguely heard

n

her frantic

she had started relying on it, believing it would somehow help her get

bag, but the ring was nowhere

idea where it fell. I took it off and put it in my bag because Skylar was there, and

out to her car and searched high and low, spending half the night tearing through every corner. But the

She was panicking.

I do now? I can’t go back to Galaxy Villa at this hour. What if Skylar finds it? What kind of trouble would that cause?” Desperate, she called Molly

Molly sounded

for you. Even if Skylar finds it, she probably won’t know what it means. In a couple of days, I’ll send you a necklace. Wear it all the time. And

right with her. A gnawing unease crept inside like she was falling into a bottomless,

a dreamless

she woke up the following day, Joe was still lounging in bed. As she tried to get up, he pulled her

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quit your job. Why are you getting up so early? Sleep in a bit longer,” he murmured, his voice still thick with sleep. Barely a minute later, she heard his steady breathing again. He

eyes. She didn’t remember Joe being this fond of sleeping. If anyone found out he had

she had nothing to do. Today, Minerva had invited her to an auction. She wanted her help picking out something special for an elderly