Richest Mogul

Chapter 1282

Simona was genuinely worried that Aiken wouldn’t approve of her relationship with Stephen. After all, he had mentioned it before.

However, Aiken’s views could be quite limited at times, and he placed too much importance on a person’s background. Stephen was a great guy. He was talented and could put up with some of her bad moods while still being fun and spontaneous.

This was the first time she had ever truly liked someone, and she didn’t want to give up on

that so easily.

“Let’s keep walking. We just polished off two huge buckets of popcorn at the cinema, and I feel stuffed,” Simona said, quickly regaining her composure.

Stephen replied with an agreeable nod but seemed lost in thought as he looked down.

The next morning, Skylar woke up early. The sky outside was still dark, and when she opened

eyes, it was

she realized there was no chance of falling back asleep. She turned on the lights and grabbed her phone, noticing a message from Aiken that he

regarding Ned’s identity. Until now, she had only heard Paul’s descriptions of Ned’s background. Seeing Aiken’s thoughts or investigations added more evidence to what she

she read his message. “Thank you, Aiken. I’ve been considering this too. After Mr. Ziegler returned, he mentioned his experience from three years ago and happened to bring up

Paul wasn’t just due to the money paid but also

for Aiken’s role as a middleman and facilitating communication, the underground factory’s

fate of anyone who entered that

status was before entering, they became nothing more than a mule once inside. They were forced to work according to the demands placed upon them every day, with the constant threat of

finished replying to him,

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at this hour?” Skylar was a

all night. I just finished working out and

I see. I thought my