Chapter 486
Jeremy stubbed out his cigarette and asked, “Is Skylar with you?”
Joe raised an eyebrow and asked, “Why are you looking for my wife all of a sudden?”
Joe began scouring Galaxy Villa for Skylar. He looked upstairs and downstairs to no avail.
“I wanted to ask her whether she knew anything about Natalie,” said Jeremy.
Joe asked, “Your wife?”
“Yeah. She didn’t come home tonight.”
“What a coincidence. My wife didn’t come home too.”
Silence fell between them.
The suspicion that Jeremy had been nursing disappeared. It looked like Natalie hadn’t been lying to him, and she was accompanying a friend with Skylar.
“You’re behaving weirdly. You’re here to confirm something you already know, aren’t you? Has your wife found out about your affair with that secretary of yours?”
Since discovering that Jeremy had gotten together with Annabelle, Joe believed the affair would soon get out of hand.
There were few to no secrets in their circle. Many people would pretend they knew nothing about it, and the aristocrats in their forced marriages would look the other way.
However, Jeremy and Natalie were different.
After a moment of silence, Jeremy said, “She’ll never find out. That secretary was nothing more than an accident.”
He would settle it tomorrow morning. Jeremy would never let Natalie find out, and such uncontrollable things would never happen again.
Joe hummed in acknowledgment and said, “Alright, I’m hanging up now.”
Following that, Joe called Skylar. After a few rings, she picked up. He asked, “Why aren’t you at home?”
Skylar was sitting on the couch. Natalie felt that her crying had made her too unkempt and ugly, so she headed off to shower.
Yet, Skylar had gotten a call from Joe. She’d pushed Joe to the back of her mind due to her focus on consoling Natalie. Skylar had forgotten to tell him she was busy tonight and wouldn’t be going home.
When she thought of the relationship between Joe and Jeremy, Skylar chose to keep the details to herself. She chose the same excuse as Natalie.
“We’re with a friend who has run into a bit of trouble. We won’t be going home tonight.”
Joe’s expression changed, but he did not enquire any further. He simply said, “Alright.”
After their call, Joe lay in bed and closed his eyes, trying to fall asleep. However, the more he tried, the more awake he felt. Suddenly, he sat up in bed with a frown.
Where did Skylar’s friends come from? She would rather sleep with her friend than him?
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