Chapter 144

Joe: “Tell Annie not to covet what she shouldn’t.”

Rowan was shocked by the message. He replied, “You have no feelings for Annie at all? You’ve been single for so many years—is it not for her sake? Just tell me what your relationship with Skylar is! Your attitude toward her is unusual.”

Unfortunately, Joe ignored the questions.

Rowan rarely gossiped and was uninterested in other people’s affairs. In Jipsburg, many people loved to gossip about him, so he didn't need to gossip about others. If he wanted to know something, he simply asked around, and the truth would emerge.

Joe was different. People were eager to know about Joe’s romantic scandals. But without his cooperation, an investigation was impossible, as he would surely find out.

“No need to rush. I don’t believe Joe can keep his secrets forever.”

Annie woke up late. She had barely slept the previous night. After returning from the club, she lay in bed with a restless mind.

She desperately wanted to know the nature of Skylar and Joe's relationship. She asked Rowan, but he didn't know either. It was his first time meeting Skylar.

Seeing Skylar's stunningly captivating face, Annie felt threatened for the first time. She had just gotten out of bed when a message from Rowan appeared on her phone.

Rowan: “Don’t set your sights on Joe anymore. He just told me to tell you not to covet what you shouldn’t.”

Annie’s face turned pale, and she clutched her phone tightly. She felt that Joe’s words were sharp and cruel.

At the hospital, Christopher stood at the billing counter, lost in thought.

The money in his bank account was far from enough to cover the surgery fees. His mother's condition was critical and urgent. He wondered where he could get hundreds of thousands of dollars so quickly. If he hadn't lost his job, he could have received a two-hundred-thousand-dollar bonus by the year's end. Although he had attended job interviews, there was no follow-up for some reason.

Given his educational background, degree, field, and abilities, it was bizarre that so many companies had interviewed him without hiring him.

He thought Skylar had become heartless and would definitely not help him again. For some reason, he felt that if Skylar were willing, she could easily procure the money for the surgery.

But… He never thought Skylar could be so cold to him.

Chapter 144 (Continued)

He picked up his phone and called Maisy. “Maisy, please lend me five hundred thousand dollars. Help me get through this tough time. I will earn the money and pay you back soon.”