Skyler slowly took the phone a little further away, a trace of impatience flashed across his eyebrows.
âWhat do you want?â
Josieâs voice sounded angry and aggrieved. âFiona meant something to me, how can you treat her like that? What heinous thing did she do? Do you need to cut off her hands like this? She wonât be able to hold a paintbrush in her life anymore!â
Skyler completely ignored her anger and said indifferently, âItâs her fault so she canât blame anyone else.â
She hurt Jocelyn, so it was more than heinous. He almost lost Jocelyn from the anaphylactic shock. So, this was lenient by his standards. Skylerâs attitude was a huge blow to Josie.
Her voice dropped and she said with deep sadness, âSkyler, youâve changed. Since you got the marriage certificate with Jocelyn, youâve turned into such a stranger to me.â
After he heard Josie mentioning Jocelyn, Skylerâs expression turned completely cold, âThis has nothing to do with her. Fiona is jealous of her and wants to take action against her, so I just let Fiona get what she deserves. Josie, you know my bottom line, donât make me despise you.â
Josie took a breath. âSkyler, donât say that, I didnât mean to provoke you. Fiona and I were friends after all. Arenât you slapping me across the face by doing that?â Skyler looked indifferent. âYou have been abroad for more than a month, what face am I slapping?â
Josie was silent.
She did not speak, and Skylerâs voice sounded impatient. âIâll hang up first.â
âWait!â Josie raised her voice suddenly. âSkyler, I read on the Internet that Jocelyn looks a bit like me, right?â
Skyler frowned. âItâs all nonsense!â
Josie sounded a little stubborn. âBut she does look like me, at least from her pictures, Skyler, are you treating her like a replacement for me? If not, I can come back now and you can break up with her, okay?â Skylerâs voice turned cold immediately, and it was laced with intense anger and warning,â Josie!â
His expression looked very off-colored. âDonât let me hear something like this ever again, if not, I wonât go easy on you. Also, Jocelyn is Jocelyn and sheâs nobodyâs replacement.â
Josie could not believe that Skyler would be impressed by another woman in such a short period.
Her voice was a little hysterical. âBut itâs an indisputable fact that she looks like me!â
Skyler just hung up the phone, refusing to listen to her nonsense anymore. He looked sullen and he massaged his eyebrows tiredly. Back then, if Josie did not get into an accident for the newly established company, he would not be with her because he wanted to take responsibility. Six years ago, he had a good relationship with Abel.
The Crain family was in the jewelry business, and Skyler had just established a foothold in the jewelry industry. Although Abel was a bit of a scoundrel, he was also like-minded with Skyler. Hence, the two hit it off and became friends.
Back then, Dean, Abelâs eldest brother, was interested in Josie when he first started interacting with her.
Abel would treat Josie like she was his sister-in-law.
One time, Skyler needed to take care of something at the last minute, so he asked Josie to negotiate something on his behalf.
As a result, Deanâs buddy acted on their initiative and drugged Josie to put her in Deanâs bed.
If that was just the case, there might be room for recovery. However, that guy was too impulsive so not only did he drink the drugged wine, but he also gave it to Dean. That night, the three of them got together in a state of confusion. After that, Dean was enraged, and he wanted to send his friend to the police. In the end, the two got into an accident on the way to the police station and died. At the same time, Josie lost all hope and she only wanted to die. Hence, she decided to commit suicide.
Before she died, she confessed her feelings for Skyler and said that she did not dare to like Skyler anymore after what happened. Initially, Skyler should be the one going to the negotiation, but Josie went for him at the last minute and got into trouble. Hence, Skyler could not forgive himself. Plus, in order to calm Josie down after what happened to her, Skyler agreed to stay with her, and he said he would not mind what happened. He also comforted her that she did not intend for this to happen.
When Josie and Skyler showed up in front of others, they were already a couple.