Richest Mogul

Chapter 15

He was stunned for a few minutes. That was fast.

He replied suspiciously, “Are you there, Ms. Sullivan?”

There was no reply.

Paul stared at his phone for another ten minutes.

There were no further replies from Skylar. Paul breathed a sigh of relief. He must have been overthinking

just now.

Skylar didn’t know that Paul was overanalyzing her replies. After her shower, she was already feeling

sleepy.

She asked Joe whether he’d prefer the left or right side of the bed. Then, she laid down immediately.

Before she slept, she saw Paul’s message when she was switching her phone to silent mode. She had

checked it and set it aside.

Joe brought his clothes into the bathroom. When he was closing the door, he saw that Skylar was already

asleep.

He was slightly surprised.

Was she pretending to be asleep?

She looked pretty convincing. Her acting skills were so good, one would think she was a trained actor.

After half an hour, he walked out of the bathroom, fully dressed. He saw that Skylar still had the same

sleeping posture.

He couldn’t help but think that she was quite persistent.

He wasn’t used to sleeping beside a woman. After he lay down on the bed, he realized that Skylar wasn’t moving at all.

When he heard her even breathing, his face fell. He couldn’t believe she was really sleeping!

When he turned to turn off the lights, he realized that there were two pillows in the middle of the bed. It divided the bed into two, making the boundaries extremely clear. He raised his eyebrows coldly.

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Was she… guarding herself against him?

Joe pursed his thin lips.

unnecessary. Even if she had been naked before him, he wouldn’t have

fell into a

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was still midnight. He was stunned for a moment when he saw a ray of

he slept through

same time, Skylar turned over and

she opened her eyes and saw Joe sitting in front of her, she was a bit dazed. She was really not

new marital

awkwardly at Joe. “Good morning,” she said.

on Skylar’s pale face. “Good

change.” Skylar got out

put on his watch and looked at the time. It was

walked out of the room around the same

from Edgar that Joe and Skylar were still sleeping. She had waited for them from 5:30 am

well. He was healthy when he was

for no reason.

long time! This had only happened after he’d shared his bed with Skylar. In

saw the two of them walking down the stairs, she smiled broadly at them and said, “Come have breakfast. I’ve prepared both

Skylar

better. Don’t worry about me.” Gloria was concerned

much.

knew how much

that she could hold on until Joe and Skylar were really together. Did Joe think that she didn’t know they weren’t an

a shrewd old

stared at Joe.

He looked less cold today since he was well rested. “You look like you’ve had a good night’s

wasn’t too bad.” Joe

bad? Didn’t you fall asleep before 10.00 pm last night?

you had in a week, right?”

stand his cold face. He’d slept for almost ten hours,

Joe was speechless.

she even his biological grandmother?

looked at Joe when she heard Gloria. Was his insomnia that

She hadn’t paid much attention then, but now she felt slightly. alarmed

she’d given him a massage the

said he couldn’t remember the acupuncture points you showed him. Could you come back. and demonstrate it for him again tonight?” Gloria asked

Skylar

lot of acupuncture points on the head. It was

time.

all the acupuncture points marked clearly for him tonight.

he saw how readily Skylar agreed. It

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was also taking the

he should ask Paul