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.

she had been naked before him, he wouldn’t have even taken a

fell into a dreamless slumber.

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for a moment when he saw a ray of sunlight seeping through the curtains,

slept through the entire

same time, Skylar turned

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

to her new

awkwardly at Joe.

for a second on Skylar’s pale face. “Good morning.”

going to change.” Skylar got out of bed.

on his watch and looked at the time. It

turns washing up. Then, they walked out of the room

Joe and Skylar were still sleeping. She had waited for them

when he was young, but

for no reason.

had only happened after he’d shared his bed with Skylar. In the past, he would only wake up at this hour if he had jet lag

stairs, she smiled broadly at them and said, “Come have breakfast. I’ve prepared both Western and

feeling better, Grandma?” Skylar was

feeling better. Don’t worry about me.” Gloria was concerned that Skylar would worry about

much.

well, and she knew how much

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

was a shrewd old

at

well rested.

bad.” Joe intentionally ignored Gloria’s teasing gaze.

asleep before 10.00 pm last night? You

than you had in a

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

Joe was speechless.

she even his

she heard Gloria.

about it before. She hadn’t paid much attention then, but

fallen asleep easily when she’d given him a massage the day

him. Could you

Skylar agreed happily.

of acupuncture points on the head. It was

time.

acupuncture points marked clearly

eyes darkened when he saw how readily Skylar agreed. It made him

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was she trying to please Gloria, she was also taking the opportunity to

he should ask Paul