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.

Her actions were totally unnecessary. Even if she had been naked before him, he wouldn’t have even taken a

fell into a dreamless

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he thought it was still midnight. He was stunned for a moment when he

through

time, Skylar turned over and woke

sitting in front of her, she was

new

Joe. “Good morning,”

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

going to change.” Skylar got

on his watch and looked at the time. It was

Then, they walked out

sleeping. She had waited for them from 5:30 am to

He was healthy when he was young, but after he’d grown up,

for no

see him sleep for such a long time! This had only happened after he’d shared his bed with Skylar. In the past, he would

broadly at them and

Grandma?” Skylar was concerned with

was concerned that Skylar

much.

well, and she knew how much longer she could hold

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

was a shrewd old

at Joe.

he was well rested. “You look like you’ve

bad.” Joe

Didn’t you fall asleep before 10.00 pm last night? You slept past 7:00 am

than you had

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

Joe was speechless.

even his biological

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

about it before. She hadn’t paid much attention then, but now she felt slightly. alarmed after hearing it in person.

when she’d given him a massage the day before?

acupuncture points you showed him. Could you come back. and demonstrate it for him again tonight?” Gloria

Grandma,” Skylar

head. It was hard to remember them after just one

time.

draw a diagram with all the acupuncture points

saw how readily Skylar agreed. It

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only was she trying to please Gloria, she was also taking the opportunity to get close to

ask Paul to