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.

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

fell into a dreamless slumber.

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stunned for a moment when he saw a

through the entire

turned over

she opened her eyes and saw Joe sitting in front of her, she was a bit dazed. She was really

her new

at Joe. “Good morning,” she said.

paused for a second on Skylar’s

change.” Skylar

his watch and looked at the time.

walked out

were still sleeping. She had waited for them from 5:30 am to 7:30 am. The more she waited,

Joe very well. He was healthy when he was young,

no reason.

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

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

you feeling better, Grandma?” Skylar was concerned with Gloria’s

worry about me.” Gloria was concerned that Skylar

much.

knew how much

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

a shrewd old

stared at

was well rested. “You look like you’ve had a good

it wasn’t too bad.” Joe intentionally ignored Gloria’s

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

more than you had in a week, right?”

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

Joe was speechless.

his biological

when she heard Gloria. Was his insomnia that bad?

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

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

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

Grandma,” Skylar agreed

lot of acupuncture points on the head. It was hard to remember them

time.

the acupuncture points marked clearly for him tonight.

saw how readily Skylar agreed. It made him believe that she

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

ask Paul to