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.

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

into a dreamless slumber.

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woke up, he thought it was still midnight. He was stunned for a moment when he saw a ray of sunlight seeping through the

through the entire

Skylar turned over

and saw Joe sitting in front of her,

new

smiled awkwardly at Joe. “Good morning,”

second on Skylar’s pale face. “Good

Skylar got out of

on his watch and looked

took turns washing up. Then, they walked out of

and Skylar were still sleeping. She had waited for

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

for no

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 if he had jet lag

she smiled broadly at

you feeling better, Grandma?” Skylar was concerned with

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

much.

well, and she knew how much longer she could hold herself together.

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

a shrewd

at

well rested. “You look like you’ve had

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

10.00 pm last night? You slept past

was more than you had in a week,

couldn’t stand his cold face. He’d slept for almost ten hours, but it was just “not

Joe was speechless.

his biological grandmother?

she heard Gloria. Was his

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

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

points you showed him. Could you come back. and demonstrate it for him

Grandma,” Skylar agreed happily.

acupuncture points on the head. It was hard to remember them after just one

time.

diagram with all the acupuncture points marked

readily Skylar agreed. It made

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

should ask Paul