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.

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

fell into a dreamless

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still midnight. He was stunned for a

he slept through

the same time, Skylar turned

she opened her eyes and saw Joe sitting in front of her,

to her new

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

a second on Skylar’s pale

going to change.” Skylar got out of

too. He put on his watch and looked at the time. It was 7:15

walked out of the

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

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

no

was rare to 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 only wake up at

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

feeling better, Grandma?” Skylar was

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

much.

herself well, and she knew how much longer

could hold on until Joe and Skylar were really together. Did Joe think that

shrewd

at

was well rested. “You

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

pm last night? You slept past

than you had in a week,

cold face. He’d slept for almost ten

Joe was speechless.

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

she’d given him

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

Skylar agreed

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

time.

acupuncture points marked

how readily Skylar agreed. It made

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

ask Paul to investigate Christopher.