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

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He was stunned for a moment when he saw a

through the entire

time, Skylar turned over

eyes and saw Joe sitting in front of her, she was a

new marital

Joe. “Good morning,” she

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

Skylar got out of

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

Then, they walked out of the room around the

early. She had heard from Edgar that Joe and Skylar were still sleeping. She had waited for them from 5:30 am to 7:30 am. The more she

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

for no

time! This had only happened after he’d shared his bed with

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

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

Gloria was concerned

much.

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

until Joe and Skylar were really together. Did Joe think

was a shrewd old lady!

stared at Joe.

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

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

pm last night? You slept past

you had in a week, right?”

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

Joe was speechless.

even his

when she heard Gloria.

hadn’t paid much attention then, but

given him a massage the day before?

him. Could you come back. and

Skylar

indeed a lot of acupuncture points on the head. It was hard to remember them after just one

time.

all the acupuncture points marked

he saw how readily Skylar agreed. It made him believe

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

should ask Paul to