Richest Mogul

Chapter 15

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.

was clearly overthinking! Her actions were totally unnecessary. Even if she had been

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was stunned for a moment when he saw a ray of

he slept through the entire

Skylar turned over

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

to her new marital

Joe. “Good morning,” she said.

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

change.” Skylar got out

watch and

took turns washing up. Then, they walked out of the room around the same

had woken up early. She had heard from Edgar that Joe and Skylar were still sleeping. She had waited for them from

healthy when he was young, but

no

with Skylar. In the

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

better, Grandma?” Skylar

Gloria was concerned

much.

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

until Joe and Skylar were really together. Did Joe think that she didn’t know they weren’t an actual couple?

a shrewd old

stared at

less cold today since he was well rested. “You look like you’ve

Joe intentionally ignored Gloria’s teasing

pm last

you had in a

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

Joe was speechless.

his

she heard Gloria. Was

it before. She hadn’t paid much attention then,

asleep easily when she’d given him

couldn’t remember the acupuncture points you showed him. Could you come back. and demonstrate it for him

Skylar agreed

head. It was hard to remember them after just

time.

the acupuncture points marked clearly for him tonight.

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

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

should ask Paul to investigate Christopher.

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