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.

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

fell into a dreamless

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thought it was still midnight. He was stunned for a moment when he saw

he slept through the entire

same time, Skylar turned over and

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

to her new marital status.

at Joe.

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

Skylar got out of

and looked at the time.

walked out of the room around the same

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

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

for no reason.

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 from working

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 concerned with Gloria’s

about me.” Gloria was concerned that Skylar would worry about her

much.

and she knew how much longer she could

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

shrewd

stared at

since he was well rested. “You look like

Joe intentionally

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

than you had in

couldn’t stand his cold face. He’d slept for almost

Joe was speechless.

even his

looked at Joe when she heard Gloria. Was his insomnia that

She hadn’t paid much attention then, but now she felt

easily when she’d given him a massage the day

him. Could you come back. and demonstrate it

Skylar

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

time.

a diagram with all the acupuncture points marked clearly for him

readily Skylar agreed. It made him believe that she

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Gloria, she was also taking the opportunity to get

Paul