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.

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

into a

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he woke up, he thought it was still midnight. He was stunned for a

slept through the entire night?

same time, Skylar turned over and

sitting in front of her, she was a bit dazed.

new

awkwardly at Joe.

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

to change.” Skylar got out of

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

Then, they walked out

Skylar were still sleeping. She had waited for them from 5:30 am to

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

no reason.

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

at them and said, “Come have breakfast. I’ve prepared both Western and Chinese dishes.”

you feeling better, Grandma?” Skylar

about me.” Gloria was concerned that

much.

and she knew how much longer she could hold herself

Joe and Skylar were really together. Did

was a shrewd old

at

looked less cold today since he was well rested. “You look like you’ve had a good night’s

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

asleep before 10.00 pm last night? You slept

more than you

He’d slept for almost ten

Joe was speechless.

his biological grandmother?

she heard Gloria. Was his insomnia that bad?

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

easily when she’d given him a massage the

Edgar said he couldn’t remember the acupuncture points you showed him. Could you come back. and demonstrate it for him again tonight?” Gloria

Skylar agreed happily.

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

time.

draw a diagram with all the acupuncture points marked clearly for him

how readily Skylar agreed. It

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to please Gloria, she was also

he should ask Paul