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.

been naked before him, he wouldn’t have even taken a glance at her.

fell into a dreamless

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still midnight. He was stunned for a moment when he saw a ray of sunlight

through the

turned over

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

her new marital status.

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

on Skylar’s pale face. “Good

Skylar got out

on his watch and looked at the time.

turns washing up. Then, they walked out

from Edgar that Joe and Skylar were still sleeping. She had waited

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

no reason.

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 lag from working

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

you feeling better, Grandma?” Skylar was concerned

worry about me.” Gloria was concerned

much.

knew herself well, 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

a shrewd

at

cold today since he was well rested. “You look

wasn’t too bad.” Joe

you fall asleep before 10.00 pm last night? You slept

than you had in a

almost ten hours, but

Joe was speechless.

she even his biological

looked at Joe when she heard Gloria. Was his

paid much attention then, but now she felt slightly. alarmed

easily when she’d given him a massage the

acupuncture points you showed him. Could you come back.

Skylar agreed happily.

points on the head. It was hard to remember them

time.

diagram with all the acupuncture points marked clearly for him tonight.

he saw how readily Skylar agreed. It made him believe

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

ask Paul to investigate