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.

she had been naked before him, he wouldn’t have even taken

a dreamless slumber.

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he thought it was still midnight. He was stunned for a

he slept through the entire night?

the same time, Skylar turned

front of her, she

her new

Joe. “Good morning,”

paused for a second on Skylar’s pale

to change.” Skylar got out of

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

turns washing up. Then, they walked out of the

up 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

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

for no reason.

a 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 lag from working overseas.

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

Grandma?” Skylar

Gloria was concerned that

much.

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

and Skylar were really together. Did Joe think that

was a shrewd

stared at Joe.

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

bad.” Joe intentionally ignored Gloria’s teasing gaze.

Didn’t you fall asleep before 10.00 pm last night? You

more than you had in a

slept for almost ten hours, but it

Joe was speechless.

even his biological grandmother?

when she heard Gloria.

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

when she’d given

acupuncture points you showed him. Could you come back. and demonstrate it for him again tonight?” Gloria asked

Grandma,” Skylar

on the head. It was hard to remember them after

time.

the acupuncture points marked

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

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she was also taking the opportunity to get close to him.

he should ask Paul to investigate Christopher.