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 a glance at her.

into a dreamless

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for

slept through the

time, Skylar turned over and woke up

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

new marital

at Joe. “Good morning,” she

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

Skylar

watch and looked at the time.

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

heard from Edgar that Joe and Skylar were still sleeping. She had waited for them from 5:30

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

for no

him sleep for such 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

the two of them walking down the stairs, she smiled broadly at them and said, “Come have breakfast.

better, Grandma?” Skylar

Gloria was concerned that Skylar would worry about her

much.

and she knew how much longer she could

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

was a shrewd old

stared at

was well rested. “You look like

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

bad? Didn’t you fall asleep before 10.00 pm last

sleep was more than you had

stand his cold face. He’d slept for almost ten hours, but it was just “not bad“?

Joe was speechless.

she even his biological grandmother?

heard Gloria. Was his insomnia that bad?

heard Gloria talk about it before. She hadn’t paid much attention then, but now she felt slightly.

easily when she’d given him a

points you showed him. Could you come back. and demonstrate it

Skylar agreed

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

time.

with all the acupuncture points marked clearly for him tonight.

agreed. It made him believe that she

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she was also taking the

should ask Paul to investigate