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.

actions were totally unnecessary. Even if she had been naked before him, he wouldn’t have even taken a glance

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he woke up, he thought it was still midnight. He was stunned for a moment when he saw a ray of sunlight seeping through the curtains,

he slept through the entire

the same time, Skylar turned over

opened her eyes and saw Joe sitting in front of

to her new

smiled awkwardly at Joe. “Good morning,”

on Skylar’s pale face. “Good

change.” Skylar got out of

and looked at the time.

turns washing up. Then, they walked out of

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

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

no reason.

was rare to see 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

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

Grandma?” Skylar was concerned with Gloria’s health.

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

much.

how much longer she could

Skylar were really together.

a shrewd

stared at Joe.

since he was well rested. “You look like you’ve had

too bad.” Joe intentionally ignored Gloria’s

pm last night? You

was more than you had in a week, right?”

He’d slept for almost ten

Joe was speechless.

she even his

heard Gloria. Was

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

fallen asleep easily when she’d given him a massage the day

you come back. and demonstrate it for him again tonight?” Gloria asked

Grandma,” Skylar agreed

the head. It was hard to remember them after just

time.

all the acupuncture points marked clearly for

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

scheming person. 1

to please Gloria, she was also taking the

ask Paul to investigate Christopher.