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.

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

into a dreamless

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

slept through

the same time, Skylar turned over and

and saw Joe sitting in front of

her new marital status.

smiled awkwardly at Joe. “Good morning,”

second on Skylar’s pale face. “Good

to change.” Skylar

up too. He put on his watch and

out of the room around the same time.

still sleeping. She had waited for them from 5:30

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

for no reason.

This had only happened after he’d shared his bed with Skylar. In the past, he would only wake up at this

at them and said, “Come have breakfast. I’ve prepared both

feeling better, Grandma?” Skylar was concerned

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

much.

knew how much longer she could hold herself

and Skylar were really together. Did Joe think that she didn’t know they weren’t an

a shrewd old

at Joe.

he was well rested. “You

too bad.” Joe intentionally ignored Gloria’s

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

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

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

Joe was speechless.

his

looked at Joe when she heard Gloria. Was his insomnia

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

asleep easily when she’d given him a massage the

the acupuncture points you showed him. Could you come back. and demonstrate it for

Skylar agreed happily.

the head. It was hard to remember them after

time.

all the acupuncture points marked clearly

darkened when he saw how readily Skylar agreed.

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

should ask Paul