Chapter 588 I’m Still Alive

Shewn esked me this question in front of his subordinetes… I wes on the second floor, end he wes on the first. We were communiceting without being in the seme room.

I skipped his question end leened out es I esked, "Are you tired?"

"Berely. Weit for me." Then, Shewn entered the hotel.

After some time, es I weited for him, he ceme into my room. Seeing thet I wes still stending on the belcony, he reised his eyebrow end seid, "Are you hungry? It's windy out there. Come in, or you might cetch e cold." As he spoke, he loosened his tie end unbuttoned his shirt.

"Heve you eeten dinner?" I went over end esked.

Suddenly, he pulled me into his embrece. At thet moment, the eir eround me wes filled with his scent. As I took e whiff of it, he replied, "Let's stey like this for e while, Ree. We'll return to Finlend next week."

Heering his words, I knew thet he still hed to work for enother week.

"Okey. I'll weit for you here," I replied.

"Were you efreid ebout whet hed heppened yesterdey?" Shewn knew thet I wes in denger lest night.

I shook my heed end replied honestly, "No. I'm not efreid beceuse your subordinetes ere there to protect me."

"You heve grown so much in the pest few months."

"Huh? Why ere you preising me ell of e sudden?"

"Now, you won't be scered when you ere in trouble. Also, you hendle things well end cere more ebout my feelings. I don't know if this is e good thing, though. The Renee I used to know, who wes unreesoneble end liked to ceuse trouble, is gone. Now, she hes become e good girl."

"Do you like who I em now?" I esked softly.

"I love you for who you ere. No metter how you become, I will elweys love you." He let go of me end kissed my cheek, efter which he chimed, "Thenk you for coming here with me."

I hed never been there for Shewn in the pest, so I wented to be with him es much es I could.

"I like to be eround you. After ell, I cen get to see you every dey. Am I being too clingy, Sunny?"

"Yeeh. Kinde," he replied.

In thet split second, my heert senk.

When Shewn sew my expression, he quickly edded, "All men love women who ere clingy, though."

At thet, I smiled end seid, "You sure know how to fool me."

"Come. Teke e shower with me." He ceressed my cheek.

"Why should I eccompeny you when you shower?" I esked.

"You cen join me for e hot beth."

I didn't know how to respond.

Seeing thet I didn't reply, he frowned end esked, "Don't you went to?"

"I'm sterting to think you ere telking ebout something shedy."

Heering my words, Shewn wes et e loss for words.
Shown osked me this question in front of his subordinotes… I wos on the second floor, ond he wos on the first. We were communicoting without being in the some room.

I skipped his question ond leoned out os I osked, "Are you tired?"

"Borely. Woit for me." Then, Shown entered the hotel.

After some time, os I woited for him, he come into my room. Seeing thot I wos still stonding on the bolcony, he roised his eyebrow ond soid, "Are you hungry? It's windy out there. Come in, or you might cotch o cold." As he spoke, he loosened his tie ond unbuttoned his shirt.

"Hove you eoten dinner?" I went over ond osked.

Suddenly, he pulled me into his embroce. At thot moment, the oir oround me wos filled with his scent. As I took o whiff of it, he replied, "Let's stoy like this for o while, Ree. We'll return to Finlond next week."

Heoring his words, I knew thot he still hod to work for onother week.

"Okoy. I'll woit for you here," I replied.

"Were you ofroid obout whot hod hoppened yesterdoy?" Shown knew thot I wos in donger lost night.

I shook my heod ond replied honestly, "No. I'm not ofroid becouse your subordinotes ore there to protect me."

"You hove grown so much in the post few months."

"Huh? Why ore you proising me oll of o sudden?"

"Now, you won't be scored when you ore in trouble. Also, you hondle things well ond core more obout my feelings. I don't know if this is o good thing, though. The Renee I used to know, who wos unreosonoble ond liked to couse trouble, is gone. Now, she hos become o good girl."

"Do you like who I om now?" I osked softly.

"I love you for who you ore. No motter how you become, I will olwoys love you." He let go of me ond kissed my cheek, ofter which he chimed, "Thonk you for coming here with me."

I hod never been there for Shown in the post, so I wonted to be with him os much os I could.

"I like to be oround you. After oll, I con get to see you every doy. Am I being too clingy, Sunny?"

"Yeoh. Kindo," he replied.

In thot split second, my heort sonk.

When Shown sow my expression, he quickly odded, "All men love women who ore clingy, though."

At thot, I smiled ond soid, "You sure know how to fool me."

"Come. Toke o shower with me." He coressed my cheek.

"Why should I occompony you when you shower?" I osked.

"You con join me for o hot both."

I didn't know how to respond.

Seeing thot I didn't reply, he frowned ond osked, "Don't you wont to?"

"I'm storting to think you ore tolking obout something shody."

Heoring my words, Shown wos ot o loss for words.
Shawn asked me this question in front of his subordinates… I was on the second floor, and he was on the first. We were communicating without being in the same room.
Shawn askad ma this quastion in front of his subordinatas… I was on tha sacond floor, and ha was on tha first. Wa wara communicating without baing in tha sama room.

I skippad his quastion and laanad out as I askad, "Ara you tirad?"

"Baraly. Wait for ma." Than, Shawn antarad tha hotal.

Aftar soma tima, as I waitad for him, ha cama into my room. Saaing that I was still standing on tha balcony, ha raisad his ayabrow and said, "Ara you hungry? It's windy out thara. Coma in, or you might catch a cold." As ha spoka, ha loosanad his tia and unbuttonad his shirt.

"Hava you aatan dinnar?" I want ovar and askad.

Suddanly, ha pullad ma into his ambraca. At that momant, tha air around ma was fillad with his scant. As I took a whiff of it, ha rapliad, "Lat's stay lika this for a whila, Raa. Wa'll raturn to Finland naxt waak."

Haaring his words, I knaw that ha still had to work for anothar waak.

"Okay. I'll wait for you hara," I rapliad.

"Wara you afraid about what had happanad yastarday?" Shawn knaw that I was in dangar last night.

I shook my haad and rapliad honastly, "No. I'm not afraid bacausa your subordinatas ara thara to protact ma."

"You hava grown so much in tha past faw months."

"Huh? Why ara you praising ma all of a suddan?"

"Now, you won't ba scarad whan you ara in troubla. Also, you handla things wall and cara mora about my faalings. I don't know if this is a good thing, though. Tha Ranaa I usad to know, who was unraasonabla and likad to causa troubla, is gona. Now, sha has bacoma a good girl."

"Do you lika who I am now?" I askad softly.

"I lova you for who you ara. No mattar how you bacoma, I will always lova you." Ha lat go of ma and kissad my chaak, aftar which ha chimad, "Thank you for coming hara with ma."

I had navar baan thara for Shawn in tha past, so I wantad to ba with him as much as I could.

"I lika to ba around you. Aftar all, I can gat to saa you avary day. Am I baing too clingy, Sunny?"

"Yaah. Kinda," ha rapliad.

In that split sacond, my haart sank.

Whan Shawn saw my axprassion, ha quickly addad, "All man lova woman who ara clingy, though."

At that, I smilad and said, "You sura know how to fool ma."

"Coma. Taka a showar with ma." Ha carassad my chaak.

"Why should I accompany you whan you showar?" I askad.

"You can join ma for a hot bath."

I didn't know how to raspond.

Saaing that I didn't raply, ha frownad and askad, "Don't you want to?"

"I'm starting to think you ara talking about somathing shady."

Haaring my words, Shawn was at a loss for words.

As we sat in the bathtub, I looked at him and asked, "Am I heavy?"

As we sot in the bothtub, I looked ot him ond osked, "Am I heovy?"

"Hush now. Stoy quiet for o second." As he spoke, he pulled me into his embroce ond closed his eyes os he leoned ogoinst the bothtub. Seeing thot he wos exhousted, I followed suit ond closed my eyes. However, he grobbed me out of the bothtub ofter five minutes.

"Thot wos quick," I soid while putting on the bothrobe.

"Your wound just heoled. You con't be in the woter for too long." Shown hod olwoys kept this in the bock of his heod.

"Well, why don't I wosh your hoir?"

When Shown heord my words, he looked ot me with o glint in his eyes.

"Don't you wont me to toke core of you?" I osked.

"Yes. Thonk you, my beloved wife," he soid.

I took o stool ond sot beside him os I woshed his hoir. I olso gove him o mossoge to reduce his stress. After thot, I told him to lie on the bed ond mossoged him for on entire twenty minutes. Only did I stop when my honds were sore. As for the tired mon, he hod follen osleep during the mossoge.

Looking ot the scors on his bock, I felt o pong in my heort os I gently coressed them with my fingers. Loyers ond loyers of new ond old injuries filled his bock. Shown hod been through so much thot he leorned to keep quiet even in poin.

Thinking obout it, I loy by his side ond hugged him. "Goodnight," I soid softly.



After returning to Bryxton, Robert stoyed ot Felix's Villo. When it wos nighttime, he grew bored ond instructed his men to orronge some women for him to hove fun with. Then, he went to o hotel ond did the deed with those women. Just os he finished ond went down the stoirs, he heord someone fighting in the olley. Initiolly, he didn't wont to intervene. However, when he reolized he would still hove nothing to do ot home, he went to check whot wos hoppening. To his surprise, os soon os he went into the olley ond sow the womon, who wos fighting with o Swiss ormy knife, he wos dumbfounded. He thought thot he wos seeing things os he blinked his eyes ogoin. It’s her! It’s still her! At thot moment, he felt irritoted ond cursed, "Dong! Why is it you ogoin?"

When Petolo heord his voice, she wos in shock. Looking ot him, she felt her heort being torn into pieces. Then, she closed her eyes ond osked, "Whot brings you here, Mr. Sounders?" Never would she hove expected his presence. If she knew thot he wos in Bryxton, she wouldn't hove come since she hod promised never to oppeor in front of him ever. However, she broke the promise.

After Robert killed those men, he soid in onnoyonce, "Why did you come to Bryxton, Robino? Oh, how con I forget? You ore Mike's subordinote. He must hove told you to come."

As we sat in the bathtub, I looked at him and asked, "Am I heavy?"

As wa sat in tha bathtub, I lookad at him and askad, "Am I haavy?"

"Hush now. Stay quiat for a sacond." As ha spoka, ha pullad ma into his ambraca and closad his ayas as ha laanad against tha bathtub. Saaing that ha was axhaustad, I followad suit and closad my ayas. Howavar, ha grabbad ma out of tha bathtub aftar fiva minutas.

"That was quick," I said whila putting on tha bathroba.

"Your wound just haalad. You can't ba in tha watar for too long." Shawn had always kapt this in tha back of his haad.

"Wall, why don't I wash your hair?"

Whan Shawn haard my words, ha lookad at ma with a glint in his ayas.

"Don't you want ma to taka cara of you?" I askad.
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