The Billionaire’s Surprise Twins by A Young Cabbage

Chapter 23 She Couldn’t Give Up Like This!

There were so many people watching!

She drew her hand back with some force but not too much.

The feeling was simply awkward.

Sean lowered his head and looked at the small hand in his palm. It was fair, delicate, with slender, boneless fingers. When Claire picked up a spoon in their last meeting, he had imagined what it would be like to hold such a gorgeous little hand.

It felt fantastic now that he had it in his hands!

Do all girls’ hands feel this soft?

Claire’s face heated as her heart beat faster. Then, she said softly, “Sir

Sean let go of her hand with a curled lip. “Your hands are quite heated. You seemed to be pretty ill. I’ll take you to the hospital.”

Claire shielded her face as her hand was released. She already had a fever, and her face was as hot as a flame.

Fortunately, he had been holding her hand beneath the table. Otherwise, she might have fainted from embarrassment on the spot.

Sean was only concerned about her health. He didn’t mean to be disrespectful.

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How could he possibly do something obscene to her with his straight and

sensible demeanor?

She seemed to have overthought things.

Claire adjusted her breathing and said, “Sir, I’m feeling much better now. There is no need to visit the hospital. Look, everyone is still standing!”

Sean finally turned his focus to the others after Claire reminded him again. “Please take your seats.”

This private room had eight dining tables, each seating ten people. The table

Sean sat at had become the head table.

Some people were self-aware and realized their status needed to be improved. So, they automatically moved to surrounding tables.

On the other hand, Mr. Smith and the producer would naturally sit at the head

on the other side of

dared to sit next to Claire because the head table was soon to be entirely occupied. Elena stepped over and lifted her chin

the hotel entrance not to walk close to you? Why are you willingly sitting next to me now? Aren’t you afraid of being photographed

froze mid-air, and she couldn’t sit down

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was quite irritable!

wanted to sit closer to Sean. Now that only this seat was

tried to suppress her rage.

hand away. “But I

she was unaware of Elena’s attitude toward Julia.

abruptly changed. She would have hit Claire

if Sean hadn’t sat beside her.

Elena’s face had darkened. “Why are you being so two-faced? I took such good care of you on stage. Now all I want to do is sit

dinner …”

just want to sit next to me?”

goals were evident to the

crew.

anyone with eyes could see Sean treated Claire differently. Elena’s

was

at all about the looks people were giving her. They had come this far, and she was just one step away from being a

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if others criticized her behind her back and called

could win Sean’s heart and become Mrs. Vanderbilt, all those

looked at Claire with a wounded expression and almost in tears. She put on a

her cheeks as soon as she said the

lifetime acting abilities.

picked up onto the table. He remained silent, but the tension in the room was

irritated that he considered murder!

wrong with this

to have taught her a lesson?

to fight

just anyone. Please go to another table. Otherwise, don’t blame me for

and spoke in his icy

wholly lost Elena’s face!

being chased away by Sean’s assistant and

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out, it wouldn’t just be Elena’s face that

seat somewhere