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

the other

was soon to

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

and she couldn’t

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quite

that only this seat was left, she said

and tenderly held Claire’s arm. She tried to suppress her rage. “Claire, what are you saying? I was joking

pushing Elena’s hand away.

Elena because she was unaware of Elena’s attitude

abruptly changed. She would have hit Claire across the

Sean hadn’t sat

such good care of you on stage. Now all I want to

dinner …”

want to sit next to me?”

hidden goals were evident to

crew.

with eyes could see Sean

was truly shameless.

at all about the looks people were giving her. They had come this far, and she was

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her back and called

and become Mrs. Vanderbilt, all those stupid comments would

furrowed her brows and looked at Claire with a wounded expression and almost in tears. She put

down her cheeks as soon as she said the words,

acting abilities.

He forcedly slammed the spoon he’d just picked up onto the table. He remained silent, but the tension in the room was evident.

that he

wrong with

the last incident supposed to have taught

couldn’t spar with anyone, so she had to fight

to another table. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being

forward and spoke in

wholly lost Elena’s face!

being chased away by Sean’s assistant and hearing

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was still standing there. If she were genuinely kicked out, it wouldn’t just be Elena’s face that would be destroyed.

a seat somewhere else. Don’t embarrass yourself!”