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 side of

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

to

and she couldn’t sit down

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quite

to Sean. Now that only this seat was left, she said those words. Wasn’t that

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

hand away.

she had given in to Elena because she was unaware of Elena’s attitude toward Julia. It wasn’t a big problem, so she let

She would

hadn’t sat beside her.

care of you on stage. Now all I want

dinner …”

want to sit

hidden goals were evident to the entire

crew.

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

this point was truly shameless.

the looks people were giving her. They had come this far, and she was just one step away

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if others criticized her behind her back and called her

win Sean’s heart and become Mrs. Vanderbilt, all those stupid comments would be

almost in tears. She put on a delicate yet pitiful performance as she said, “How could you possibly think of me

teardrops flowed down her cheeks as soon as she said the words, showin

lifetime acting

picked up onto the table. He remained

that he

wrong with this woman?

supposed to have taught her a lesson?

anyone, so she had to fight Claire. Wasn’t this playing straight

another table. Otherwise, don’t blame me for

spoke

words wholly lost Elena’s

away by Sean’s assistant and hearing

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just be Elena’s face that would be destroyed. It would be the reputation of the entire crew!

a seat somewhere else. Don’t