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

and on the other side of

was soon to be entirely occupied. Elena stepped over and lifted her chin while swishing her dress.

seat. “Elena, didn’t you tell me at the hotel entrance not to walk close to you? Why are you willingly sitting next to me now? Aren’t you afraid

bottom froze mid-air, and she couldn’t

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quite

Sean. Now that only this seat was

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

polite, pushing Elena’s hand

because she was unaware of Elena’s attitude toward Julia. It wasn’t a

She would have hit Claire across

if Sean hadn’t

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

dinner …”

just want to sit next to

goals were evident to

crew.

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

this point was

she was just one step away from being a wealthy family member. She

>

her

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

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

cheeks as soon as

lifetime acting

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

that he considered

with

to have taught

so she had to fight Claire. Wasn’t

Miss Donovan’s side is not open to just anyone. Please go to another table. Otherwise, don’t

forward and spoke in his

wholly lost Elena’s face!

pride after being chased away by Sean’s assistant and

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

a seat somewhere else. Don’t embarrass