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

other side of

to be entirely occupied. Elena

touched the seat. “Elena, didn’t you tell me at the hotel entrance not to walk

mid-air, and she couldn’t sit down anymore.

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quite irritable!

Sean. Now that only this

suppress her rage.

hand away.

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 have hit Claire

hadn’t

darkened. “Why are you being so two-faced? I took such good care of you on stage. Now all I want to do

dinner …”

just want to sit next to

hidden goals

crew.

could see Sean treated Claire differently. Elena’s

this point was truly

people were giving her. They had come this far, and she was just one step away from being a wealthy family member.

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if others criticized her behind her back and called her shameless

become Mrs. Vanderbilt,

her brows and looked at Claire with a wounded expression and almost in tears. She put on a delicate yet pitiful performance as she said, “How could you possibly think of me in

as soon as she said the

acting

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

irritated that he considered

wrong with this woman?

incident supposed to have taught her a

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

side is not open to just anyone. Please go to another table. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being

stepped forward and spoke in his icy tone.

wholly lost Elena’s

being chased away by Sean’s assistant and hearing such cruel words.

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were genuinely kicked out, it wouldn’t just be Elena’s face that would be destroyed.

seat somewhere else. Don’t embarrass

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