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Chapter 33 At the Bathroom Door

Sean stood up and walked over to pull out a T-shirt from his closet. As he tossed it to Claire, he said, “Go take a warm bath before you sleep.”

Worried that she might feel uneasy about doing that, he added, “Don’t worry. I won’t do anything you will object to.”

As he grabbed a book from the bookshelf and lay down on the lounge to read it, she glanced at him a few times before finally pushing aside her wariness to enter the bathroom with the shirt.

Instead of a modern bathtub, an extremely huge wooden tub occupied the bathroom. It was at least 4 feet high as its walls ended above her

waistline.

After filling it up with water, she used the edge of the wooden tub to support herself as she climbed in.

The moment she sat down, the water reached above her neck, almost drownin her.

She could not help but wonder what made Sean install a wooden tub.

Still, it felt so nice to be completely submerged in warm water.

Sean had just read about a dozen or so pages of his book when someone knocked on his door. After putting the book down to open the door, he was greeted by Jason who was offering him a bowl of soup with a kind smile on his face. “Your daily soup, Mr. Sean.”‘

Due to being fed soup every night as he was growing up, having a bowl of soup

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in the evening had almost become a symbol of Mrs. Vanderbilt’s love.

Even after he moved to Silverton, city miles away from home, she did not let the habit lapse as she ordered Jason to prepare a bowl of soup for Sean every single night.

Sean had become used to it, so he immediately took the bowl and downed everything in one go.

As he pulled the bowl away from his lips, he pursed his lips and looked at Jason in confusion. “Why does it taste different tonight?”

Of course, it was different!

Tonight’s soup was meant to fill Sean with so much energy that it would be as if he was a young, hormonal man again.

As Jason smiled and grabbed the empty bowl, he glanced around the room before asking Sean, “Where is Miss Donovan? I don’t see her.”

“She’s taking a bath,” Sean answered, not at all suspicious of Jason’s behavior.

I’m off. I’ll leave you

out of the room with the empty bowl

at the clock. It had been over twenty minutes by

did not know just how long women typically bathe for, he promptly knocked on the bathroom door. “Are you done

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a single sound to be heard.

frowned and knocked harder. “Answer me,

he banged on the door, he heard nothing from

she fainted?

the door handle without hesitation and

What?

locked

she still had

took a step back before kicking the door hard. With a loud bang, the

wooden tub turning around to stare at him

in

now, but you didn’t answer me. I thought

in no state of mind to listen to his explanation. As

to him while her

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tub, she shouted herself hoarse, “Get

pursed lips, he immediately walked out of

heart only calmed down

but she did fall asleep.

her body supported on the edge of the

dead to the world as she slept. Hence, she

one of the bedside tables to grab a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from the drawer.

balcony with the evening breeze blowing in his face, he took a

had been carved into his memory. No matter how cold the winds were, no matter how much he smoked, he could still see

gorgeous sight and pleasing to the eye. It

him standing on the balcony. Surrounded by darkness, his

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at him, he remained as

ever.

in the night, he was

view now. That was because the T-shirt she was wearing only covered half of her thighs. After what happened just now, she did not feel comfortable enough to appear before him while

she sprinted across the room as quickly as

minutes, she eventually unfurled slightly when no reaction to her sprint was heard. Upon seeing him still

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