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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.

of the room

the door, he glanced at the clock. It had been over twenty minutes by now. Why was Claire still

long women typically bathe for, he promptly knocked on the bathroom door.

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silent without a single sound to

frowned and knocked harder.

matter how hard he banged on the door, he heard nothing from

Had she

grabbed the door handle without hesitation

What?

actually locked the door!

still had her guard

the door hard. With a loud

to stare at him with bleary

in

turned around, feeling extremely awkward. “I knocked just now, but you didn’t answer me. I thought you

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

back to him while her hands clamped down hard on

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hoarse,

immediately walked out of

pounding heart only calmed

fainted, but she

With her body supported on the edge of the wooden

cold, but she had been dead to the world as she slept. Hence, she did not hear him knock. If not for the

to one of the bedside tables to grab a pack of

evening breeze blowing in his face, he took a

No matter how cold the winds

was such a gorgeous sight and pleasing to the

Claire stood at the bathroom doorway and looked around before spotting him standing on the balcony. Surrounded by darkness, his tall figure

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matter how she looked at him, he

ever.

in the night, he was very alluring..

the T-shirt she was wearing only covered half of her thighs. After

she sprinted across the room as quickly as she could to hide herself under the blankets.

covered her head with a blanket. After hiding in her cocoon for several long minutes, she eventually unfurled slightly when no reaction to her sprint

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