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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.

Well, Mr. Sean, I’m off. I’ll leave

out of the room with the empty bowl

he glanced at the clock. It had been over twenty minutes by now. Why was Claire still in the bathroom?

for, he promptly knocked on the bathroom door. “Are you done yet,

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without a single sound to

knocked harder.

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

she fainted?

that thought, he grabbed the door handle

What?

locked the

she still had

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

charged straight in only to find the woman inside the wooden tub turning around to

stared in silence.

awkward. “I knocked just now, but

to listen to his explanation. As she

her back to him while her hands clamped down hard

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hoarse, “Get out! Get out

he immediately walked out of the

finally turned around. Her pounding heart only calmed

not fainted, but she did

supported on the edge of the wooden tub, she soon

slept. Hence, she did not hear him knock. If not for the final loud bang, she would still be

marched over to one of the bedside tables to grab a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from the

he took a few deep puffs. Even then,

how cold the winds were, no matter how much he smoked, he

the eye. It was something he had never seen

in his shirt, Claire stood at the bathroom doorway and looked around before spotting him standing on the balcony.

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him, he remained as ethereal and handsome as

ever.

he was just a shadow in the night, he was

mood to appreciate the view now. That was because the T-shirt she was wearing only covered half of her thighs. After what happened just now,

the room as quickly as she could to hide herself

cocoon for several long minutes, she eventually unfurled slightly when no reaction to her

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