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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.

Sean, I’m off. I’ll leave you

the room with the empty bowl in hand.

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

know just how long women typically bathe for, he promptly knocked on the bathroom door. “Are you done yet, Claire?”

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a single sound to be

frowned and knocked harder. “Answer me,

matter how hard he banged on the

she fainted?

grabbed the door handle without hesitation and twisted

What?

actually locked

still had

the

turning around to stare at him with bleary eyes. Then, the room was filled with

stared in

awkward. “I knocked just now, but you

to listen to his explanation.

while her hands clamped down hard on the.

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shouted herself hoarse, “Get out! Get

pursed lips, he immediately walked out

Claire finally turned around. Her pounding heart only calmed down once

had not fainted, but she did fall asleep.

With her body supported on

due to the cold, but she had been dead to the world as she slept. Hence, she

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

in his face, he took

how cold the winds were, no matter how much he smoked, he could still see her.

such a gorgeous sight and pleasing to the eye. It was something he

spotting him standing on the balcony. Surrounded by darkness,

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matter how she looked at him, he remained as ethereal and

ever.

shadow in the night, he was very alluring..

because the T-shirt she was wearing only covered half

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

when no reaction to her sprint was heard. Upon seeing him still standing on

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