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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.

see. Well, Mr. Sean, I’m off. I’ll leave

out of the room with

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

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

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bathroom was silent without a single sound

knocked harder. “Answer me, Claire.”

banged on the door,

she

door handle without

What?

locked the door!

seems she still had her guard

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

the woman inside the wooden tub turning around to stare

stared in silence.

turned around, feeling extremely awkward. “I knocked just now,

was in no state of mind to listen to his

her back to him while her hands clamped down

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she shouted herself hoarse, “Get

immediately walked out of

passed before Claire finally turned around. Her pounding heart

fainted, but she did fall

was all the bath’s fault! With her body supported on the edge of the wooden tub, she soon fell

the world as she slept. Hence, she did not hear him knock.

to grab

the evening breeze blowing in his face, he took a few deep puffs. Even then,

matter how cold the winds were,

to the eye. It was

around before spotting him standing on the balcony. Surrounded by darkness, his tall figure seemed so lofty

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at him, he remained as ethereal

ever.

a shadow in the night, he was very

half of her thighs. After what

whoosh, she sprinted across the room as quickly

then 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 was heard. Upon seeing him still standing on the balcony,

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