Chapter 34 Surprised? I Know Martial Arts

Sean filled the wooden tub with icy cold water before getting in. With his legs curled up, he submerged his entire body, including his head, into the water.

There was not enough to submerge every inch of himself in the water, and the chill did not chase away the heat at all. Instead, the heat kept building in him.

With a loud splash, he emerged from the water and went downstairs, dressed only in a towel and a pair of slippers.

He had not needed that much sleep since he was in his thirties.

In the living room downstairs, Jason was happily laughing at the show playing on his tablet.

When he suddenly heard footsteps echoing in the hallway, he curiously looked up to find Sean angrily stomping down the stairs while covered only by a single towel.

The frustrated expression on Sean’s face shocked him. “Mr. Sean, you

Sean shot him a deathly glare that immediately made him shut up.

Oh, dear.

That glare was so scary. It felt like Sean was going to kill him.

Too scared to utter a single sound, Jason curled up in a ball and looked away from Sean.

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After a series of bangs and crashes, he sensed Sean walking toward him. He

carefully raised his head and silently looked up to see Sean holding a metal bucket filled with ice cubes.

Ice … cubes?

His eyes widened, and he promptly ran away with his tablet.

Oh, no! He had doomed Sean!

Claire slept soundly that night.

When she woke up in the morning, she touched her forehead to find that her fever had subsided and her cold was cured.

she found Sean huddled up in the lounge: She frowned and

“Sir.”

her call, she gently nudged him.

was then that she realized his face was unnaturally flushed

hand on his forehead, but quickly withdrew it when she felt the scorching heat of his

and he grabbed her arms. In

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her to

hold the feelings

position they were in felt so very wrong and

blushed and did her best to push him away, but his arms were clamped so hard down on her shoulders that she could not do

him and said, “I meant you have

It was all because of the soup from last night that tormented him all night long. The heat never left him, no matter how long he submerged himself in ice.

and darker. He was like

cheeks looked like a delicious

him on the back of his head just as his face

black, and he collapsed

“You’re heavy!”

her and sat up while rubbing her

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the man lying unconscious on the ground, she smirked. “How was it? Surprised? I

Elena’s shoulder last night, she

doctor over to

was a different method, the results were the same.

night in the bathroom, so why

Something was wrong!

down to turn him over and

Oh

not burning up from a fever. He was

in exasperation before heading

“Ja …

call him, but she could not call him by his first name. Hence,

kind eyes.

much. Could you please get me a pen and some

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the items, placed

by the table and scribbled out

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