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.

blanket, she found Sean huddled up in the lounge:

“Sir.”

her call, she gently nudged him. “Sir? Are you

merely scowled. It was then that she realized his face was unnaturally flushed with

placed her hand on his forehead, but quickly withdrew it when she felt the scorching heat of his skin. “It feels

and he grabbed her arms. In one

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pinned her to the

dry. Still, he did his best to hold the feelings back. As he gazed deep into

they were in felt

push him away, but his arms were clamped so

and said, “I meant

a fever. It was all because of the soup from last night that tormented

eyes grew deeper and darker. He

while her rosy cheeks looked like a delicious cherry cake. As his throat rolled

of his head just as his face was inches

black, and he collapsed on top of her.

“You’re heavy!”

kicked him off of her and

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she smirked. “How was it?

dislocated Elena’s shoulder last night,

Sean had called a doctor over to

method, the results were the same.

do anything to her last night in the bathroom, so

Something was wrong!

knelt down to turn

Oh

pounding hard. He was not burning up from a fever. He was

eyes in exasperation before heading downstairs to talk to Jason.

“Ja …

suddenly recalled what she was asked to call him, but she could not

kind eyes. “What do you need, Miss

Could you please get me

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soon handed her the items, placed neatly on the wooden

the table and scribbled out a

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