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.

huddled up in the lounge: She frowned and

“Sir.”

to her call, she gently nudged him. “Sir?

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

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

eyes snapped open and he grabbed her arms. In one

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her to the

the feelings back. As he gazed deep into her clear eyes,

position they were in felt so very wrong

best to push him away, but his arms were clamped so hard down on her shoulders that

angrily glared at him and said,

all because of the soup from last night that tormented him all night long. The

his prey within his reach, his eyes grew deeper and darker. He was like

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

as she slapped him on the back of

and he

“You’re heavy!”

of her and sat up while rubbing her wrists.

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unconscious on the ground, she smirked. “How

last night, she was going to set

doctor over to handle it for

different method,

anything to her last night in the bathroom, so why would he

Something was wrong!

her chin as she knelt down to turn him over and check his

Oh

heart was pounding hard. He was not burning up

her eyes in exasperation before

“Ja …

was asked to call him, but she could not call

with kind eyes. “What

much. Could you please get me a pen and some paper?”

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soon handed her the items, placed neatly

and scribbled out a list of

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