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.

Sean huddled up in the lounge: She frowned and walked toward

“Sir.”

she gently nudged him. “Sir? Are you okay?”

she realized his face was unnaturally

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

open and he grabbed her

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her to the lounge.

best to hold the feelings back. As he gazed deep into her clear

position they were in felt so very wrong

arms were clamped so hard down on her shoulders that she

at him and said, “I meant you have a fever.”

because of the soup from last night that tormented him all night long. The heat never

his prey within his reach, his eyes grew deeper and darker. He was like a dangerous leopard staring at

lips were as delicate and pink as cherry blossoms while her rosy cheeks looked like a delicious cherry

back of his head

and he collapsed

“You’re heavy!”

and sat up while rubbing her

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on the ground, she

night, she was going to set it

called a doctor

method, the results

her last night in the bathroom, so why would he

Something was wrong!

to turn him over and check his pulse.

Oh

heart was pounding hard. He was not burning up from

eyes in exasperation before

“Ja …

what she was asked to call him, but she could not call him by his first name. Hence,

kind eyes. “What do you need, Miss Donovan?”

please get me a pen and some paper?”

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the items, placed neatly on the wooden table.

by the table and

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