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.

found Sean huddled up in the lounge: She

“Sir.”

not respond to her call, she gently nudged him. “Sir? Are you okay?”

was then that she realized his face was unnaturally

placed her hand on his forehead, but quickly withdrew it when she felt the scorching

open and he grabbed her arms. In one

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to

to hold the feelings back. As he gazed deep into her clear eyes, he hoarsely asked, “In what

they were in felt so very wrong

were clamped so hard down on

him and said, “I meant

with a fever. 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

and darker. He was

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

a loud bang as she slapped him on the back of his

vision turned black, and he collapsed

“You’re heavy!”

kicked him off of her and sat up while rubbing her

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unconscious on the ground, she

night, she was going to set it

doctor over to handle it for

it was a different method, the results were the same.

did not do anything to her last night in the bathroom,

Something was wrong!

as she knelt down to

Oh

hard. He was not burning up from a fever.

rolled her eyes in exasperation before heading downstairs to

“Ja …

but she could not call him by

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

much. Could you please get me a pen and

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the items, placed neatly on the wooden

and

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