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 walked toward

“Sir.”

not respond to her call, she

then that she realized his face was unnaturally flushed with a

withdrew it when she felt the scorching heat of his skin.

grabbed her arms. In one quick move,

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pinned her to the lounge.

His lips felt so very dry. Still, he did his best to hold the feelings back. As he gazed deep into her

were in felt so very wrong and

were clamped so hard down on her shoulders that she could

at him and said, “I meant you have

the soup from last night that tormented him all night long. The heat never left him, no matter

darker.

while her rosy cheeks looked like a delicious cherry cake.

the back of his head

he collapsed on top of her.

“You’re heavy!”

of her and sat up while rubbing

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unconscious on the ground, she smirked. “How was

Elena’s shoulder last night, she was going to

called a doctor over to handle it for her.

was a different method, the results were the

did not do anything to her last night in

Something was wrong!

she knelt down to turn him over and check his pulse.

Oh

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

rolled her eyes in exasperation before heading

“Ja …

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

kind eyes. “What do you need, Miss

Could you please get me a pen and some

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her the items, placed neatly on the wooden table.

and scribbled out

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