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.

the blanket, she found Sean huddled up in the lounge: She

“Sir.”

call, she gently nudged him. “Sir? Are

then that she realized his face was unnaturally flushed with

she felt the scorching heat of his skin. “It

and he grabbed her arms. In one quick move,

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her to

did his best to hold the feelings

were in felt so very wrong and

blushed and did her best to push him away, but his arms were clamped so hard down on her shoulders that she could

and said, “I meant you have a

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

reach, his eyes grew deeper and darker. He was

pink as cherry blossoms while her rosy cheeks looked like a delicious cherry cake.

him on the back of his head just as his face was inches away

turned black, and he collapsed on top

“You’re heavy!”

and sat up while rubbing

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at the man lying unconscious on the ground, she smirked. “How was it? Surprised?

last night,

However, Sean had called a doctor

different method, the results were the

anything to her last night

Something was wrong!

knelt down to turn him over and check his

Oh

was not burning up

in exasperation before heading

“Ja …

not call

kind eyes. “What do you need, Miss

please get me a pen and some paper?”

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her the items, placed neatly on the

by the table and

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