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

“Sir.”

respond to her call, she gently nudged him.

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

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

eyes snapped open and he grabbed her arms.

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pinned her to the

his best to hold the feelings back. As he gazed

felt so very wrong and

arms were clamped so

and said, “I meant

with a fever. It was all because of the soup from last night that tormented him all

deeper and darker. He was like a

cherry blossoms while her rosy cheeks looked like a delicious

bang as she slapped him on the back of his head just as his face was inches away from

turned black, and he

“You’re heavy!”

off of her and sat up while rubbing her wrists.

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the ground, she smirked. “How was it? Surprised? I

Elena’s shoulder last night, she was going to set

However, Sean had called a doctor over to handle it

method,

night in the bathroom, so why would he

Something was wrong!

to turn him over and check his

Oh

was not burning

eyes in exasperation before

“Ja …

asked to call him, but she could not call him by his first name. Hence, she settled for “Mr.

at her with kind eyes. “What

please get me a

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soon handed her the items, placed neatly on

the table and scribbled out a list of herbs.

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