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 him.

“Sir.”

she gently nudged him. “Sir? Are

she realized his face was unnaturally flushed with a fever.

but quickly withdrew it when she felt the

open and he grabbed her

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her to

Still, he did his best to hold the feelings back. As he gazed deep into her clear eyes, he hoarsely asked, “In what way am I

they were in felt so very

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

at him and said, “I meant you have a

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

his reach, his eyes grew deeper and darker. He was like

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

slapped him on the back of his head just

and he collapsed on top of

“You’re heavy!”

him off of her and sat up while

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

last night, she

called a doctor over to handle it for her.

method,

to her last night in the bathroom, so why would

Something was wrong!

rubbed her chin as she knelt down to turn him over and check his pulse.

Oh

pounding hard. He was not burning up from

exasperation before heading downstairs to talk to

“Ja …

call him, but she could not call him by his first name. Hence, she

kind eyes. “What do you need,

get me a pen and some paper?”

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placed neatly on the

and scribbled out a list of herbs.

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