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

“Sir.”

he did not respond to her call, she gently nudged

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

forehead, but quickly withdrew it when she felt the scorching heat

his eyes snapped open and he grabbed her arms. In

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pinned her to the lounge.

so very dry. Still, he did his best to hold the feelings back. As he gazed

position they were in felt so very wrong and

arms were clamped so hard down on her shoulders that she could

angrily glared at him and said, “I meant you have a fever.”

because of the soup from last night that tormented him all night

his eyes grew deeper and darker. He

cherry blossoms while her rosy cheeks looked

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

he collapsed on top of

“You’re heavy!”

kicked him off of her and

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man lying unconscious on the ground, she

night, she was going to set

doctor over

was a different method,

night in

Something was wrong!

she knelt down to turn him over and check his

Oh

He was not burning up

in exasperation before heading

“Ja …

not call him by his first name.

with kind eyes. “What do you

please get me a pen and some paper?”

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handed her the items, placed neatly on the

table and scribbled out a list of

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