Chapter 54 The Older, the Wiser
“You fail to appreciate others‘ kindness. What a paranoid!”
Shirley angrily walked out of the Reflection Room and couldn’t help but curse.
She thought, I’m so stupid. I shouldn’t have been kind to him whatsoever! Why bother?
Instead of coming here, I should have gone back, taken a bath, and watched a show while eating and drinking How nice would that be?
Aspen was waiting at the side. When she saw Shirley walk out of the Reflection Room, she hurriedly went forward to greet Shirley. Aspen said, “Mrs. Stewart, why are you out so soon?”
“He is so ungrateful and sarcastic He pisses me off. Why should I stay inside?”
“Well… I’m afraid that won’t do.”
Aspen continued to plead humbly, “You know Mr. Braden. He can be harsh sometimes, but he doesn’t have any bad intentions. Please, Mrs. Stewart. You can’t quit. You have to urge him to eat and apply ointment to his wound. Otherwise, he won’t make it through the night.”
“No!”
Shirley pulled a long face, gritted her teeth, and said angrily, “He said it himself. Whether he lived or died was none of my business!”
“Oh, no! Mr. Braden fell to the ground…”
Aspen shouted anxiously, “Mrs. Stewart, help… If you do nothing, he will die!”
Shirley closed her eyes, stamped her foot, and turned back.
She thought, Braden, I must have owed you in my previous life!
Braden indeed fell to the ground, his forehead covered in a cold sweat. He was in severe pain because of the whipping.
“What are you doing back here? Get out!”
Braden was already very weak, but he still played rough stubbornly.
“Shut up!”
saying anything else, Shirley directly
muscles were perfectly lined, and his tan had a
Shirley coughed.
help but swallow a mouthful of
weak, but his mind was clear, and his eyes were sharp. He could tell easily that Shirley was drooling over him, so he said coldly, “Woman, seriously? You can’t forget the feeling of
“What a talkative narcissist!”
she was so pissed off that she slathered a large lump of ointment on
But soon, he was enveloped by a
ointment for him a bit
furrowed brows
that she was using a feather to brush his body. The itchy feeling reached the bottom of his
looks so meek. Sure enough,
Aspen
outside the Reflection Room, peeked inside, and couldn’t help but mutter
right in front of her now was the most intimate, harmonious moment of Braden’s and Shirley’s four years of marriage. She was almost moved
felt a strong sense
back and almost
“Mr. Stewart.”
“What are you doing sneaking around in the middle of
what
stuttered and
“I don’t
didn’t see anything.
he finished speaking, Howard put his hands behind his
smile at the corner of
then did Aspen realize
Stewart, you are so
couple patch things up by making Mr. Braden suffer physically.
A week had passed.
time to the company during the day and had all kinds of
cooperation contract with the Burman Group for the
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