After carrying her to the backseat of the car, Shaun stretched out his hands to remove Catherine’s drenched shirt.Catherine subconsciously stopped him, her eyes expressing embarrassment.“Stop moving around and shut up. Let me take a look.” Shaun used one hand to press on her arm and the other hand to undo her shirt forcefully. Her originally snowy skin was filled with bruises at that point, which made her look miserable.Shaun somehow felt a tight sensation deep down, and his face looked extremely grim. Catherine could not be bothered about him. She only felt embarrassed about her unsightly bruises at that point.“Are you done looking?” She struggled in shame. Upon moving slightly, she felt so much pain that her face turned pale. “You’d better be obedient.” Shaun directly threw her drenched clothes to one side. He swiftly took off his sweater and windbreaker, then put them on for her.The moment he touched the wounds on her body, she gasped in pain.“Does it hurt badly?” Wi
Would this mean that Shaun inwardly viewed Catherine as a woman who cried for him every day? Was she so madly in love with him that she just wanted to cook for him forever and be his wife?Catherine, who was already in shock, became even more bewildered. She seriously wondered if Freya was harboring a grudge against her. If that was not the case, why had Freya tricked her into getting together with Shaun in the first place? Now that Catherine could almost get rid of him, Freya made her out to be an infatuated woman in his eyes.Considering that Shaun had just saved her, she could not possibly expose Freya’s lies.In this case, would she have to embark on an arduous journey of acting again?“Don’t blame me. I did all this for the sake of saving you. If you were to be saved anytime later, you could’ve been tortured to death there.”Leaning on her pitifully, Freya whispered in her ear, “Don’t ever expose me in front of Shaun, or he’ll kill us. He’s a big lawyer, so we can’t affor
As soon as Freya saw Shaun entering the ward, she immediately got up and said, “I”m going to buy some food for Cathy outside the hospital.” “No need,” Shaun replied coldly, “The food sold there isn’t hygienic. I’ve ordered some food from a seven-star hotel, which will be delivered here.”Freya was speechless.Whoa. Catherine would be able to eat food from a seven-star hotel despite being admitted to the hospital. How blessed she was.Freya approached the bed and winked at Catherine. After that, she immediately ran away.Catherine was flattered as she did not expect Shaun to be treating her so well. Was this an illusion? She seemed to sense a trace of warmth in his eyes.“Actually, I don’t mind eating anything.”Feeling tense and intimidated, Catherine spoke softly.“Anything?” Shaun gave out a deep laugh, yet his eyes were icy. “Did you not read the medical certificate issued by the doctor?” Catherine was in a daze. She had not read it.“Stupid.” With a somber expression, S
“That’s right. James Lennon is the one responsible for that.” Shaun threw Catherine a quick glance. “Only a dead person will keep a secret. Do you understand?”She began shaking as her eyes burned with flames. James had surely brought out the worst of humanity. She was his cousin!“Um… Is it possible to change the conditions?”She asked tentatively after regaining her composure.She really did not want to be his sitter again. Besides, there was no expiry date to the contract. It would be a long suffering.“Sure.” A smile spread across his face. “According to the standard price, my legal service cost at least 300 million dollars per case. Your particular case is quite challenging and I risk offending the most powerful Clark family in Melbourne. Well, I’ll give you a 20% discount. That’ll be 400 million dollars.”“400 million dollars?” Her jaw dropped. “You might as well rob the bank.”“You really should be more grateful. Do you know how many people out there offer me more than 40
Shaun acknowledged with a quick nod. He felt slightly pleased upon hearing that.“How’s the preparation going for this case?”“Everything is ready.” Hadley was speechless. The man had secretly gathered the information for the court case but was still pretending to be indifferent. ‘Boss, don’t you know that this attitude of yours isn’t going to get you a wife?’On the other hand, Catherine, who had been hung up on, was at a loss of what to do.She was washed over by regret.Surely being Shaun’s sitter was better than dying in prison. “Right, quickly put this on and go beg for his help.” Freya handed her friend a newly bought white floral dress.Catherine took a closer look at the dress and realized it had a low-cut neckline. “You’re really making me wear this to seduce him on this cold winter day? He hates this. I’ll be drowning in his spiteful insults.”“Judging by the conditions he put on the table, it’s obvious that he’s interested in you that way. Try it anyway. Desperate
“I saw that you were working and didn’t want to disturb you.”A look of embarrassment washed over Catherine’s face upon hearing the angry words. However, she realized this was all her own fault.“Indeed, you’ve disturbed me at work.” Shaun crossed his arms in front of his chest, acting as if he was annoyed and impatient to have been interrupted.Hadley, who was watching this on the side, was undeniably shocked.‘Boss, you’ve been waiting several days for this. Stop acting! Or you’ll get anxious again if she walks away.’In order to ease the tense atmosphere, he smiled. “Miss Jones, is that a gift for Mr. Hill that you’re holding?”“Yes, um, not really. I made him lunch.” She quickly retrieved the lunchbox from its bag.Shaun began fiddling with the ink pen on the table. His eyes shone with ridicule. “But I remember a certain someone saying she’s not trying to please me anymore, hence she’s not obligated to prepare my meals.”She clenched her teeth at the sudden attack. “Mr. Hil
Shaun sneered. “Alright, I’ll give you one last chance. Go in there to heat up the food.”“Sure.” Catherine’s eyes twinkled with brilliance as she darted into the pantry.There was a microwave available. She heated up the food in less than three minutes.She placed it in front of the man. It was his favorite roast pork.He glanced at it and instantly felt his stomach growling. Ever since she left, he had not enjoyed a good home-cooked meal. In a matter of minutes, he devoured the entire dish, leaving nothing behind in the lunchbox.She gasped in amazement on the side. This was the man who said he was no longer interested in her cooking!Men were such liars.“What are you staring at?” Shaun caught a glimpse of her staring and a hint of embarrassment flashed across his handsome face.“No, um… I’m just happy to see you enjoying my food again,” Catherine said half-jokingly. Then, she noticed the man casually picking up the documents on the side as if ready to resume working.She
“It’s a waste to the dress you’re wearing if I let you go right now.” Shaun’s eyes darkened gradually as he placed his right hand behind Catherine’s neck and inched forward to lock lips with her.This was the feeling that he had been reminiscing about after their kiss in the restaurant last time.He wondered what she had applied on her lips because they tasted unusually sweet.She was baffled. If he actually despised her, then why did he keep kissing her?His words and actions contradicted one another.However, Catherine dared not make the assumption that Shaun was romantically interested in her. Perhaps he was just satisfying his desires as a man.In the beginning, she was still able to keep a cool head, but in a matter of seconds, she lost herself in the kiss. Especially due to the fresh scent exuding from his body. She draped her arm around his neck subconsciously.“Rin, it’s been a long while.”The office door was suddenly pushed open and Chase came walking inside in big st