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It seemed like she could not do anything for her grandmother now except kneel.
She felt horrible. Grandma and Grandpa were both powerful people in Melbourne when they were young. Without them, there would be no Cox family today.
However, when they died, they had left quickly and quietly. There were not even guests here to mourn for them.
…
It became dark.
Shaun drove back to the villa and found that only Aunty Linda was cooking at home.
“Where’s Cate?”
“She isn’t back yet.” Aunty Linda had just finished speaking when she saw the handsome face suddenly turn frosty.
She secretly sighed in her heart. She had never seen Shaun so clingy before. He asked for his wife first thing after coming home.
Shaun looked at his watch that showed 6:30 p.m..
Was she stuck in traffic? He quickly called her, but no one answered.
Damn it, he was just treating her a little better but she was already pushing his limits.
Although the contract stipulated that she could come home at 9:00 p.m. at the latest, she was going overboard by not answering his calls.
“Young Master Lyons, you should eat some dinner first.” Aunty Linda brought the food over.
Shaun glanced at it and paused. “Did you make this?”
“Yes, the madam asked me to learn from her.” Aunty Linda laughed. “She said that if she isn’t here one day, at least I’ll be able to cook for you. I tried tasting it and it’s the same as—”
Aunty Linda had not finished speaking yet when Shaun swept the dishes to the ground. It could be seen from his eyes that he was fuming. “It turns out that woman is still thinking about leaving me.”
That damned woman. Was she playing with him? Did she deliberately approach him just so he could take on her case for free?
Aunty Linda jumped in fright. Ever since Cate came back, Aunty Linda felt that Shaun had become more and more temperamental. “The madam meant that she might work overtime. She didn’t say that she was leaving.”
Shaun paused, and the anger in his eyes gradually subsided.
Forget it. He would wait for now. It was not 9:00 p.m. yet.
He turned and walked upstairs. Aunty Linda called after him, “Young Master Lyons, your dinner…”
“I’m not eating.”
The door to the study slammed shut with a bang.
After going upstairs, although he was looking at documents, his stomach only grew hungrier. He would look at the time every two minutes.
Even when it was 8:00 p.m., Cate still had not called back. Thinking about how prone to accidents she was, he gave a call to Hadley. “Find out where Cate is.”
Hadley was speechless. He should just suggest that Young Master Lyons put a tracking bug on Cate next time.
Ten minutes later, he saw the CCTV footage of the parking lot in Talton Design and fell silent.
The screen clearly showed Cate getting into Nathan’s car.
Hadley wanted to investigate some more, but Shaun kept rushing him over the phone, so he could only give the footage to Shaun.
After sending it, he tried calling Shaun again but could not reach him.
That was when he knew.
The phone might have been smashed.
Hadley sighed and took a new phone he had prepared to go look for Shaun.
When he went into the study after knocking on the door, he saw a mobile phone broken into two halves on the ground. Shaun was half-hidden in the shadow of the floor lamp with a terrifyingly cold expression on his face.
Hearing Hadley’s footsteps coming in, Shaun asked in a cold voice, “Am I too good to her?”
“Young Master Lyons, maybe there’s more to this than it seems. I’ll continue investigating. Maybe I can find out where they went…”
“Find out if they went to a hotel?” Shaun got up, hostility surging in his dark pupils.
Hadley’s brows wrinkled gently. He had been by Shaun’s side for a long time and rarely saw him this angry. Maybe even Shaun himself did not realize how much Miss Cox affected his emotions.
“There’s no need to find out.” Shaun clenched his fist, his voice sounding cold and stern. “I want to see how long she’ll stay outside.”
Hadley shuddered.
…
In the funeral parlor.
Cate knelt the whole night.
Jeffery, Sally, and Rosabella went back at midnight.
Only Nathan and her were left inside the large hall.
“Go back.” Cate knew he was staying because of her, but she did not want to be appreciative.
“I’m not leaving. Granny Cox was very good to me in the past. Sending her off for the final time is something I should do.” Nathan insisted on staying by her side.
Cate smiled coldly. Even Nathan knew to send Granny off, but what about Jeffery? Jeffery was Granny’s biological son. Granny used to treat Sally like her own daughter as well.
The cold-bloodedness of this couple really changed her perception.
In the middle of the night, the hall was chilly and eerie.
Cate was focused on keeping vigil and did not even notice that Nathan had draped clothes over her shoulders.
At dawn, Jeffery and the others came over to send Granny Cox to be cremated.
Cate’s eyes were red with tears. Even when she came out of the funeral home, she was still immersed in grief and muddle-headed.
Finally, the last family member who truly loved her was gone.
She was really the only one left in this world.
Nathan took her to the car and asked, “You’re in a bad mood. Shall I take you to the surrounding area to look at the scenery?”
He remembered that they used to go out on short trips in the past and suddenly missed those days.
“No need. I want to go back to the company.” Cate refused coldly.
“But you…”
“I’m fine. Too many things have happened this year so I’ve become strong enough,” she interrupted him very firmly.
Nathan felt as if his heart was getting stabbed. She used to be very vulnerable, but now, she had to face all this by herself. It was because he had failed to fulfill his duty.
He drove her to Talton Design. After Cate got out, he could not help but reach out and pull her. “Cate, whether you believe me or not, I’ll always be here in the future.”
Cate frowned and was just about to pull her hand away when the sound of a door closing suddenly sounded.