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Aunty Linda could not stand it. Youngsters always quarreled like this. Neither was willing to admit defeat and bow down, yet they were unwilling to explain themselves either. They kept falling out with each other even though it was clear Shaun cared about his wife very much.
“What misunderstanding could there be?”
Shaun was expressionless, but his heart was moved. He had noticed that she was completely clean earlier.
He rubbed his brows in frustration and hesitated for a moment before calling Hadley. “Go and find out what they did after that.”
‘If they went to a hotel… Heh, Cate Cox, your life will be over.’
Hadley was speechless. Shaun had told him not to check before this, but now he wanted to know. Forget it. This time, Hadley would check clearly from start to finish.
At 3:00 p.m., Hadley helplessly came over with news and looked at Shaun with a hint of self-reproach.
“Young Master Lyons, you really have misunderstood Ms. Cox. Although she was with Nathan Lowe last night, they were together in a funeral parlor. Her grandmother died. Nathan and the Cox family are acquainted, so he went to pay his respects.”
Shaun was stunned. He suddenly stood up and resisted the impulse to kick Hadley. “Why didn’t you tell me that last night?”
“I…”
“You were the one who reported to me after only checking halfway.” Shaun firmly refused to shoulder the blame. When he remembered what he did to Cate earlier today, he could not believe that he would do such an irrational thing.
She must have felt deeply humiliated, especially when her grandmother just died and it was when her heart was most upset. No wonder Aunty Linda said her mood was off.
Wait, she had suffered so many setbacks recently. Could she end up taking things too hard?
He quickly rushed upstairs and opened the door, striding over to the bed. There, he saw her lying under the covers with her eyes shut. Her face was as pale as paper and she did not seem to be breathing.
His heart was inexplicably seized by a wave of fear as he reached out to place his finger under her nose.
Cate opened her eyes feebly. When she saw him, she sat up weakly. Her voice was full of fatigue and weariness. “Is it not enough for you to confine me? What other punishments do you want to give me? Just say it.”
Shaun’s heart that was seized tightly suddenly loosened. It was as if he could finally breathe freely.
However, looking at her like this, he felt slightly embarrassed. He wanted to apologize, but his pride did not allow him to. “Your grandmother passed away last night?”
Cate’s eyelashes trembled.
Shaun said unnaturally, “Why didn’t you tell me? I called you the entire night last night but you didn’t answer. I thought something happened to you…”
“You weren’t scared that something happened to me. You were scared that I would make you a cuckold, right?” Cate sneered. “Have you ever lost your dearest family member before? When you’re drowning in grief, would you have the mood to answer the phone?!”
Shaun’s heart choked. He understood that feeling.
“Besides, you never asked me and you never believed me. From the beginning, you decided that Nathan Lowe and I had gone to a hotel to spend the night together.”
Cate’s words became more and more sarcastic. “Even when I stayed up all night keeping vigil, you said that my exhausted appearance was because I was doing something else. You even degraded me in front of Nathan Lowe, as if… As if I’m a woman who sells her body.”
Her tears finally flowed down uncontrollably.
Shaun was at a loss for words, but he could not control his thoughts. “Why do you care so much about Nathan Lowe’s feelings? Do you still care about him in your heart?”
“Care my *ss!” Cate swore, “I was betrayed and dumped by him before. I’ve already lost my dignity, but who would want others to witness such a thing? I have to at least let that scumbag see that I can live better without him! But what happened instead? You made me look like a commodity. As long as one had money and power, anyone can get me and sleep with me. Do I have any self-respect left?”
Shaun stared at her for a long time before squeezing the words out of his throat. “Are you scolding me?”
“No, I can’t scold you!” Cate smiled self-deprecatingly. She patted her chest. “You saved me, so I owe you. Even if you slap me, I should be happy and kneel like a dog. I shouldn’t resist you. I was wrong, happy?!”
“…”
Shaun was completely dumbstruck and unable to reply. Even though he was an eloquent lawyer, he did not know what to say now.
“Do you want me to cook now? I’ll go.” Cate strained herself to get up.
“Stop!” Shaun forced her down again. “Lay down. Don’t move.”
“Right, I forgot. You still have me locked up,” Cate said mockingly.
“Cate Cox, are you done? I admit I was wrong. I misjudged you. It was my fault, okay?” Shaun bowed his head.
Cate was expressionless, and her gaze was hollow. “You don’t have to apologize at all. You’re my master, so whatever you do is right.”
Shaun was having a headache now. He really did not like her self-deprecating actions.
“In any case, you should just rest well for now. You’re not allowed to go anywhere.”
Shaun went downstairs and personally brought food up. “Eat something.”
Shaun thought that he would have to waste his breath, but Cate simply sat up and ate without hesitation. She finished every bite, just like a robot obeying its master’s words.
Shaun really did not know what to do.
He had too little experience in coaxing women.
He had already apologized. Now, he wanted her to return to her strange and bizarre self from before.
In the study at night, he started a video call with several of his friends.
Chester Jewell was wearing a bathrobe and held a glass of wine. He smiled elegantly and said, “What a surprise. You’re free enough to think of us today.”
Rodney Snow also chuckled. “Yeah, you never bother to contact us if we don’t contact you first.”
Chase Harrison laughed as well. “I’m guessing that you must have offended a woman and don’t know what to do.”
Shaun glared unhappily at Chase. That motormouth Hadley must have told him.
“If you ask me, this time, it’s really your fault,” Chase said, “I heard that Granny Cox has always been good to Cate. The Cox family now is completely indifferent to Cate, so you can say that Granny Cox is her only family.”
Shaun was silently frustrated and lit a cigarette.
Everyone looked at him with complicated gazes. Only good friends like themselves knew that Shaun never smoked unless he was particularly annoyed.
“What happened exactly?” Chester asked with a laugh. “Let us give you some ideas. I have experience in dealing with women.”
Chase said, “In short, Rin went to her grandmother’s funeral but was accused of cheating by Shaun and got severely humiliated.”
Rodney blushed with shame. “Isn’t that just adding insult to injury?”
Chester sucked in his lips. “That’s… a little much.”
Shaun glared at them. “Help me think of a way. When a woman loses her most important relative, how can you cheer her up?”
Chester raised his brows. “Buy jewelry, send rings, flowers, or charter an island to make her happy?”
Rodney said, “Give her money, I guess. My mom is always happy whenever she receives money.”
Chase chimed in, “Take her out to eat ice cream. My sister loves to eat ice cream every time she’s in a bad mood.”
“…”
Shaun rubbed his temples. “Her family member just passed away, how would she be in a romantic mood?”
“That’s true.” Chester was helpless. “I really don’t have any experience in this area. None of my girlfriends’ family died when I dated them. If nothing else works, then prepare more funeral offerings for her grandmother so she can live happily in the afterlife.”
Shaun froze, not even noticing when the cigarette in his hand dropped ash on his pants leg.
Chase and Rodney were shocked. “Holy sh*t, don’t tell me you believe him?!”