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Cate was struck by a realization. This was Shaun’s younger brother from a different father!
Her gaze turned and landed on Willie, whose eyes almost popped out of his sockets. However, he recovered very quickly and coughed softly. “Grandma, I’ll go to the back and check on the fish that Shaun asked to deliver.”
…
At 6:30 p.m., the family dinner began.
More than 20 people were seated at the long table.
The chef cut the bluefin tuna piece by piece in front of everyone. The fish was very large, around two meters long, and had lived in the deep sea.
Cate loved to study cooking and was extremely interested in the ingredients, so she especially looked forward to the tuna tonight.
However, she did not know if it was intentional or not, but when it was her turn, the most tender meat in the abdomen was already gone.
The chef smiled apologetically. “I’m sorry, but there’s only the red part left. You wouldn’t mind, right, Ms. Cox?”
Queenie snickered. “What’s there to mind? She probably has never eaten a deep-sea fish worth tens of millions before. Even the red part would taste good to her.”
Cate’s face was calm. She had already expected certain things to happen, so there was nothing for her to be angry about.
However, Joel’s expression became ugly. “Ms. Lyons, Cate is my daughter. Please watch your tone.”
Joel’s identity was not ordinary, and Old Master Lyons immediately became displeased with Queenie. “Shut your mouth if you don’t know how to watch your words.”
“Cate, you can eat my portion…” Joel tried to push his own plate over.
Shaun, who was sitting at the front and had been playing with his phone, suddenly looked up. “My stomach hasn’t been feeling well recently, so I can’t eat cold things. Take my portion. Uncle Joel can keep his own portion.”
Everyone was stunned and turned to look at Melanie.
Valerie smiled. “Melanie, Shaun really dotes on you. He’d rather give up his portion than treat his future father-in-law poorly.”
Melanie secretly rejoiced. She had been a little worried before, but it seemed like the eldest young master still cared about her.
Shaun ignored their conversation and turned to the chef while saying with a faint smile, “If you can’t even divide a few pieces of meat equally, I think you can go.”
The chef panicked. “Eldest Young Master, I…”
“Didn’t you hear me? Pack your things and get out.” Shaun slowly and methodically wiped his slender fingertips with a towel, but the words he spat out were like a blade that made people dare not disobey.
Soon, someone came in and took the chef away. A new chef stepped out from the kitchen.
The next chef was careful not to serve poorly lest he anger the young master.
Cate bowed her head and ate the sashimi seriously. Her portion had belonged to Shaun, and although everyone said that Shaun was doing this for Melanie and Joel, she felt differently in her heart…
She suddenly had a stifling pain in her heart. What was she thinking? She had a fiancé now, and Shaun also had Melanie.
…
After dinner, the Lyons family looked at Melanie even more favorably.
Only Willie tsked in his heart like the elite he was. What a bunch of idiots! They could not even tell that Shaun got angry because of Cate. Who was Melanie to him?
At that moment, Old Madam Lyons said, “Shaun, go accompany Melanie to the private cinema to watch a movie and grow your feelings for one another.”
Shaun glanced around the hall and saw that Cate had her head lowered. She was fixed on her phone again. His heart surged with anger, and he got up to walk over.
Melanie followed after him happily.
Then, Nicola accompanied the other ladies of the Lyons family to play bridge. Joel was also pulled over to play poker, and only Cate sat quietly on the sofa playing with her phone. No one paid any attention to her or even served her any tea.
Willie rushed over with a platter of fruits and hot tea to serve her.
No matter who Shaun married in the future, the family dinner earlier had let him see that Shaun still cared about Cate. It was definitely a good idea for him to curry favor with her now.
“Ms. Cox, are you unused to things here? Shall we bowl?”
“No need, I’ll just quietly sit here lest anyone suspects I have something going on with you.” Cate refused politely.
“That’s right. I don’t have a good reputation in the family, so I’d rather not involve you.” Willie smiled and walked away.
Just as he reached the stairs, Liam came down from upstairs and raised a brow at him. “Do you fancy her?”
“No.” Willie hurriedly shook his head.
“I understand, she really is quite pretty. She’s much more beautiful than Melanie.” Liam clicked his tongue. “If not for the fact that she’s an illegitimate daughter, I might even go after her.”
Willie was startled and said embarrassedly, “Yeah, she’s not worthy of our status.”
“I get it.” Liam raised his brows at him with an ambiguous look.
“…”
Willie felt speechless. ‘What do you get? Do you get that she’s Shaun Lyons’s woman?’
…
Cate sat on the sofa playing games for more than 40 minutes when a maid suddenly came over.
“Ms. Cox, please come with me. The old madam says she wants to see you.”
“What does she want to see me for?”
“I’m not quite sure. I’m just following her orders.”
The old madam lived in the back residence, and Cate followed the maid over. She was not familiar with this side of the manor. When she approached a courtyard, a small hot spring appeared between the green and verdant bamboo.
“The old madam…” Before Cate could finish, a force behind her pushed her into the hot spring.
By the time she emerged from the water, the maid had disappeared.
What the chef did at dinner tonight had made her keep an eye out. The maid earlier had used the old madam as an excuse so she had to follow, but she started a recording on her phone when they were making their way over.
She took out her phone. It had dropped into the water, so the screen was black.
She did not know what the other party was up to, so she had to leave quickly.
“Who’s there?”
Behind the bamboo forest, a man suddenly walked over with bare shoulders. The lower half of his body was wrapped in a bath towel, and that face… It was Willie Lyons.
At that instant, Cate understood. She sighed with relief and laughed.
“Holy sh*t, what are you doing here?” Willie was startled and hurriedly covered his chest. “Go away quickly. Shaun will kill me if he finds out.”
“I was tricked here by someone.” Cate climbed out of the water. Her hair was dripping wet, and her clothes clung to her shapely figure. If it were anyone else, Willie would definitely have turned into a beast, but he really did not have the guts when it was Cate Cox.