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“Forget it. After all, women have to rely on themselves. Perhaps… you’ll abandon me again. ”
Cate withdrew her hand. Her eyes were downcast to conceal the coldness in her eyes.
“It’s fine if you don’t believe me. I have plenty of time to prove it to you.” Shaun smiled calmly.
Cate looked at his side profile, puzzled. “ Aren’t you worried that the Campos family will become the wealthiest family in Australia after they take over Yule Corporation?”
“No. Lyons Corporation has already invested a lot of funds into research and development for the past few years. We’ve already achieved an important breakthrough as well. We’ll only climb higher in the future.” Shaun smiled confidently. “The Campos family mainly earns money from the domestic market, while Lyons Corporation targets the global market. They can never surpass us.”
Cate was taken aback. He still had the same handsome face, yet the confident gleam in his eyes a t that moment strangely made her lose her voice.
Although that guy was a scumbag, she had to admit that he was a business prodigy.
A handsome and tall business prodigy. No woman would be able to resist being attracted to him.
Forty minutes later.
The car drove to a high-class restaurant by the seaside. The interior of the restaurant was very exotic.
Shaun had already booked an outdoor table. With the warm sea breeze, they could even smell the seawater. There was even someone playing the guitar on the beach nearby.
Cate ordered a few seafood dishes.
Due to Shaun’s special identity, the kitchen had served the dishes very quickly. Every plate of seafood was freshly cooked, and it was very delicious.
Cate enjoyed the food very much. “ I noticed you guys are really good at picking places to eat.
The restaurant that Chase and Joseph brought me t o last time was quite good too.”
Shaun’s expression instantly darkened. “Next time, you’re not allowed to go out for a meal alone with people of the opposite gender, especially Joseph. ”
“What’s wrong with Joseph? He’s my best friend.” Cate sneered. “If it weren’t for him, Hudson Corporation would’ve been done for because of you.”
Shaun was embarrassed. Fine, he could only blame himself for doing too many scummy things and unconsciously asking for trouble himself. “Ahem. What I meant was next time when Joseph comes… you can bring me along. I’ll treat him to a meal to thank him for saving my little babe’s company.”
“As long as you know that. Shell the crabs.” Cate pushed the whole plate of crabs to him. “ Do you know why women have boyfriends? It’s to have them do these kinds of stuff.”
Shaun had a headache looking at the plate. He would usually never shell the crabs himself.
However, he was willing to do it to please her.
During the process, he even pricked his finger clumsily, and it bled.
“You’re really… clumsy.” Cate grabbed his finger and looked at it for a while before she put it in her mouth.
Shaun was startled.
At that moment, it was as if lava was about to erupt in his body.
His breaths became heavy as he stared at her fair, petite face with a heated gaze.
He suspected that she was intentionally flirting with him.
“Alright. It’s not bleeding anymore. ” Cate’s lips left his finger. She was not oblivious to his scalding gaze. However, men had to be flirted with occasionally and given some benefits. If not, how would she leave a deep impression on him?
Shaun looked indifferently at his finger that had stopped bleeding. After a moment, he picked up the crab and pricked another of his fingers. Then, he offered his finger to her. “It’s bleeding again.”
Did he think she was blind? Did he not want his dignity anymore?
“Waiter.” She raised her hand and waved at the waiter. “Please bring me some salt.”
Shaun frowned. Why was it different from what he imagined? “Aren’t you going to take a look? More blood is flowing out.”
“It’s okay. It’ll be fine once we sprinkle some salt on it later. ” Cate smiled like a sly fox. “When the wind blows and the fire grills it, it can even be eaten as a sausage.”
Shaun’s expression darkened at her words. “Why did you suck it for me before but not now?”
“Am I crazy? People will think I’m a lunatic if I keep sucking on your finger. Besides, don’t you have germs on your hands?” Cate lost her temper too.
Shaun immediately fell silent from being scolded.
Since he could not get away with it anymore, he could only stop the bleeding with the napkin.
“Forget it. Let me do it myself. My boyfriend is too useless. He can’t even shell a crab properly.” Cate sighed and started shelling the crabs herself.
“I’m fine. I’ll do it.” Having received another blow, Shaun continued shelling the crabs for her obediently. He felt like he was becoming more and more humble in front of Cate.
However, when he recalled the scene of her sucking the blood from his finger, his heart fluttered.
Not long after, Chester brought Cindy over.
“Shaun, it really is you. I thought I was mistaken. ” Chester had his hands in his pockets. His gentlemanly face was filled with astonishment.
When they often had meals together in the past, Sarah always came along with Shaun, and Chester had only seen Shaun putting food on Sarah’s plate a t most. He had never seen Shaun shelling crabs and treating someone like a master.
Cindy was even more surprised. She knew how cold Shaun was during usual gatherings, so she had never expected that he would treat Cate so well.
Cindy secretly clenched her teeth in contempt. She thought Shaun would surely abandon Cate. Yet, in the end, it was Sarah who was too useless, and she had wasted three years of her time pleasing Sarah.
“Young Master Lyons…” Cindy acted like she was in a dilemma. “I couldn’t believe it when I was watching from afar, but you… You’re accompanying Cate. Does Sarah know about this? She’s still hospitalized. Isn’t this a bit inappropriate?”
Shaun shot an icy glance at her.
Cindy shuddered, as if a swift blade had swept past her face. “I’m sorry. I… I may be meddling too much. Perhaps it’s because I have a good relationship with Sarah. She’s quite pitiful now. ”
Cate slowly took a sip of water. “I can see that your relationship with Sarah has always been very good. Otherwise, how did you know that Shaun went back to Sarah’s place after every gathering three years ago? You even saw the hickeys on her neck the next day.”
Everyone’s expression changed. Chester’s deep-set eyes were focused on Cindy, and Shaun’s handsome face had turned dark too. “When did I… leave hickeys on Sarah’s neck?”
Shaun could not even touch Sarah at all. How could he leave hickeys?
Cindy forced herself to stay calm and said, “ Cate, I really don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Actually, I’m quite thankful to you,” Cate said. “Back then, I was pregnant and put on house arrest by Shaun until I finally had to go and do a checkup. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have known that the media had spread the news about Mireya getting hurt. And I wouldn’t even have known that Thomas had publicly announced that Mireya was the one who seduced him. That infuriated me so much that I went back and smashed everything. I even quarreled with Shaun, which resulted in him pushing me to the ground…”
That was the time she lost the twins.
Shaun’s expression changed drastically.
Cate seemed as if she had gone crazy that day. She even took a knife and tried to stab him. That made him overlook how Cate had found out about all that stuff.
It turned out that it was Cindy who told her.
If it were not for her big mouth, he might not have lost both of his children.
“So it was you.”