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This woman kept professing her love for him but when would she finally settle down?
He called her right away. “Where are you?”
“Um… In the hospital,” she confessed after a brief hesitation.
His frown relaxed a little bit. At least she was not lying about this. “Who’s with you?”
She threw a quick glance at Wesley who was chatting with the doctor in charge before walking to the side. “With the doctor. The carer who used to look after my grandma has just come out of surgery. She has no family members or next of kin. I’ll probably be home a bit later today.”
“…”
She was lying. He knew she was with Wesley.
A dangerous intent flashed across his eyes.
When in trouble, she would rather seek help from Wesley instead of him. How close was her relationship with that man, really?
“Are you angry?” she asked cautiously when all she could hear was silence. “The newly-hired nurse can only come over at 9 p.m., so I’ll have to wait until then.”
“Right.”
He said before ending the call abruptly. Then, he tried to calm down his pulsating temples by gently massaging them.
Shaun reminded himself not to be too upset.
Perhaps he had been spoiling Cate, hence that was why she was taking advantage of him.
Did she think she was the only woman he could be with?
The call ended abruptly.
Cate stared at the phone blankly for a few seconds until Wesley walked over. “Was it Mr. Lyons? Is he coming to see Aunty Wendy? Then I should probably go to prevent unnecessary misunderstandings.”
“No, he didn’t say he’s coming.”
All of a sudden, a strange feeling materialized in her heart. That was it. Shaun had not said anything about coming to see Aunty Wendy.
Wesley appeared startled but soon revealed a smile. “Well, it’s normal. They’re not family, after all. I spoke with the doctor earlier so you don’t have to worry too much.”
“Thanks.”
She was genuinely grateful for Wesley. She would not have achieved so much today without his help.
In actuality, she had thought of asking Shaun for help before but upon remembering his indifferent attitude, she was certain the thought did not even occur to him at all.
“It’s alright. Well, I should leave then. I have a dinner appointment for work this evening.”
Wesley understood the importance of not crossing the line. Otherwise, she might leave her guards up with him again.
“Okay.” She walked him to the door.
Shaun did not call her the entire night.
She finally drove back to the villa after the nurse showed up.
Apart from Fudge and the three kittens playing around, there was just Aunty Linda who was watching TV in the living room.
“Where’s Mr. Lyons?”
The question took Aunty Linda by surprise. “Didn’t he tell you? Mr. Lyons called me earlier this evening saying he’s going on a business trip to Canberra. He won’t be coming back for a few days.”
Cate was stunned into silence. She really had no clue about that.
Suddenly, frustration rocked through her. As her boyfriend, he did not enquire about Aunty Wendy’s condition nor did he inform her about going away for business. What was going on with him?
After heading upstairs, she made a phone call to him.
The background noise was loud over the phone. She could tell right away that he was somewhere like a pub or a bar.
“Where are you? Aren’t you going away on a business trip?”
“Yup.” His tone reeked of indifference.
She was not pleased with that answer. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Do I have to report my whereabouts to you?”
His cold, distant voice filled her with disappointment.
She regarded him as her boyfriend simply because he went to eat hotpot with her, bought her clothes, and helped her out with the sketches.
However, he might have thought otherwise.
“Okay, I’ll not ask again in the future.”
She hung up, plopped herself onto the bed, and started sobbing.
She was overwhelmed by the information learned from Aunty Wendy today, about her grandma’s death and that her aunt was actually her mother.
She wanted to rant and complain and cry it all out to Shaun but he did not even give her the chance.
…
Inside the noisy private room, Shaun, who was already in a frustrated mood, became more agitated by the loud women.
He threw his phone across the room and yelled, “Get out of here right now!”
The group of women immediately headed for the door. A heavy silence fell upon the room that was now occupied by only three men.
“Shaun, what the hell? You demanded for them to be here but now you’re asking them to leave.” Rodney shrugged.
“Shut up. Don’t talk to me.” Shaun lit up a cigarette.
“Tsk, seriously? It was you who called us here.” Rodney was frustrated. “You’ve gotten weirder ever since you got together with that Cate woman. If you’re that unhappy, then just split—”
“Say that again.” Shaun threw his friend a dangerous glare.
Rodney kept quiet right away.
Chester’s eyes darkened as he tapped the end of the cigarette. “Is it serious this time?”
“No way.” Rodney frowned instantly. “I thought you only used to care for Sarah Langley…”
Shaun’s fingers that were holding the cigarette tensed up. Chester heaved a sigh. “Rodney, Sarah is no longer with us. Shaun can’t possibly live in the past forever.”
Rodney looked at the ground and continued drinking.
Shaun took another drag from the cigarette with his head lowered.
…
During the following two days.
Cate spent a lot of effort getting her hands on Chris’ home address. However, the man resided in Brisbane most of the time.
She had no choice but to take an early flight there.
Upon arriving at the villa, the guard opened the door and enquired, “Have you got an appointment?”
“No, but please tell Mr. Jefferson that I’m the daughter of his old friend, Sheryl Cox.”
The guard sized her up and down suspiciously before making the phone call. Upon receiving a reply, the guard invited her in politely, “Mr. Jefferson is waiting for you inside.”
She walked in immediately.
She expected Chris Jefferson to be an old man in his early 70s, so she was surprised to see the middle-aged man sitting on the couch. This man looked younger than 40 years old. Although there were some wrinkles on the corners of his eyes, he looked cultured and refined. He must have been quite handsome when he was younger.
“Are you… Uncle Chris?”