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Shaun twitched his lips without commenting. He crossed his legs and stared right at her.
She lifted the microphone to her lips gradually.
“You ask how deeply I love you,
“And just how great my love is,
“My affection is real,
“And my love is true,
“The moon represents my heart…”
He had not heard her sing before. Her sweet and soft voice was so soothing to the ears.
Listening to music was not a habit of his, not to mention classic oldies like this one.
However, he found this song especially lovely at this moment.
The lyrics were just perfect.
It was such a shame that it ended quickly.
Everyone else started applauding. Both Chase and Mireya started clamoring. “Kiss, kiss, kiss…”
Mortified, Cate glared at her best friend for joining in.
“Come here.”
Shaun waved her over.
She walked toward him shyly. The man placed her on his lap, held her tiny face, and locked his lips with hers.
The woman, embarrassed to be doing this in public, wished that she could vanish into thin air right this instant. However, upon thinking he was not mad at her anymore, she kissed back passionately.
Unexpectedly, the man lost himself in the kiss. He could not wait to release all the tension that had been building up within him in the past few days. However, the others were still watching them.
Cate felt like crying out of embarrassment.
She quickly glanced around after the kiss finally ended, only to realize the others had already gone off to one side to play a game of dice.
Chase laughed cheekily. “Come on and join us now that you’re done kissing. We’ve already completed a few games since.”
She felt her cheeks flushing once more. “No,” Shaun replied lazily and buried his face into her long hair. “We’re heading home.”
“Not yet. Mireya’s been drinking. I need to give her a ride home.”
“Get a taxi.”
She hesitated briefly before refusing. “No, she just had a fight with her boyfriend and I promised to send her home. I can’t ignore her because I’ve got you.”
A look of displeasure flashed across his face again. “What do you mean? Am I less important than your friend?”
“…”
‘Of course, friends are important too.’
Despite that, she kept the thought to herself and replied in a cutesy voice, “Hey, stop overthinking things. We don’t come out and have fun that often. There’s so much more I want to tell you.”
Without holding back, she told him everything she learned from Aunty Wendy in the past few days.
The corners of his lips twitched into a cold smile as he understood the big picture now. “It appears my getting injured at the construction site last time wasn’t an accident either but a set-up from the Cox family. Well, well, well, how dare they trick me?”
The last person who caused him harm was no longer in this world. The Cox father-and-daughter duo was too ambitious.
He pulled out his phone to search for Hadley’s number.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“Taking care of the Cox father-and-daughter duo.”
The arrogance was evident in his voice. She quickly disconnected the call. “Don’t act on impulse. The Cox family is too influential at the moment and you can’t afford to offend them. Besides, they’re planning to combine forces with the Campbell family through marriage. They’re even disregarding Melbourne’s most powerful Harrison family.”
“…”
Shaun kept quiet.
He could not afford to offend them? The man felt like laughing.
“Sigh, don’t worry, I’ll avenge you.”
Cate comforted him sincerely. “I plan to join Hudson Corporation to fight for the vacant president position. I’ll make sure the Cox family is destroyed in the end and personally throw my grandma’s murderer into prison.”
The man sized her up and down without putting any effort to mask his suspicions.
She coughed awkwardly. “Believe me that I’ll put in 100%. Hudson Corporation was founded by my mother and I must take it back. When that happens… I can support you financially too if you want to retire from the legal force.”
“Um, alright. I’ll wait for that day.”
An enigmatic smile flashed across his face. How interesting!
Sure, if that was what she wanted, then he would not interfere. He could not wait to see how much she had grown in the past few months.
After all, she had to face his devil family members one day now that they were married.
…
They hung out together until 11:00 p.m.
Mireya could not stop checking her phone every five minutes. It was disappointing that Patrick had not called her since.
She had a few more drinks than usual because of her terrible mood.
Cate had a few drinks too. Her cheeks were red as ripe tomatoes.
Shaun gave those two women a ride home. On the way, Mireya suddenly cried out loud and started yelling about her scumbag boyfriend. Cate joined in halfway through.
He was getting a headache from the women’s shouting. Therefore, he stepped on the accelerator to speed up the journey to Mireya’s home.
“Thank you, ah, thanks, Uncle.” Mireya opened the door and clumsily got out of the car with her jelly-like legs. She did not forget to bow to the man. “Please take good care of my darling Cate in the future.”
At that moment, Cate was so shocked that she sobered up. She quickly said, “That’s… Can you even walk? I’ll send you up.”
“No, I’m not drunk. I’ll never get drunk.” Mireya waved her hand unsteadily and staggered into the neighborhood.
“Uncle?” Shaun raised his eyebrows in confusion.
Cate jumped in fright. “It’s because you look a little like her uncle, so she calls you ‘Uncle’ in private.”
“Tell her not to call me that. I’m not related to her.”
Shaun started the car, and Cate sighed in relief. Thankfully, he did not suspect anything.
On the way back, the alcohol and sleepiness got to Cate. She blearily fell asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, someone picked her up gently.
She opened her eyes in a daze and clearly saw a handsome face. Thinking she was dreaming, she pouted her plump lips and draped her hands around his neck. “Shaunny, don’t be angry, okay? I really miss you these days. I’m so tired. So many things happened recently and I really want someone to talk to. I only have you now. You’ll always stay by my side, right?”
Then, she suddenly cried as she hugged him. Her tears slipped down her cheek and flowed down his neck.
Shaun was stunned. She was probably confused after waking up and thought he had not come back yet.
His heart overflowed with a trace of pain.
She must have been very stressed these days. After all, she was still a woman. So many things happened, yet he was not by her side.
“Yeah, I’ll always stay by your side,” he murmured softly in her ear.