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“Fine, let’s play a slow game.” Shaun let go of her and got into the car.
Melanie watched his car leave with eyes full of horror and fear. Nicola and her only had a foothold in the Yule family now because she had the Lyons family as her backing. Even Old Master Yule treated the mother and daughter politely. She must not lose Eldest Young Master Lyons.
It must be that vixen behind him who was instigating him. She had to find out who that vixen was and kill her.
…
In the car, Shaun called Cate. “What are you doing? I’m on my way home.”
“I’m working overtime in the office.” Cate was startled. He had said he was not coming back earlier.
“Why are you working overtime when it’s already so late?” Shaun’s tone was displeased. “Wait there. I’ll pick you up.”
“…”
Cate looked at her phone, feeling slightly disgusted.
She really hated it when he came to find her after accompanying Melanie.
Half an hour later, Shaun’s car stopped outside the company’s building and Cate got into the car.
The car was filled with the smell of a woman’s perfume. It was a scent she had smelled on Melanie before.
She was absolutely sure that he had just sent Melanie home.
Did he not get tired of two-timing and dealing with two women at the same time?
“Look what I brought you.” Shaun brought over the basket of strawberries in the backseat and placed it on her lap. “I picked them myself in the orchard at Lyons Manor. They’re very sweet.”
He looked at her eyes expectantly. It was his first time trying to win the favor of a woman.
However, what disappointed him was that Cate simply looked down at the strawberries and smiled, but that smile looked more like she was just enduring it.
“Thank you.” Cate picked up a strawberry from the top.
“This one looks like the both of us.” Shaun held her hand tightly, his handsome eyes swirling with tenderness while reflecting her silhouette.
Cate listened to his gentle and magnetic voice. When she looked over, she became lost in thought for a moment.
This man was too seductive. Even after doing such terrible things to her, when he chose to be gentle, it made it hard for her to extricate herself.
Shaun smiled and leaned in to kiss her on the lips.
Just as their lips were about to meet, the smell of Melanie’s perfume in the car made her subconsciously turn her face away, and his kiss fell short.
The ambiguous air instantly cooled.
Irritation suddenly spurted out from Shaun’s chest. He remembered how foolish he was earlier to pick all the biggest and reddest strawberries for her, thinking that she would like them. However, what he got was just a half-hearted reaction.
He knew that he could not blame her and took a deep breath. He touched her head. “I reap what I sow. I hurt you, but time will let me open your heart. Don’t worry, I have plenty of time.”
Cate was astonished. She thought that he would lose his temper again. She actually regretted her actions afterward and should not have offended him. She could not afford the consequences.
Then, Shaun started the car and took her back to New Metropolis Park.
Aunty Yasmine washed the strawberries, and Cate ate the fruits obediently. As Shaun said, the strawberries were very sweet and nice.
When they went to bed at night, Shaun hugged her and nibbled on her ear, saying dotingly, “If you like them, I’ll pick more for you next time.”
Cate trembled in his embrace and lowered her eyes with a hum.
The next morning.
When Cate got up, she habitually took out her phone to look at the trending news.
The top trending search query today was [President Lyons accompanied his young girlfriend to pick strawberries.]
In the picture, Melanie was tilting her head to look at Shaun with her eyes crinkled in a smile. They looked very sweet. She was holding a strawberry that had fused together with another strawberry, and Shaun was looking at her with his handsome face. The light from the sunset fell on their faces, making them look like a pair of lovers exchanging their affections for each other.
She suddenly remembered what he had said last night. “Doesn’t this strawberry look like us?”
Heh, how ridiculous.
He had taken the strawberry Melanie plucked and said such a thing to another woman. Did he not feel ashamed at all?
Well, what was there to be ashamed of? He could even pick strawberries for his mistress with his girlfriend. His shamelessness was astonishing.
“What are you looking at?”
Shaun, who was sleeping with an arm around her, leaned over to see her screen.
The photo on it made him panic and he said quickly, “Don’t misunderstand. My grandmother forced me to go with her yesterday.”
“Mmh, it’s okay.”
Cate said obediently with a calm face.
Shaun’s handsome face stiffened, and there was a complicated look on it. “What do you mean by that?”
Cate did not understand why he was suddenly unhappy and could only tell the truth, “She’s your girlfriend, so it’s normal for you two to pick strawberries together. I won’t get jealous. I know my place.”
She was just someone he was using for his amusement. She had a shameful identity.
Shaun stared at her for a moment before suddenly laughing.
Her kindness and understanding made his heart chill.
She could be so indifferent because she did not care about him at all.
What a fool he was. He was worried that she would misunderstand and even explained himself in a hurry.
“Wow, Cate Cox, you’re really generous.” Shaun scoffed coldly. He suddenly lifted the blanket and barged into the dressing room to change.
Two minutes later, he slammed the door and left.
He made so much noise as though he was afraid that she would not know he was angry.
Cate did not understand him. Did he expect her to cry and make a fuss and get jealous? It was he who said that Melanie would be occupying the position of Mrs. Lyons, while she was only to sleep in the same bed with him.
In the past, she would have gotten jealous, but all that remained now was her hatred for him.
Her heart had frozen up and would not throb for him again.
…
Shaun went to the company with a cold face and immediately called Old Madam Lyons.
“Did you take that photo?” Only members of the Lyons family could take pictures of him in the manor.
“How’s Grandma’s photography skills?” Old Madam Lyons giggled. “I made you guys look good together, didn’t I?”
“Grandma…” Shaun raised his voice, full of annoyance.
“What are you yelling for? Are you trying to scare me?” Old Madam Lyons’s voice was louder than his. “What? You’re my grandson. Can’t I take a picture?”
“You shouldn’t send my photos to the media.” Shaun rubbed his brows and gnashed his teeth. “Didn’t I make myself clear last night?”
“So what if I sent it? Are you going to eat me?” The old madam did not buy his words at all.
Shaun, “…”