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“I’m not interested in arguing with you. I’m hungry. I want to eat something.” Shaun walked to the door.
“Can you answer my last question? Are the three of you trying to trick and cheat me?” Cate enunciated her every word while she stared at his back.
Shaun looked back again and narrowed his deep-set eyes that were now filled with anger. “How many times do I have to repeat myself? Charity’s words cannot be trusted. Clearly, she’s trying to tear us apart. Stop asking nonsensical questions, or I’m going to lose faith in you.”
Cate felt helpless in the face of Shaun’s criticism.
She did not mean to doubt it. However, Cate could not forget the sympathetic look Charity gave her after she caught sight of Shelley. “Alright. Let’s stop arguing over Charity. Ask Shelley to leave and get another carer, then. I don’t like her.”
Shaun curled his lips. “You’ve been saying so much and pulling a long face the whole night just because you can’t stand Shelley and have no faith in me? You should’ve said so. Isn’t it tiring to beat around the bush?”
“…”
Cate shook.
It had been a while since she heard cruel remarks from him. It was probably because he had been pampering her these days.
Those remarks felt like a slap on her face.
“If you insist on thinking of me this way, there’s nothing I can do. Anyway, I can’t coexist with Shelley in the house.” Cate said bluntly, “Shelley isn’t the only carer in the hospital. There are other carers too.”
Smash.
A glass suddenly dropped at the door.
The two of them turned their eyes in that direction, wondering when Shelley had come. Her face was pale, her eyes were red, and there was milk spilled all over the floor.
A moment later, Shelley smiled bitterly with tears welling up in her eyes. “Eldest Young Master, since Young Madam isn’t fond of me, you should get another carer.”
Shaun furrowed his brows fretfully.
Shelley breathed in and forced a smile. “You can’t ruin your relationship because of me. I can understand that. After all, I’m young. I’ve been trying to avoid this kind of situation, but it’s normal for Young Madam to feel uncomfortable about it.”
“…”
Shaun pursed his thin, exquisite lips. A ghastly look crept across his face.
“I-I’ll pack and leave in no time.” Dazed, Shelley bent over to pick up the glass shards, but she accidentally cut her finger. Blood began dripping on the floor.
She forcefully wiped away the blood. However, the more she wiped it, the more blood she shed. At the same time, more tears were pouring down her face.
“It’s fine. Let Aunty Yasmine handle the shards.” Shaun pulled Shelley up and walked down the stairs.
Cate walked down the stairs as well, where she saw Shaun shouting in the living room, “Aunty Yasmine, where’s the first aid kit? Can you help Shelley to bandage her finger?”
Aunty Yasmine swiftly came and helped Shelley bandage her finger with Shaun.
At the sight of the scene, anxiety began to fill Cate.
A cold person like Shaun was actually worried about Shelley today. He even held her hand.
Was Shelley just a carer?
She nearly bought into it. Luckily, Charity’s remarks reminded her.
If Shelley continued to stay here, Shaun might end up more concerned for her.
All of a sudden, Cate turned cold.
Shaun and Cate had just gotten into a relationship not long ago.
However, he had already begun to have a dig at her for the sake of his buddies and Shelley.
What about one or two years later?
Cate subconsciously touched the side of her face that was no longer as smooth and pretty as before.
Would Shaun still love her with all his heart?
Cate suddenly became skeptical about it.
She turned around and headed to the study.
Shortly afterward, she heard the sound of a car leaving. It was probably Shelley who had left.
However, Cate did not go out of the study.
At 11:00 p.m., the door was forcefully pushed open. Shaun walked in with a grim frown. “Cate, are you done? Look at the time now, and you still haven’t gone to bed yet. You’re unhappy with Shelley, right? She has already left.”
“You can go to bed first. I still have something to deal with.” Cate averted her eyes after glancing at him. She could not accept the fact that he was giving her an attitude because of another woman.
“Enough. My patience has its limits.”
Shaun pulled her up from the chair and said rudely, “Stop giving me that sulky look.”
“Don’t touch me with the hand you’ve just used to hold another woman.” Cate subconsciously shrank away from his touch.
Shaun instantly threw a fit. “What? Her hand was injured, so I asked Aunty Yasmine to bandage it. Are you jealous just because of this? Does it mean I can’t save any women who are met with road accidents in the future?”
Cate tried to suppress the bitterness in her eyes. She then taunted him, “How helpful of you, Eldest Young Master Lyons. From what I’ve observed, you don’t seem to pay so much attention to Elle nor Hadley either.”
“You’re unreasonable. I must’ve been treating you too well, huh?”
Shaun let go of her hand. “Since you enjoy staying in the study, go ahead and take this opportunity to reflect on yourself. You can be jealous, but there’s a limit to it.”
With that, he slammed the door and walked away with a scowl on his face.
Cate sat on the chair silently without realizing that tears were streaming down her face.
She did not enter the bedroom that night.
Shaun tossed and turned on the bed alone as he had difficulty falling asleep.
Ever since Shelley started to look after him, he had not suffered from insomnia.
That night, he only slept for an hour. When he woke up the next morning, his handsome face was glum from not getting enough rest.
As for Cate, she did not feel like seeing his face. So, she left the house without having her breakfast.
The moment she closed the door, she heard something fall inside.
She lowered her exhausted eyes.
After she arrived at the office, she called Harvey over. “Go and find out what’s going on in Neeson Corporation.”
Cate gave Mireya a call afterward. “Considering that you have more friends in Canberra than I do, have you heard of Charity Neeson from the Neeson Corporation?”
“Oh, Charity Neeson. Ha, of course,” Mireya responded in a teasing manner. “I heard she was Chester’s first girlfriend.”
Cate was stunned. At the thought of Chester’s resentful gaze last night, she could not figure out what had made the former couple end up in this state.
Mireya added, “Anyway, Charity has a bad reputation. Rumor has it that she’s cruel. She can do anything and go as far as denying her connections with her family and relatives in order to become Neeson Corporation’s president. Although she has managed to take over the role as the head of the Neeson family, her mom, who was just a secretary, used to be a mistress. Only after Boris Neeson’s legal wife passed away did Charity’s mom bring her into the Neeson family. I heard her mom is wicked too. Nobody wants to associate with them.”
Cate asked out of curiosity, “Does Boris’s ex-wife have a child?”
“Now that you mentioned the woman’s child, it’s getting on my nerves,” Mireya said in frustration. “I attended a social gathering a few days ago where Thomas Neeson showed interest in me, and ever since then, he’s been pestering me. He’s f*cking annoying.”
“Thomas Neeson?” Cate frowned. “This name sounds familiar.”
Struck by a thought, Cate rose to her feet all of a sudden. “I remember it now. When I was in Melbourne, someone called Hugh Jewell wanted to kill me. But luckily, Wesley came to save me. Later, I heard from the police that Thomas from the Neeson family in Canberra took fancy to Hugh’s sister, Lily Jewell. Thomas forced upon her with an underhand tactic and eventually caused Lily to jump off a building. The Jewell family sued Thomas, and he was supposed to serve his sentence. However, Shaun disputed the lawsuit for him and won in the end.”
“Damn. I didn’t know it’s that b*stard.”
Mireya was taken aback. “Why did he choose to pester me? How unlucky of me!”