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“What did you call me?” he said, tapping the pen against the desk. His words reeked of intimidation.
This caught her by surprise. “Shaun?”
He smiled coldly again, still looking displeased.
Cate was at a loss of what to say. It was surely difficult to understand what was going on in this man’s mind.
Hadley really felt like rolling his eyes. One of them was pretentious while the other one was slow. Watching their interactions made him anxious. “Miss Cox, you can call him the way you used to in the past.”
“Shaunny?” She finally realized.
However, this infuriated the man and he threw a cold stare at his assistant. “Have you not got work to do? Get out.”
“Sorry.” Hadley lowered his head before scurrying out of the room.
“He’s done nothing wrong.” She could not help defending the kind-hearted assistant.
Shaun leaped to his feet and glared at her. “How dare you side with another man right in front of me?”
“…”
Cate was really speechless in the face of this petty man.
She bit her lip before arguing back with a pout, “It’s only because he’s your assistant. It’s almost noon. Are you hungry? The food has cooled down a little. Should I heat it up for you?”
Her voice was soft and sweet. She was behaving submissively to him again like before.
The man felt pleased with the sound of that. This was how it should be instead of the cold shoulder she had been giving him lately.
However, he would not give in with just a few sweet whispers.
“I’m no longer interested in your cooking.”
“I’m sorry, Shaunny, truly.” She could not back up from here, thus she braced herself and stepped forward to tug at the corner of his sleeve.
“I’ll sign the contract, alright? I really don’t want to be in prison. Look, I’m your wife by law. What happens if word gets around that you’re not taking on the case for your own wife? They might think you’re afraid of the Clark family’s attorney.”
Shaun stole a glance at her hand out of the corners of his eyes. The beautiful, slender fingers almost made him lose control.
“Not bad. I see you’re trying this indirect, psychological method on me.”
“But I’m telling the truth.” She bit down on her pink lip. “It’s fine if you really don’t want to, but I hope you’ll accept this lunch I made for you. It might be the last meal I have the chance to cook for you. I really appreciate you saving me the last time. Really.”
Her eyes shone with sincerity. The words came from the bottom of her heart this time.
Although his harsh words had hurt her before, she was still grateful to him. At the very least, he was always there for her when she was at her most defenseless.
“You should thank me. Do you think Wesley or Nathan could have helped you?”
Shaun sneered. “Alright, I’ll give you one last chance. Go in there to heat up the food.”
“Sure.” Cate’s eyes twinkled with brilliance as she darted into the pantry.
There was a microwave available. She heated up the food in less than three minutes.
She placed it in front of the man. It was his favorite roast pork.
He glanced at it and instantly felt his stomach growling. Ever since she left, he had not enjoyed a good home-cooked meal.
In a matter of minutes, he devoured the entire dish, leaving nothing behind in the lunchbox.
She gasped in amazement on the side. This was the man who said he was no longer interested in her cooking!
Men were such liars.
“What are you staring at?” Shaun caught a glimpse of her staring and a hint of embarrassment flashed across his handsome face.
“No, um… I’m just happy to see you enjoying my food again,” Cate said half-jokingly. Then, she noticed the man casually picking up the documents on the side as if ready to resume working.
She was impatient though, trying her best to remove her coat casually.
Naturally, he noticed that. However, he did not expect to see her in a floral dress beneath the coat. The tight-fitting style perfectly illustrated her curvy figure.
“You’re trying to seduce me now?” He sounded sarcastic but was secretly pleased. As expected, she was still interested in him romantically.
Embarrassed, she wished she could vanish into thin air right this very moment yet she still stubbornly argued back, “Not at all. The heater in your office is working too well. Ah, it’s getting really warm in here.”
“If so, why don’t you take off… everything?” he said with a raised eyebrow.
Her beautiful face froze for a split second. Then, she quietly put the coat back on. Forget it, she gave up trying to seduce him because it would just further humiliate her.
“Come here.” He gestured with his hand.
She walked toward him with a forced smile plastered over her face.
The man grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her inward so that she would fall sitting on his lap.
Everything happened too quickly. As she was buried into the fresh scent he exuded, her entire body tensed up as if she was struck by a bolt of lightning. Her face turned red within seconds.
Oh goodness, although she had intimate interactions with him before, this was the first time she was sitting on his lap. This scene was just like a young couple deeply in love.
Shaun was delighted upon noticing that the woman’s ears had gone completely red. This silly thing was shy.
“Sign it.” He retrieved the document that had been drafted long ago from the drawer. “Stay by my side from now on. I’ll protect you.”
Her heart began to pound upon hearing those words.
She was just like any other woman. Especially after getting hurt by people closest to her again and again, she constantly felt helpless and afraid.
However, it was certainly out of her expectation to hear him promise to protect her. The gentle tone of his words also gave her this strange fuzzy feeling in her heart.
“Don’t overthink it. I protect everyone around me, including a pet.” Upon seeing her being dazed, Shaun said unnaturally.
To Cate, that remark felt like a slap in the face.
Well, she certainly had been overthinking.
After regaining her composure, she picked up the pen and signed at the bottom of the document.
“Good girl.”
He held her by the chin and turned her around so that she had no choice but to stare right into his handsome face. They were only inches apart. She could almost smell his breath.
“I… It’s time for me to go.” She could not take this any longer.
“Thinking of leaving?” He pulled her closer straight away.
“It’s a waste to the dress you’re wearing if I let you go right now.” Shaun’s eyes darkened gradually as he placed his right hand behind Cate’s neck and inched forward to lock lips with her.
This was the feeling that he had been reminiscing about after their kiss in the restaurant last time.
He wondered what she had applied on her lips because they tasted unusually sweet.
She was baffled. If he actually despised her, then why did he keep kissing her?
His words and actions contradicted one another.
However, Cate dared not make the assumption that Shaun was romantically interested in her. Perhaps he was just satisfying his desires as a man.
In the beginning, she was still able to keep a cool head, but in a matter of seconds, she lost herself in the kiss. Especially due to the fresh scent exuding from his body. She draped her arm around his neck subconsciously.