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“I know, I know. I definitely won’t meet Wesley and Nathan,” Cate continued his speech with a helpless expression. “Can you say something different? I’m fed up with your words.”
Feeling ashamed, Shaun glared at her. The woman was getting bolder and bolder. How dare she mock him.
Cate asked curiously, “Your eyes are bloodshot. Did you not sleep well last night? Was it because… Cough, cough.”
Shaun became tense deep down. Was she suspecting that he burned the midnight oil finishing the sketches for her last night? He did not want her to find out that he did that for her. With an icy expression, he quickly said, “Don’t misunderstand…”
“Sorry. I was choked by my saliva. I know that it’s probably because your injuries were hurting last night and you couldn’t fall asleep again. It was my fault that I slept like a log. Why didn’t you wake me up?” Cate felt very guilty.
“…”
Shaun’s handsome face froze imperceptibly for a moment.
“By the way, what were you going to say?” Cate asked when she remembered.
Shaun snorted in a teasing manner. “I wanted to ask why you weren’t choked to death.”
Cate was at a loss for words, wondering why the man was speaking so cruelly. What piqued her curiosity more was what happened last night. Since the villa belonged to him, he was sure to know. “Last night… Do you know who entered the study and used my laptop? Someone finished my sketches for me.”
“Oh. I found a friend to complete them for you last night so that you wouldn’t die of cardiac arrest. Otherwise, I’d need to get a new chef.” Shaun sipped on the glass of milk he was holding. He replied so calmly that he appeared to be talking about the weather. “Well, this is an exception. No more next time.”
Cate was absolutely stunned. She remembered that it was almost 12:00 a.m. when she went to bed last night.
He actually managed to call someone to help her at such a late hour?
Although he always said that it was because he wanted her to keep cooking for him, would a boss actually treat a sitter so well?
What was more, he even got injured when he saved her at the construction site last time. His head was nearly hit by a brick, and he almost lost his life.
Her heart began thumping. Just now, she was furious at his harsh words, but the feeling had already dissolved at the moment.
Perhaps he was the kind of man who was hard on the outside yet soft on the inside.
After some time, she said, “Thank you. Your friend is really awesome. Where is he working? When I receive the commission, I’ll share half of it with him.”
His masculine voice that conveyed a hint of sarcasm sounded, “Forget about it. He doesn’t care about the miserable amount.”
Cate did not mind. “Well, let me treat him to a meal as a token of my appreciation then…”
“You’re not qualified,” Shaun interrupted her sentence with a frown. “You can just treat me to a meal if you want to.”
“Okay. I’ll treat you when you return from your business trip,” Cate answered without hesitation. Assuming that it was all because of Shaun that his friend helped her, she felt that she should treat him to a meal. “Thanks.”
Shaun dropped his eyes and curled his thin lips calmly. “Let me show you something.”
He clicked open the photo in the phone beside him and showed it to her.
Cate glanced at it. In an instant, her face flushed as if it had been boiled.
He actually kept a photo of her drooling in her sleep.
What an eyesore.
Unable to bring herself to look at the photo, she stretched out her hand in an attempt to snatch the phone.
Shaun promptly kept his phone before she could snatch it. She failed to keep her balance and subsequently fell into his arms. Unfortunately, her left hand happened to land on an awkward part of his leg.
Cate heard the man gasping in shock. Thoroughly ashamed, she turned around and wanted to run away.
The man’s right hand was swiftly wrapped around her waist. The sound of his breathing lingered in her ears romantically. His masculine voice was as charming as the sound produced by a cello. “You’re trying to seduce me so early in the morning, huh?”
“It’s a misunderstanding…”
Blushing, Cate had trouble lifting her head. When their eyes met, his starry eyes were as dark as magnets. She could hardly look away.
Shaun looked at the woman in his arms whose embarrassed face was just like a budding flower. He felt the urge to kiss her.
He actually did it.
Cate had been helping Shaun to reduce his pain these days. She often kissed him at night as a way of distracting him from the pain.
The initially strange act of kissing had now become familiar to Cate.
Even her body seemed to have adapted to the kiss.
However, she felt her heart race even more madly than before. The kiss came with a hint of sweetness as well.
Back then, she was often annoyed at how harshly Shaun spoke. Even so, he had actually helped her a lot.
The kiss ended with the growling of her stomach.
After running out of his arms, Cate embarrassedly headed to the kitchen to get some food.
Looking at her back, Shaun gave a smile.
…
After breakfast, Cate contacted Mr. Frank to inform him that she was done with the sketches.
Mr. Frank replied that he had gone out for work during the day and asked her to come to Linden Clubhouse. His leader happened to be there, so they could discuss the designs together.
Cate used to attend these kinds of social activities quite often when she met her clients.
Although she did not feel like going, she eventually agreed to do it.
At 8:00 p.m., she knocked on the door of the private room before she pushed it open. The room was luxurious and spacious, featuring Western decor.
What astonished Cate was Rosabella. She was dressed in a sable coat and seated in the middle of the couch. Mr. Frank stood beside Rosabella and carefully poured some wine for her.
At that instant, Cate felt that something was not right. She turned around, trying to leave. Nevertheless, two burly men dashed in and clutched her straight away. The sketches she was holding subsequently fell onto the ground.
“Mr. Frank, you’ve actually been lying to me all this while.”
Cate seemed to have figured out everything at that moment. She glared at them in fury. “I understand now. The incident at the construction site was both of your doings, right?”
Mr. Frank glanced at Rosabella in fear. He only found out about the incident later on. He was merely an employee, and securing his current position in Hudson had been an uphill struggle. As such, he would not want to offend Rosabella for the sake of Talton Design, which could possibly threaten his future.
“You have quick reactions, but unfortunately…” Rosabella walked toward her gracefully while holding a coffee cup. She was no longer delicate and pretentious as she used to be. Instead, she had become high-profile and evil.
Cate knew that this was Rosabella’s true nature. However, Summit had been sold, and the Cox family’s reputation had been tarnished. The Cox family was not even considered to be a wealthy family in Melbourne anymore. Why would Rosabella still be complacent?
“Are you wondering why Mr. Frank would listen to me?” Rosabella pinched Cate’s chin with a smile. “Were you under the impression that the lawsuit would destroy the Cox family’s status in Melbourne? Well, you’re wrong. I can achieve much better things without Summit.”
“What on earth do you mean?” Cate was totally perplexed.
Mr. Frank said courteously, “Miss Rosabella is now the new property general manager in Hudson. President Cox is the largest shareholder in Hudson, and he’ll probably become the new chairman at the end of the year. Hudson might belong to Miss Rosabella in the future.”
“This is impossible.”
Cate was shocked to the core. “I’ve never heard from Dad and Mom that we own so many shares in Hudson.”
“Why would Dad and Mom tell you this? They don’t even like you. You’re just a stranger.”
With a deep voice, Cate added sarcastically, “Have you never suspected the reason why Dad and Mom dislike you? They even hope for you to die.”
Cate’s eyes narrowed. She lifted her head and fixed her eyes on Rosabella.
With a sympathetic expression, Rosabella clicked her tongue. “It’s because you’re not Dad and Mom’s biological daughter. When I was accidentally taken away back then, Dad realized that Mom was in low spirits, so he adopted you from an orphanage. Basically, you’re someone who your biological parents dumped at birth!
“You wouldn’t have achieved what you have today without the Cox family. However, it’s very ungrateful of you to have the intention to take revenge on us. You even caused James to end up in jail. Dad and Mom always say that if they had known this earlier, they wouldn’t have adopted a b*stard like you back then!”
Dissatisfied, Cate began to criticize her.
“Yeah. I enjoy snatching things. What can you do about it?” Rosabella gave the two men a wink. “Have a good time with her. You guys must satisfy her, alright?”
With that, Rosabella left with Mr. Frank.
After watching the door close, Cate felt that her body was burning all of a sudden.