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He realized that her eyes were red.
With that, his thin lips curled up a little.
Despite his narrow escape from death just now, he was in an inexplicably good mood.
“Hannah…”
At this moment, Madam Mead called out to her daughter amid her tears. She then ran to her daughter emotionally and hugged her. “This is great. You’re still alive. You scared the hell out of me. I thought you were inside.”
“What happened, Hannah? The surveillance footage caught you entering the elevator at that time. ” Senator Mead then walked to Hannah with his eyes red. He almost lost his footing the instant he knew that his only daughter was dead.
“Dad, I nearly died.” Hannah hugged his parents and said tearfully, “But luckily, Young Master Lyons saved me.”
After she finished speaking, she darted a shy glance at Shaun.
“Dad, you don’t know how terrifying the situation was just now. The elevator plunged over ten floors, and it did not stop even after we pressed all the buttons. Thank god Shaun opened the roof in time. When the elevator fell to the second floor, he swiftly grabbed me and fled to the elevator shaft. Then, he forced open the doors on the third floor with his bare hands, and we crawled out.”
Toward the end of her sentence, Hannah gazed at Shaun in admiration. “Really. We would’ve died if we were one or two seconds late. Fortunately, Shaun took it in stride. He could’ve escaped alone at that time, but he decided to save me even though I might be a drag. He even suffered gashes on his arms from the cable in order to grab me in the shaft She reached out to hold Shaun’s arm as she was speaking, but Shaun shunned her touch.
Shaun looked at Senator Mead coldly and said, “If I was alive and something happened to your daughter, the Mead family might treat me as your arch-enemy. I just didn’t want to get myself into trouble.”
“Anyhow, thank you for rescuing my daughter.” Senator Mead nodded gratefully.
Back then, Senator Mead used to think that Shaun was arrogant even though he had not interacted with him personally before. However, this incident made him look at Shaun differently.
Well, Shaun’s assumption was right too. If they both entered the elevator and he was alive but Hannah was dead, Senator Mead would certainly blame him for not rescuing his daughter.
He was not concerned about whether Shaun would risk his life to save his daughter. What mattered to him was that Shaun would have to save his daughter as long as Shaun was alive.
“Thank you, Shaun. I’m glad you were around tonight, ” Hannah said with tender affection.
She would never forget how Shaun used his muscular arms to save her out of the elevator moments before her death.
When the two of them were trapped in the shaft later, he hugged her tightly with his strong body without saying a word.
She even felt this man’s muscles and smelled his pleasant masculine scent.
She had long since heard of the name ¡®Shaun Lyons’.
Nevertheless, they did not belong in the same world. She was only in her early 20s and had been studying abroad before this. All this while, she assumed that Shaun was a heartless man. Through tonight’s incident, she came to realize that this man was not as bad as how the public had described him.
His great charm provided women with a strong sense of security. Moreover, he was the most attractive man she had ever seen, considering his perfect physique and features that made her breathless.
Being in her early 20s, Hannah finally experienced what was love.
Shaun cast an indifferent look at her and frowned. He pursed his lips so tightly that he was not even in the mood for talking.
“It’s good that everyone’s fine.” Nathan walked to Shaun and patted him on the shoulder. “Luckily you’re here tonight, Shaun.”
If Senator Mead’s daughter had died during the banquet where Nathan acknowledged his goddaughter, this incident would have caused a misunderstanding between Senator Mead and Nathan.
“Uncle Nathan, this incident is strange.”
Shaun reminded Nathan, “Usually, all hotel elevators are inspected regularly, much less a seven -star hotel. In the case of an accident, the emergency system is supposed to activate and allow people to escape. The elevator can’t possibly plunge down straight away.”
“I’ll investigate it.”
A somber expression washed over Nathan’s face.
“Sure. I suspect someone was targeting me on purpose. ” Shaun suddenly said, “Perhaps I was the one who brought Senator Mead’s daughter into it.”
Everyone was stunned. If someone caused this incident to target Shaun, the most suspicious people would be the Campos and the Holts.
After all, everyone in the banquet could tell that these two families had set Shaun up just now.
However, no one could be bothered to point it out since Shaun was not looked highly on.
Senator Mead and Nathan looked grim. A while later, Nathan said, “We’ll definitely investigate this incident thoroughly. Miss Mead said that your arm is injured. You should take the ambulance to the hospital…”
“There’s no need. I’m fine. I’ll head off first.”
After Shaun spoke indifferently, he turned on his heel and left.
Cate fixed her eyes on his figure until it vanished from sight. That was when Heidi came over and said, “Mireya, since everything is fine now, you and Miss Cox should go home and rest.”
“Alright, Godmother. Is it true that… someone tampered with the elevator?” Mireya could not help but ask.
Heidi knitted her brows. “Most likely. Shaun is right that the elevator won’t go wrong so easily, but you guys don’t have to bother yourselves with this incident. It’s alright if Shaun was the sole target. If the incident was aimed at someone else… things would be quite complicated.”
Mireya was not a fool. She understood from her words that those noble families might have offended other people. However, she hurriedly left with Cate, not wanting to be involved in their circle.
On her way back, she could not resist asking, ” Cate, do you think Hannah is into Shaun?”
“I don’t know.”
Even though Cate said so, she was not silly. She could sense something unusual in how Hannah looked at Shaun.
Damn, that shameless man. He even lured a woman when they were on the verge of death. Why was he still alive?
Sure enough, bad things would never die.
Just as Cate and Mireya walked into the car park, the protagonist Shaun, who had just come down, was standing quietly under the dim light. His hands were in his pockets while his glowing, obsidian-like eyes looked toward Cate.
Cate caught sight of him as well.
She was just thinking about that albatross the minute before.
She pursed her exquisite, thin lips and turned a blind eye to him. She simply held Mireya’s hand and headed to where Mireya’s car was parked.
The corners of Shaun’s lips curled up as he walked to them and blocked their way with his sturdy physique.
Wherever they went, he followed.
Eventually, Mireya flew into a rage. “Shaun Lyons, what are you trying to do?”
“I want to hit on the person beside you.” Shaun smirked frivolously.
The way he acted like a hooligan made Mireya dumbfounded.
Cate’s face flushed red. With her teeth clenched, she warned, “Shaun Lyons, if you dare say that again, I’ll report to the police that you’re harassing me.”
Mireya nodded immediately. “I can be the witness.” “Are you sure I can harass you?” Shaun looked at Cate profoundly. “You know I can’t do it. I have a medical report as proof.”
Mireya gaped at him.
She had never seen an impotent man acting so arrogantly.
Unlike other impotent men who would typically abase themselves, Shaun wished everyone in the world knew about it.
“You can prove it too,” Shaun added softly while fixing his eyes on Cate.
Cate was speechless. What could she prove?
Prove that he was capable of harassing her in spite o f his impotence?
Those words made Mireya’s ears turn red. As an onlooker, she could not help but have improper thoughts upon hearing Shaun’s flirtatious remarks. “Well… You guys can take your time and carry on with your conversation. I’m going to get into the car first.”
After taking a few steps forward, she reminded Cate with concern, “Cate, hurry up and get in. Don’t keep me waiting for too long.”
She then ran into her car like the wind, leaving Cate speechless and annoyed. If Cate had known that he was alive, she would not have come back.
Shaun looked at her so gently that it could drown her. “Cate, I saw your eyes were red just now.