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Were you heartbroken because you were under the impression that I was dead…”
“I think you’re delusional. Don’t think too highly of yourself. In fact, I almost cried tears of joy.”
Cate lifted her head and snorted. “After learning that the man who tortured me for several years was finally dead, the excitement in me isn’t something you could fathom.”
“I don’t believe it…”
Shaun smirked, but the corners of his mouth revealed a faint smile. “Cate, I was already there when you stepped into the hotel, but I just didn’t show myself. However, you looked like you were panicking rather than crying for joy.”
Cate was stunned.
This guy actually hid elsewhere and observed her in secret.
He must have done it on purpose.
He had seen her disconcerted look after she thought that he was dead. This made her so furious that she could feel her blood boil.
Sure enough, she should have been cruel in the face of such a devil.
“Cate, you still care about me.” Shaun slowly approached her and held her hand. His eyes were so deep that one could drown in them.
Considering that anyone could appear in this public space, Cate was so frightened that she hurriedly broke free from his grip.
Shaun’s handsome face paled all of a sudden. When she yanked his hand away, he gasped, and his arm started to tremble.
Cate suddenly recalled Hannah mentioning that his arms were injured.
Her fingers twitched, and she said gravely, “Shaun, don’t you think that you went too far? All of us thought you were dead, and the incident involved a lot of police and medical staff. While everyone else was worrying, you just secretly watched the fun from the side.”
Shaun explained with a low voice, “I didn’t. I appeared less than five minutes after you arrived. After the elevator went wrong, I was struggling in the shaft for ten minutes, and I lifted a woman from there. Look at my arms…”
Only when he stretched out both his hands did Cate realize that his previously good-looking nails were injured and stained with blood.
She was shocked.
Noticing her reaction, Shaun rolled up his sleeves lightly. “And this part too. It got hit by the iron chain inside.”
Cate saw that his entire arm was bruised. She could not help but take a shallow breath.
She initially thought that he had only suffered from minor injuries. However, it was unsurprising that he was so badly injured. Even though she had not been to the elevator shaft, the mere thought of it dreaded her.
Crawling out and waiting for help did not necessarily mean that he was saved, as the things in the shaft could kill him brutally at any time.
To put it another way, staying alive was not easy. In fact, it was nothing short of a miracle that he managed to save someone else as well.
Even so, Cate remained indifferent. “Young Master Lyons, how impressive of you. You didn’t forget to save the woman even though you were on the verge of death.”
The woman even had a crush on him now. Indeed, h e would never forget to lure women.
Shaun raised his brows when he heard her. “Cate, you’re jealous.”
“Jealous, your *ss.”
Despite being an elite young lady, Cate was forced to use swear words time and time again because of him. ” Shaun, you claimed that Wesley has ulterior motives, but I think you’re no different than him. Now that you’ve saved Senator Mead’s daughter, his family probably considers you as Hannah’s lifesaver and feels eternally grateful to you. Perhaps you can turn things around again after marrying Hannah. That’s quite a brilliant plan too.”
The spark in Shaun’s eyes vanished. He had never expected this to be Cate’s impression of him.
A hint of self-mockery lit up in his eyes. Nevertheless, who could he blame?
He was the one who had destroyed his own image in her heart, bit by bit.
“No, Cate.”
He explained to her softly, “If I escaped without saving Hannah today, Senator Mead would’ve taken my life away. For someone of his character, he wouldn’t let me off the hook even if I wasn’t the one who killed her daughter. He would wonder what gave me the right to survive when his daughter was dead. He wouldn’t bother considering how difficult it was to escape the situation. In fact, saving his daughter was much harder than reaching the sky.”
Cate was suddenly at a loss for words.
Indeed, the more powerful one was, the more selfish they would be.
In everyone else’s eyes, their family’s lives were more significant than other people’s.
It seemed that her earlier remarks had gone too far. “Cate, I really thought that I’d die today.”
Shaun walked closer to her again, his eyes glinting with deep affection. “When the elevator plunged, all I thought about was you. I was dissatisfied and refused to believe how I was going to lose you just like that. At that very instant, it struck me that you’re much more important than I imagined.
Because of you, I did my best to crawl out. I didn’t show up immediately because I wanted to see who was laughing in their sleeves. That person could very well be the mastermind behind the incident. Another reason was I wanted to see whether you were happy or sad after you found out about my death. If you were happy, I would disappear from your sights. If you were sad, I…”
“Drop it.”
Agitated, Cate interrupted him as she did not want to listen to him anymore. The more he explained, the more confused she was.
She did not know why she was beside herself at that time either.
Shaun smiled at how confused she looked. At least h e held a different place in her heart and not someone insignificant to her.
Regardless of love or hate, he had a place in her heart.
“Cate, I came here to tell you that for your sake, I won’t give up on myself anymore. I’ll lead Lyons Corporation to the top again. As for you, I will snatch you away from Wesley once again.
“I love you. I used to be grossly mistaken, but I won’t behave like that anymore.”
After that, he slowly retreated in the dark with his breathtaking, handsome face.
Despite being severely injured, he turned around and walked away arrogantly.
Cate stared at his back in a daze. His words were echoing in her head.
Was he planning to snatch her back? What a lunatic.
Then, a sports car stopped in front of Cate, and Mireya lowered the car window. “Are you a statue? Hurry up and hop in.”
Cate was speechless “What nonsense are you saying?”
When did she become a statue?
“You were standing still and staring at your ex- husband.” Mireya shrugged.
“I was just thinking about something else,” Cate argued as she got into the passenger seat. “Why don’t you let me drive? After all, you’re pregnant…”
“I’m only one month pregnant. It’s not like I’m due now.”
Mireya looked at Cate curiously. “What did Shaun tell you? Has being on the verge of death made him realize that he can’t get over you, so he’s asking you to get back together with him?”
Cate was embarrassed. If she had not watched Mireya get into the car, she would have doubted if Mireya had eavesdropped on Shaun and her conversation.
Upon noticing Cate’s silence, Mireya shot her a look. “What are your thoughts?”
“Please. I’m already married, ” Cate reminded her frustratingly.
“Tsk, look in front.”
Mireya raised her brows. As Shaun’s tall figure was slowly walking along the roadside, he turned his head around to glance at the cars.
The seven-star hotel was located in a remote area. I f there had not been a banquet here tonight, much fewer private cars would pass by this place, let alone taxis.
Cate saw it too, and the scene made her feel painfully conflicted.
The man whom she used to find elegant and haughty had no car to leave the banquet.
Where was Hadley? Where was his chauffeur?
“Do you want to give him a ride?” Mireya asked for Cate’s opinion.