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“Oh really? But I heard from Rodney that his illness has been cured. Are you sure you don’t want to take the opportunity to attend to your… Hehe, you know what I mean.” Mireya wiggled her eyebrows and winked.
“Get out.” Cate’s heart skipped a beat, and she glared at Mireya. “You can go to Rodney too.”
“Ew, like hell I’ll go to him.” While Mireya grumbled, Rodney and Shaun came back.
After the meal, Rodney and Mireya stayed until 3:00 p.m. before leaving, and Shaun was taken to class by the professor.
In the evening, when the two children were playing with their toys, Cate pulled Shaun into the adjacent bedroom and said solemnly, “From now on, you’ll sleep in this room.”
“Why?” Shaun did not catch what she said. All he could think about was his previous relationship with Cate. Was it not normal for them to sleep together?
“I slept with you before this because there were many things you didn’t know how to do, and you couldn’t take care of yourself. Since you’ve made rapid progress in the past two days and you’re a grown man, you should know it’s inappropriate for a man and woman to sleep together. It’s better if you sleep here, ” Cate explained to him patiently.
Shaun blinked. “But you used to help me take baths even when I felt uncomfortable, and we hugged each other to sleep every night. You didn’t say it was inappropriate back then.”
Cate blushed. “You only had a mental age of two back then. I couldn’t help it.”
“So, because I was two years old… you took advantage of me, and even… gave me a French kiss?” Shaun looked at her with his pure black eyes.
His stare made Cate feel like digging a hole and crawling into it.
“I looked it up on my phone.” Shaun debunked her words. “What you did to me back then was something only a boyfriend and girlfriend, or a husband and wife would do. You told me not to treat you as an aunt, and you don’t want to be my aunt. Is it because you want to be my woman instead?”
Cate was so embarrassed that she wished she was struck by lightning.
She just wanted to explode.
This guy was developing at rocket speed.
That was right. She had thought that way at that time, but her mind had changed in the past few days. Furthermore… His words made it seem like she was a lewd person.
What did he mean by becoming his woman? He spoke as if he was in high demand.
He, a man whose brain had been messed with constantly? Tsk. Even she was a little disgusted by him.
“You think too much, ” Cate said stiffly and glared at him. “So you’re not going to listen to me, huh?”
“Cate, if you took the initiative to kiss me before but didn’t want to be my woman, then you would be a pervert.” Shaun braced himself and said, ” According to Australia’s criminal legislation, you’ll bear criminal responsibility if the person hasn’t come of age yet. Moreover, the current law states that, in this regard, men have the same rights as women.”
“You know criminal law?” Cate glanced at him grimly.
“There were many books about the subject in the study, so I read a few of them, ” Shaun said somewhat smugly.
Cate raised her brows. She had been with him for so long, yet she knew nothing about it. “If you want to talk about the law, fine. Let me ask you. Did you resist when it happened? Were you unconscious? No. On the contrary, if you enjoyed it, it’s not illegal.”
“But I only had a mental age of two at that time. There’s also a doctor’s report about that. I didn’t resist, but your behavior can constitute as deceiving an ignorant child.” Shaun retorted swiftly.
Cate was rendered speechless.
She had to admit that even though he had lost his memory, he was still much better at applying the law than her.
However, when she saw his smug face, she could not help but become furious. “Fine. If you feel like I’ve committed a crime, then go ahead and call the cops.”
Shaun froze when he realized that she was angry. Then, he quickly lowered his head and tried to please her. “That’s not what I meant. I just don’t want to sleep separately from you. Don’t think that I don’t know. Rodney said that we were in a relationship before my accident and that Suzie and Lucas are our children. Seeing how Suzie and Lucas are used to it, it’s clear that we didn’t start sleeping together after my accident.”
Cate pursed her pink lips. She did not tell Rodney to hide it, and she did not plan on hiding it from Shaun either. There were some things that he would find out sooner or later.
“Cate… ” Shaun held her hand and said nervously, “Let me take care of you as I did before…”
“Do you love me?” Cate suddenly looked up at him.
Shaun was stunned.
Love? What was love? He still did not know. “Cate, I really want to be with you. I…”
“Shaunny, the truth is that when you were first diagnosed with the mental age of a two-year-old, I thought I might continue to be with you if you stayed like this forever. I don’t know how long I can hold on for — maybe a few years, a few decades, or even my entire life. But then, I’ve noticed that your intelligence has been slowly growing, and you’ll soon grow into an exceptional person. You don’ t remember the past, our love, or all the gratitude and grievances we’ve had for each other. Your memory started over with a clean slate, like you just came out of your mother’s womb. So you must not remember about… loving me.”
Cate stopped as she felt a lump in her throat. ” Shaun, do you know that this isn’t the first time you’ve forgotten?” Shaun was stunned. “I’ve lost my memory before?”
“You didn’t lose your memory. During our marriage, you frequently contacted your ex- girlfriend, and you relied on her and trusted her. She was the reason that we got divorced. Because you had a mental disorder, she took the opportunity when she was treating you to tamper with the memory in your mind. All you remembered was the unpleasant things between us, and you deleted the good times we had like a computer. It was a very tough time for me. Later, we divorced and got back together, but not long after, you ended up like this…”
Shaun was so shocked that he remained silent for a long time.
The complexity of the past probably caught him off guard.
He had simply listened to Rodney talk about the past, but he did not know that the reason for the divorce was so complicated.
Furthermore, he could tell that Cate somewhat resented him when she recounted the story.
“Cate… Did I used to make you very tired?” It seemed like he was finally aware of this problem.
“It would be a lie if I said no.”
Cate’s voice was filled with bitterness. “Your memory may never be restored. You’ll have a new life, and you shouldn’t be responsible for the past. Shaun, perhaps you relying on me and wanting to sleep with me is like a baby bird depending on its mother. At the same time, I’m the first young woman you’ve come in contact with, so it’s normal for you to have your needs when you’re with me. It’s just an instinctive reaction of your body.”
“I’m the children’s father. Of course I have to take responsibility,” Shaun hurriedly said.
“Of course you do, but only for the children. You can teach them how to read, write, and play. You can pay for their tuition fees and buy clothes for them. You can fulfill your duty as a father.”
Cate said softly, ” I hope you can go to work and expose yourself. That way, you can make friends and meet more women. Maybe one day, you’ll understand what your feelings for me are now. Remember, I don’t need you to take responsibility for me. We’re divorced, so no one is responsible for the other.”
Then, she turned and left.
Although she felt depressed and in pain, she felt inexplicably relaxed.
It seemed like the uncertainty and fear she felt in the past few days had been relieved.
Shaun stared at her back and suddenly said in a low voice, “Cate, you said all that because you don’t want to be with me anymore, right?”
” Shaun, I’m scared that if I get together with you and finally see a ray of hope, you’ll forget me again. It’s because you’ve never given me a sense of security. I care about you, but I’m always the one being left behind. That’s how you used to be, and now, you don’t even know what love is. How will I dare to entrust my future to you?”
Once Cate finished speaking, she went downstairs to look for the children.
Shaun stood rooted to the ground for a long time before entering the other bedroom like a robot.
Then, he sat on the bed.
When he thought about what Cate said, his heart hurt like it was whipped.
However, he did not blame Cate. He did not blame her at all.
In the end, the old him was to blame for being too useless.
After all, he could not even protect his woman. Since something went wrong with his brain time and time again, he really could not give Cate happiness.
He wanted to be a powerful man. He wanted to protect Cate.
His dark eyes flashed with resolute determination.
At night.
Cate tossed and turned but could not fall asleep.
Although she was firm when talking to Shaun, she was still worried that he would overthink all the truths he learned in the last two days.
Furthermore, she was a little unaccustomed to the sudden absence beside her.
The next day, she woke up at 6:00 a.m. When she came out, she saw that the light in the second-floor study was on.
She walked over and gently opened the door to see Shaun sitting on the desk in his pajamas, carefully flipping through a pile of thick documents on the desk.
“What are you doing?” she asked aloud, stunned.
