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“Even if you didn’t help me, I would still have to thank you. After all, it was my conviction of love for you that helped me to escape. Anyhow, you’re my life savior.” Shaun opened the container. “Although it’s not as tasty as what you make, it’s edible. It won’t kill you.”
“Thanks, but I’ve already eaten. ” Cate did not want to eat the food he made.
“It’s impossible for you to have eaten at this hour. Cate, don’t upset your stomach. ” Shaun handed her a fork. “Try it. I made these… pork ribs. You always used to make it for me in the past. From now on, I’ll be the one cooking it for you.”
Cate looked at the pork ribs, which were arranged neatly, with mixed feelings.
That was right. She always used to rack her brains to cook for him in the past.
Suddenly, Harvey’s raised pitch came from the outside. “President Sanderson, why are you here?”
Cate’s hand trembled, and Wesley’s voice rang. “Mm. I came to visit Cate.”
As Cate was flustered, Shaun suddenly got close to her ear and asked with a hoarse voice, “Do you need me to hide?”
The corners of Cate’s mouth twitched. He really did have self-awareness.
However, she and Shaun had done nothing at all. If he hid, it would make it seem like they were covering up something. If he did not hide, Wesley would surely misunderstand.
While she was thinking, Shaun had already swiftly hidden in her lounge.
His adept movements left Cate gawking.
The next second, Wesley pushed the door and walked in.
Cate did not manage to hide the food container on the table, but luckily Shaun had taken the bouquet away with him.
“Cate, you’re eating.” Wesley looked at the food container, and a dark gleam flashed in his eyes. ” Shaun sent it?”
Cate wanted to say yes. However, when the words were at the tip of her tongue, she felt it would be hard to explain if she admitted that she accepted Shaun’s food. “No, the canteen sent it up here.”
After a moment of hesitation, she quickly changed the topic. “How did you know Shaun was here?”
“I was afraid Shuan would pester you, so I told your company’s employees downstairs beforehand to inform me if Shaun came.”
Wesley smiled as he explained. “Has he left?” “Mm, I didn’t let him up.” After Cate answered, she felt very guilty.
“That’s good.” A glint flashed in Wesley’s eyes. He suddenly smiled and said, “Your office smells good.”
“I sprayed some perfume just now.”
Cate guessed it must have been the fragrance of Shaun’s bouquet. Since she told a lie, she could only continue lying to complete the lie. “Um… Have you eaten? Why don’t we go down to the canteen to eat?”
When she thought about that time bomb, Shaun, who was hiding inside, she did not dare stay there for another moment.
“…Okay.” Wesley nodded. “Are you going to bring that food container down too?”
“No. If I knew you were coming, I wouldn’t have told the kitchen to send it up.”
Cate smiled sheepishly. Then, she quickly stood up and headed downstairs with him.
“Hold on. I have to use the bathroom.” Wesley suddenly walked toward the lounge.
Cate was so startled that her heart was up in her throat. However, Wesley was too quick. Before she could manage to find a suitable excuse, the door was already pushed open.
Luckily, the lounge was empty — Shaun and the flowers were gone. The only place where he could hide was the cupboard.
Shaun was hiding in the cupboard?
Cate’s mood became complicated. However, her suffocating heart finally calmed. Maybe she was overthinking, but she felt like Wesley might be suspecting that Shaun was hiding in here.
However, it did not look that way from Wesley’s calm, collected face.
After Wesley came out from the bathroom, he put his hand around her, and they left the office.
As they were exiting, Harvey even glanced at Cate weirdly.
When Cate arrived at the canteen, she sent Harvey a text message. [Find Shaun and send that VIP away.]
Five minutes later, Harvey replied. [The VIP said he’s not leaving. He’s tired, and he wants to… take a rest on your bed.]
F*ck.
“Cate, can you put down your phone when you’re with me? Eat.” Wesley gave her some vegetables. His tone was gentle.
” I’m assigning Harvey some work.” Cate put down her phone.
“Cate, actually, I have something I want to discuss with you,” Wesley said suddenly. “Lucas is your son, but you always have to be secretive when you’re with him. This can’t go on. I’m thinking of registering Lucas under my name and announcing to the public that he’s our son. You went missing for three years before this anyway. No one would suspect anything even if we have a child.”
Cate was taken aback.
Wesley took the chance and said, “He can’t pretend to be Uncle Sheldon’s son forever. Do you wish to keep him hidden forever? You won’t even have the right to participate in his parent-child activities in the future.”
“Let me… think it over.” Cate’s mind was in a mess. Actually, Wesley had a point there.
If she wanted to tell others that Lucas was her son, she had to find a legal father for him. With Shuan’s personality, she would not be able to steer clear of him her whole life if he found out that Lucas was his son.
“What’s there to consider about this?”
Disappointment clouded Wesley’s face. “Lucas is a very nice and sensible child. Although he doesn’t say it, I know he feels upset whenever he can’t freely be with his mom like the other kids. He just doesn’t say it out loud because he doesn’t want to put pressure on you.”
Cate tightened her grip on the fork.
She knew what kind of child Lucas was, and his sensibility made her heart ache.
“Unless… you’re still undecided on being together with me, ” Wesley said suddenly.
Cate was stunned.
Was she still undecided? Had she not moved over already?
She was even mentally prepared to have sex with him, but he was the one who chose to live apart all along. Moreover, Shaun had been frequently appearing in her world these days. It made her very annoyed.
“Wesley, you said it yourself that Lucas is sensible, so I have to ask Lucas for his opinion on this.” Cate found an excuse.
“Okay.” Wesley had no words to say. “Do you need me to go shopping with you in the evening? Do you have anything you want to buy? You’ve been married to me for so long, yet I haven’t spent any money on you.”
“No need. I have an important meeting to attend in the evening. ” What Cate said was the truth.
“Alright, then. I’ll just go back to my company and work extra hours too. My wife is a workaholic anyway.”
Wesley had said that to tease her, but Cate felt increasingly guilty at those words.
That guilt overwhelmed her when she returned to her office and noticed Shaun was sleeping in her bedroom.
“Shaun, who allowed you to fall asleep here? Go back.” Cate pulled up Shaun angrily, but he did not budge. It was as if there was a pillar rooted behind his tall figure.
Shaun opened his eyes in a blur. “Cate, let me sleep for a while. I didn’t have enough rest last night.”
“You can return to your own home if you didn’t have enough rest. Why do you have to be here?” Cate said while gritting her teeth.
“Your bed has your scent. It helps me sleep peacefully.”
Shaun even buried his head in her pillow and sniffed it as he spoke. “It smells good.”
Cate’s face flushed out of disgust at his shameless face. “Shaun, I’m begging you. I’m a married woman. Your actions are causing great inconvenience to my marriage.”
“How did I inconvenience you? I even hid in the cupboard for your sake when Wesley came in just now. ” Shaun looked toward her with dimmed eyes and said, “You know I was often locked in the cupboard by my sitter when I was young. I have a trauma of cupboards…”
Cate was taken aback. What he said was a fact.
For someone who was hurt in the cupboard before, entering the cupboard again required a lot of courage indeed.