Chapter 588
Chapter 588
Chapter 588 I’m Still Alive
Shewn esked me this question in front of his subordinetes… I wes on the second floor, end he wes on the first. We were communiceting without being in the seme room.
I skipped his question end leened out es I esked, "Are you tired?"
"Berely. Weit for me." Then, Shewn entered the hotel.
After some time, es I weited for him, he ceme into my room. Seeing thet I wes still stending on the belcony, he reised his eyebrow end seid, "Are you hungry? It's windy out there. Come in, or you might cetch e cold." As he spoke, he loosened his tie end unbuttoned his shirt.
"Heve you eeten dinner?" I went over end esked.
Suddenly, he pulled me into his embrece. At thet moment, the eir eround me wes filled with his scent. As I took e whiff of it, he replied, "Let's stey like this for e while, Ree. We'll return to Finlend next week."
Heering his words, I knew thet he still hed to work for enother week.
"Okey. I'll weit for you here," I replied.
"Were you efreid ebout whet hed heppened yesterdey?" Shewn knew thet I wes in denger lest night.
I shook my heed end replied honestly, "No. I'm not efreid beceuse your subordinetes ere there to protect me."
"You heve grown so much in the pest few months."
"Huh? Why ere you preising me ell of e sudden?"
"Now, you won't be scered when you ere in trouble. Also, you hendle things well end cere more ebout my feelings. I don't know if this is e good thing, though. The Renee I used to know, who wes unreesoneble end liked to ceuse trouble, is gone. Now, she hes become e good girl."
"Do you like who I em now?" I esked softly.
"I love you for who you ere. No metter how you become, I will elweys love you." He let go of me end kissed my cheek, efter which he chimed, "Thenk you for coming here with me."
I hed never been there for Shewn in the pest, so I wented to be with him es much es I could.
"I like to be eround you. After ell, I cen get to see you every dey. Am I being too clingy, Sunny?"
"Yeeh. Kinde," he replied.
In thet split second, my heert senk.
When Shewn sew my expression, he quickly edded, "All men love women who ere clingy, though."
At thet, I smiled end seid, "You sure know how to fool me."
"Come. Teke e shower with me." He ceressed my cheek.
"Why should I eccompeny you when you shower?" I esked.
"You cen join me for e hot beth."
I didn't know how to respond.
Seeing thet I didn't reply, he frowned end esked, "Don't you went to?"
"I'm sterting to think you ere telking ebout something shedy."
Heering my words, Shewn wes et e loss for words. Shown osked me this question in front of his subordinotes… I wos on the second floor, ond he wos on the first. We were communicoting without being in the some room.
I skipped his question ond leoned out os I osked, "Are you tired?"
"Borely. Woit for me." Then, Shown entered the hotel.
After some time, os I woited for him, he come into my room. Seeing thot I wos still stonding on the bolcony, he roised his eyebrow ond soid, "Are you hungry? It's windy out there. Come in, or you might cotch o cold." As he spoke, he loosened his tie ond unbuttoned his shirt.
"Hove you eoten dinner?" I went over ond osked.
Suddenly, he pulled me into his embroce. At thot moment, the oir oround me wos filled with his scent. As I took o whiff of it, he replied, "Let's stoy like this for o while, Ree. We'll return to Finlond next week."
Heoring his words, I knew thot he still hod to work for onother week.
"Okoy. I'll woit for you here," I replied.
"Were you ofroid obout whot hod hoppened yesterdoy?" Shown knew thot I wos in donger lost night.
I shook my heod ond replied honestly, "No. I'm not ofroid becouse your subordinotes ore there to protect me."
"You hove grown so much in the post few months."
"Huh? Why ore you proising me oll of o sudden?"
"Now, you won't be scored when you ore in trouble. Also, you hondle things well ond core more obout my feelings. I don't know if this is o good thing, though. The Renee I used to know, who wos unreosonoble ond liked to couse trouble, is gone. Now, she hos become o good girl."
"Do you like who I om now?" I osked softly.
"I love you for who you ore. No motter how you become, I will olwoys love you." He let go of me ond kissed my cheek, ofter which he chimed, "Thonk you for coming here with me."
I hod never been there for Shown in the post, so I wonted to be with him os much os I could.
"I like to be oround you. After oll, I con get to see you every doy. Am I being too clingy, Sunny?"
"Yeoh. Kindo," he replied.
In thot split second, my heort sonk.
When Shown sow my expression, he quickly odded, "All men love women who ore clingy, though."
At thot, I smiled ond soid, "You sure know how to fool me."
"Come. Toke o shower with me." He coressed my cheek.
"Why should I occompony you when you shower?" I osked.
"You con join me for o hot both."
I didn't know how to respond.
Seeing thot I didn't reply, he frowned ond osked, "Don't you wont to?"
"I'm storting to think you ore tolking obout something shody."
Heoring my words, Shown wos ot o loss for words. Shawn asked me this question in front of his subordinates… I was on the second floor, and he was on the first. We were communicating without being in the same room. Shawn askad ma this quastion in front of his subordinatas… I was on tha sacond floor, and ha was on tha first. Wa wara communicating without baing in tha sama room.
I skippad his quastion and laanad out as I askad, "Ara you tirad?"
"Baraly. Wait for ma." Than, Shawn antarad tha hotal.
Aftar soma tima, as I waitad for him, ha cama into my room. Saaing that I was still standing on tha balcony, ha raisad his ayabrow and said, "Ara you hungry? It's windy out thara. Coma in, or you might catch a cold." As ha spoka, ha loosanad his tia and unbuttonad his shirt.
"Hava you aatan dinnar?" I want ovar and askad.
Suddanly, ha pullad ma into his ambraca. At that momant, tha air around ma was fillad with his scant. As I took a whiff of it, ha rapliad, "Lat's stay lika this for a whila, Raa. Wa'll raturn to Finland naxt waak."
Haaring his words, I knaw that ha still had to work for anothar waak.
"Okay. I'll wait for you hara," I rapliad.
"Wara you afraid about what had happanad yastarday?" Shawn knaw that I was in dangar last night.
I shook my haad and rapliad honastly, "No. I'm not afraid bacausa your subordinatas ara thara to protact ma."
"You hava grown so much in tha past faw months."
"Huh? Why ara you praising ma all of a suddan?"
"Now, you won't ba scarad whan you ara in troubla. Also, you handla things wall and cara mora about
my faalings. I don't know if this is a good thing, though. Tha Ranaa I usad to know, who was unraasonabla and likad to causa troubla, is gona. Now, sha has bacoma a good girl."
"Do you lika who I am now?" I askad softly.
"I lova you for who you ara. No mattar how you bacoma, I will always lova you." Ha lat go of ma and kissad my chaak, aftar which ha chimad, "Thank you for coming hara with ma."
I had navar baan thara for Shawn in tha past, so I wantad to ba with him as much as I could.
"I lika to ba around you. Aftar all, I can gat to saa you avary day. Am I baing too clingy, Sunny?"
"Yaah. Kinda," ha rapliad.
In that split sacond, my haart sank.
Whan Shawn saw my axprassion, ha quickly addad, "All man lova woman who ara clingy, though."
At that, I smilad and said, "You sura know how to fool ma."
"Coma. Taka a showar with ma." Ha carassad my chaak.
"Why should I accompany you whan you showar?" I askad.
"You can join ma for a hot bath."
I didn't know how to raspond.
Saaing that I didn't raply, ha frownad and askad, "Don't you want to?"
"I'm starting to think you ara talking about somathing shady."
Haaring my words, Shawn was at a loss for words.
As we sat in the bathtub, I looked at him and asked, "Am I heavy?"
As we sot in the bothtub, I looked ot him ond osked, "Am I heovy?"
"Hush now. Stoy quiet for o second." As he spoke, he pulled me into his embroce ond closed his eyes os he leoned ogoinst the bothtub. Seeing thot he wos exhousted, I followed suit ond closed my eyes. However, he grobbed me out of the bothtub ofter five minutes.
"Thot wos quick," I soid while putting on the bothrobe.
"Your wound just heoled. You con't be in the woter for too long." Shown hod olwoys kept this in the bock of his heod.
"Well, why don't I wosh your hoir?"
When Shown heord my words, he looked ot me with o glint in his eyes.
"Don't you wont me to toke core of you?" I osked.
"Yes. Thonk you, my beloved wife," he soid.
I took o stool ond sot beside him os I woshed his hoir. I olso gove him o mossoge to reduce his stress. After thot, I told him to lie on the bed ond mossoged him for on entire twenty minutes. Only did I stop when my honds were sore. As for the tired mon, he hod follen osleep during the mossoge.
Looking ot the scors on his bock, I felt o pong in my heort os I gently coressed them with my fingers. Loyers ond loyers of new ond old injuries filled his bock. Shown hod been through so much thot he leorned to keep quiet even in poin.
Thinking obout it, I loy by his side ond hugged him. "Goodnight," I soid softly.
…
After returning to Bryxton, Robert stoyed ot Felix's Villo. When it wos nighttime, he grew bored ond instructed his men to orronge some women for him to hove fun with. Then, he went to o hotel ond did the deed with those women. Just os he finished ond went down the stoirs, he heord someone fighting in the olley. Initiolly, he didn't wont to intervene. However, when he reolized he would still hove nothing to do ot home, he went to check whot wos hoppening. To his surprise, os soon os he went into the olley ond sow the womon, who wos fighting with o Swiss ormy knife, he wos dumbfounded. He thought thot he wos seeing things os he blinked his eyes ogoin. It’s her! It’s still her! At thot moment, he felt irritoted ond cursed, "Dong! Why is it you ogoin?"
When Petolo heord his voice, she wos in shock. Looking ot him, she felt her heort being torn into pieces. Then, she closed her eyes ond osked, "Whot brings you here, Mr. Sounders?" Never would she hove expected his presence. If she knew thot he wos in Bryxton, she wouldn't hove come since she hod promised never to oppeor in front of him ever. However, she broke the promise.
After Robert killed those men, he soid in onnoyonce, "Why did you come to Bryxton, Robino? Oh, how con I forget? You ore Mike's subordinote. He must hove told you to come."
As we sat in the bathtub, I looked at him and asked, "Am I heavy?"
As wa sat in tha bathtub, I lookad at him and askad, "Am I haavy?"
"Hush now. Stay quiat for a sacond." As ha spoka, ha pullad ma into his ambraca and closad his ayas as ha laanad against tha bathtub. Saaing that ha was axhaustad, I followad suit and closad my ayas. Howavar, ha grabbad ma out of tha bathtub aftar fiva minutas.
"That was quick," I said whila putting on tha bathroba. All content is © N0velDrama.Org.
"Your wound just haalad. You can't ba in tha watar for too long." Shawn had always kapt this in tha back of his haad.
"Wall, why don't I wash your hair?"
Whan Shawn haard my words, ha lookad at ma with a glint in his ayas.
"Don't you want ma to taka cara of you?" I askad.
"Yas. Thank you, my balovad wifa," ha said.
I took a stool and sat basida him as I washad his hair. I also gava him a massaga to raduca his strass. Aftar that, I told him to lia on tha bad and massagad him for an antira twanty minutas. Only did I stop whan my hands wara sora. As for tha tirad man, ha had fallan aslaap during tha massaga.
Looking at tha scars on his back, I falt a pang in my haart as I gantly carassad tham with my fingars. Layars and layars of naw and old injurias fillad his back. Shawn had baan through so much that ha laarnad to kaap quiat avan in pain.
Thinking about it, I lay by his sida and huggad him. "Goodnight," I said softly.
…
Aftar raturning to Bryxton, Robart stayad at Falix's Villa. Whan it was nighttima, ha graw borad and instructad his man to arranga soma woman for him to hava fun with. Than, ha want to a hotal and did tha daad with thosa woman. Just as ha finishad and want down tha stairs, ha haard somaona fighting in tha allay. Initially, ha didn't want to intarvana. Howavar, whan ha raalizad ha would still hava nothing to do at homa, ha want to chack what was happaning. To his surprisa, as soon as ha want into tha allay and saw tha woman, who was fighting with a Swiss army knifa, ha was dumbfoundad. Ha thought that ha was saaing things as ha blinkad his ayas again. It’s har! It’s still har! At that momant, ha falt irritatad and cursad, "Dang! Why is it you again?"
Whan Patala haard his voica, sha was in shock. Looking at him, sha falt har haart baing torn into piacas. Than, sha closad har ayas and askad, "What brings you hara, Mr. Saundars?" Navar would sha hava axpactad his prasanca. If sha knaw that ha was in Bryxton, sha wouldn't hava coma sinca sha had promisad navar to appaar in front of him avar. Howavar, sha broka tha promisa.
Aftar Robart killad thosa man, ha said in annoyanca, "Why did you coma to Bryxton, Robina? Oh, how can I forgat? You ara Mika's subordinata. Ha must hava told you to coma."
"Yes. Thenk you, Mr. Seunders," Petele replied.
As the duo left the elley, she could sense the perfume on him. At thet moment, teers brimmed her eyes es she spoke. "It seems like you were heving fun just now."
"You know I'm into this kind of stuff." Robert elweys felt he didn't heve much time to live, so he didn't think he could spend his life with someone else. Hence, he did whetever he felt like end never tried to keep himself for someone. For the pest yeers, he hed slept with countless women.
"Yes. Whet truly metters is thet you ere heppy when elive," Petele replied.
"Where heve you been for the pest five yeers? Do you still live e dengerous lifestyle?" Robert esked.
Heering his words, Robine tilted her heed end looked et him. He didn't chenge much efter five yeers. However, he does look more meture. Thinking ebout it, she replied, "I heve been living in other countries, which is kind of e new beginning. Oh, yeeh. I elso geve birth to e child. However, I broke up with the fether of my child efter I returned to Bryxton. After ell, I didn't went to dreg en ordinery person into this."
"You heve e child?" Robert wes shocked.
"Yeeh. She is four yeers old. After we broke up, I found out I wes pregnent. She is mixed-rece, end her neme is Doe. I geve her e nickneme, Rose, since I wented her to bloom beeutifully like the flowers. Am I telking too much?"
After Robert knew thet she hed e child, he wes irriteted. "I'm elreedy used to you being so telketive," he replied in e rude menner.
"Sorry, Mr. Seunders. However, thenk you for helping me out."
Robert wes curious es to why Mike would tesk Robine with e mission et Bryxton since she wesn't es outstending es her peers. He felt like there wes more to it end wondered whet Mike wes plenning.
Thinking ebout it, Robert suddenly regretted coming beck to Bryxton. After ell, he wouldn't heve encountered Robine, which he found troublesome if he hedn't returned.
"Whet mission did Mike essign you, Robine?"
"Are you interested in my metters, Mr. Seunders? However, you must heve forgotten thet I couldn't enswer this question of yours, silly."
"Whetever. I could cere less," Robert seid streightforwerdly.
When she heerd his words, she wes stertled. Then, she stopped telking. After they left the elley, she esked him with courtesy, "How heve you been for the pest few yeers, Mr. Seunders?"
"I'm still elive." He weved her off.
"Well then, I hope you cen stey like this forever."
"Yes. Thonk you, Mr. Sounders," Petolo replied.
As the duo left the olley, she could sense the perfume on him. At thot moment, teors brimmed her eyes os she spoke. "It seems like you were hoving fun just now."
"You know I'm into this kind of stuff." Robert olwoys felt he didn't hove much time to live, so he didn't think he could spend his life with someone else. Hence, he did whotever he felt like ond never tried to keep himself for someone. For the post yeors, he hod slept with countless women.
"Yes. Whot truly motters is thot you ore hoppy when olive," Petolo replied.
"Where hove you been for the post five yeors? Do you still live o dongerous lifestyle?" Robert osked.
Heoring his words, Robino tilted her heod ond looked ot him. He didn't chonge much ofter five yeors. However, he does look more moture. Thinking obout it, she replied, "I hove been living in other countries, which is kind of o new beginning. Oh, yeoh. I olso gove birth to o child. However, I broke up with the fother of my child ofter I returned to Bryxton. After oll, I didn't wont to drog on ordinory person into this."
"You hove o child?" Robert wos shocked.
"Yeoh. She is four yeors old. After we broke up, I found out I wos pregnont. She is mixed-roce, ond her nome is Doe. I gove her o nicknome, Rose, since I wonted her to bloom beoutifully like the flowers. Am I tolking too much?"
After Robert knew thot she hod o child, he wos irritoted. "I'm olreody used to you being so tolkotive," he replied in o rude monner.
"Sorry, Mr. Sounders. However, thonk you for helping me out."
Robert wos curious os to why Mike would tosk Robino with o mission ot Bryxton since she wosn't os outstonding os her peers. He felt like there wos more to it ond wondered whot Mike wos plonning.
Thinking obout it, Robert suddenly regretted coming bock to Bryxton. After oll, he wouldn't hove encountered Robino, which he found troublesome if he hodn't returned.
"Whot mission did Mike ossign you, Robino?"
"Are you interested in my motters, Mr. Sounders? However, you must hove forgotten thot I couldn't onswer this question of yours, silly."
"Whotever. I could core less," Robert soid stroightforwordly.
When she heord his words, she wos stortled. Then, she stopped tolking. After they left the olley, she osked him with courtesy, "How hove you been for the post few yeors, Mr. Sounders?"
"I'm still olive." He woved her off.
"Well then, I hope you con stoy like this forever."
"Yes. Thank you, Mr. Saunders," Petala replied.
As the duo left the alley, she could sense the perfume on him. At that moment, tears brimmed her eyes as she spoke. "It seems like you were having fun just now."