When Sharon returned home, she saw Shawn lying on the sofa.
"Uncle Lewis!" Sadie was very happy to see him and threw herself into his arms.
Shawn had already woken up when he heard the door being unlocked and quickly caught Sadie into his arms, then kissed her on the cheek. "Do you miss me?"
Giggling, Sadie said, "Stop tickling me..."
Then, Shawn carried her to the front of Seamus and asked, "What's wrong, Seamus? You don't seem quite happy to see me?"
Actually, Seamus didn't miss Shawn as much as his sister did, because deep inside his heart, he knew that this man wasn't his father, so no matter how well Shawn treated them, he just couldn't see him as their father.
"Of course not, Uncle Lewis. How did you come in though?" Seamus looked at Shawn with a pair of inquiring eyes.
Shawn just smiled and put down Sadie. Before he could say anything, Sharon ordered, "Baby, take your sister to sleep and Mommy has something to speak with Uncle Lewis."
Obediently, Seamus took Sadie to the bedroom.
As soon as the door was closed, Sharon's expression changed. "Shawn, you've gone too far."
Shawn just stared at her with a smile. "What's the matter?"
Not only did he arrange for someone to keep an eye on her, but now he even made his way into her home!
With her hands out, Sharon demanded, "Did you secretly make a copy of my key? Give it to me!"
Gradually, the smile on Shawn's face faded away. "I held the key for almost four years, but I never used it. Today is my first time using it. Do you know why?"
Sharon looked at him with a frown.
"Because I found that I've been too well-mannered in the past four years, and you're getting farther and farther away from me." Locking her gaze, Shawn gradually approached her. "You know that I like you. I've also told you many times that I wanna marry you and I'll treat the kids like my own children. Yet, you still play dumb with me. Sharon, if I didn't love you, why do you think that I still stay by your side for so many years?"
Instinctively, Sharon retreated while looking straight into his eyes. "I thought that I've made it clear by rejecting your help several times and not giving you any hope. Recently, you finally stopped expressing your feelings as eagerly as you did before, so I figured out that you've already given up and finally treated me like a sibling. Yet... why are you doing this still?"
Eventually, Sharon even got a little puzzled by why Shawn was so obsessed with her.
Could it be that she gave him the wrong impression? But she had already made it very clear. Why couldn't he listen to her?
"Sibling?" Shawn sneered. "If I hadn't used this as an excuse, you wouldn't have let me stay by your side."
Sharon just pursed her lips tightly. "But you know we can only be siblings. Why do you have to be so stubborn?"
"Because I can't let go!" Shawn snapped in a suppressed tone, "Can't you feel my heart? I love you more than Stanley does. I can even provide you with a safe harbor. Why can't you just accept me?"
Upon saying that, he abruptly pressed Sharon against the wall. His eyes were red. "Sharon, don't forget that the Jones killed your father. So how can you still be with Stanley?"
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