“Yes, that’s right.”
Sean was far calmer as compared to Denise, whose face had turned scarlet. “Did we keep you up last night?”
Gwen chuckled. “That’s an understatement.”
Luke had almost gone crazy!
Even though Gwen had been uneasy by the noises from last night, all hints of annoyance dissipated the moment she realized it was Denise and Sean.
The two of them had been at it the whole night; this meant that Denise had not gone to the slums at all and instead spent the night with Sean.
This was a good thing.
Since Gwen had witnessed everything that happened to Sean in the past, including being tricked by the girl he called his sister for 20 years, she knew that he was a mature and responsible man.
She was glad that Denise had someone like Sean taking care of her. After all, she needed all the help and care she could get.
“What the hell did you do to my sister last night?”
Steven immediately broke out of his stupor.
He glared at Sean. “What did you do to my sister?”
He was so outraged that he stormed toward Sean in anger. “No wonder Denise was crying when she called me this morning! You must’ve done this against her will, didn’t you?”
He glanced once more at Denise’s red face.
Her eyes were red–rimmed, and it was clear she had been crying.
Why was Denise crying?
Steven was certain he knew the answer.
He bit his lip and clenched his fists, bracing himself to swing a punch at Sean. “How dare you bully my sister?”
He had just cocked his fist back when Sean grabbed hold of his hand, frowning. “Mr. Hughes, I’ve always heard from Brettley that you’re a mild–mannered person, but I guess he was mistaken.”
Steven was even more outraged when he heard this.
It was true, he had always been mild–mannered, but this was only subject to people he respected!
The man standing before him not only took advantage of his sister but even made her cry!
Denise was a strong, independent girl; she would never cry unless something terrible happened.
This man must have taken advantage of her!
At this thought, Steven narrowed his eyes, and a glimmer of malice flashed through them. “I don’t have to be mild–mannered to an asshole like you!”
As he said this, he slammed Sean’s hand out of the way and brought his fist toward his face.
Initially, Sean had not been afraid at all. After all, the man before him only possessed Luke’s physique. He was still a weak, nerdy scholar at the core and thus would not be much of a threat at all.
However, he underestimated Steven.
Steven’s force was so strong that he bent Sean’s arm backward and, a split second later, Sean failed to hold him back.
He staggered backward in an attempt to resist Steven’s attack, and seeing that the two of them were about to break out into a fight, Gwen glanced at Denise, frowning. “Aren’t you going to do something?”
One of them was Denise’s brother, and the other was the man she had spent the night with.
Why was she not stopping them from fighting over her?
Denise, who had been deep in thought, was pulled back to reality at the sound of Gwen’s voice.
She instinctively glanced in Sean and Steven’s direction.
When she caught sight of what was happening, her eyes widened in shock, and she lunged forward to grab hold of Steven’s arm. “What on earth are you doing, Steven? Sean didn’t take advantage of me– he didn’t!”
Steven furrowed his brow but did not relent. “What do you mean? Why were you crying, then? You were crying when you called me just now, wasn’t that because of him?”
Denise’s face was red with alarm as she yelled, “It was, but it wasn’t at the same time! Steven, let go of him, and we’ll explain everything, okay?”
Steven paused, then turned to glance at Denise. “Are you sure he didn’t hurt you?”
Denise nodded fervently. “He didn’t, I promise! Everything that happened last night was consensual! He didn’t take advantage of me this morning, either! I was crying for other reasons!”
Steven fell silent upon hearing this.
A split second later, he pulled his arm back and shot Sean a cold glare. Then, he turned back to face Denise. “What happened? Tell me everything.”
Denise sighed and turned to glance at Sean. “I’m sorry.”
If Gwen had not called her out, she would have continued to be oblivious while her brother beat the living daylights out of Sean.
“That’s okay.”
Sean curled his lips into a smile, glancing back at Steven with a look of admiration. “I can’t help but notice you’re beginning to behave more and more like a gangster.”
The air seemed to turn silent.
Steven furrowed his brow but did not say anything.
Gwen, on the other hand, tightened her grip around her shirt hem.
No matter how unwilling she was to admit it… Sean was right.
Steven was becoming more and more like Luke.
Steven would never resort to violence in the past, but now…
Just the night before, he had almost gotten into a fight with Thomas, and his heightened emotions had brought Luke’s consciousness to the surface.
At this moment, he almost got into another fight with Sean.
“That’s enough.”
Denise’s voice broke the silence.
She swiped the access card to her and Sean’s room. “Come on in.”
Denise strode into the room.
Sean curled his lips into a smile and turned to glance at Steven, gesturing toward the room. “Come on in. You can see for yourself whether I had taken advantage of your sister or not.”
With that, he turned and disappeared into the room.
Steven furrowed his brow.
“Come on.”
Gwen sighed and tugged on his shirt sleeve. “Perhaps you’re not familiar with Sean, but I am.
“He’s the son of Brettley’s aunt. He’s been through a lot since young and eventually wound up as a car mechanic…
“Despite that, he’s never done anything bad to anyone, and on the contrary, he’s helped my friend numerous times…so everything must’ve been a misunderstanding.”
Steven would never take notice of anyone defending Sean, but since it was Gwen doing this, he had no choice but to listen.
He sighed and shot Gwen a meaningful look. “Alright. I’ll believe you for now.”
With that, he followed Gwen into the room.
To Gwen’s surprise, the room was not messy as she had initially thought. Instead, it was spotless as though the housekeepers had been in there.
She saw Denise and Sean leave the room, so they were the only people who could have tidied the room up like this.
This was Gwen’s first time coming across people who would willingly clean their rooms before checking out of the hotel.
Besides, after what happened the night before, the room would be in shambles.
At the thought of this, Gwen curled her lips into a smile and glanced at Denise and Sean. “Did you guys clean the room up?”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.