After a long struggles with her thoughts, Shannon put the pills in her mouth, lowering her head and getting close to Ethan.

Shannon hoped Ethan wouldn’t wake up. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if he thought she was seducing him.

Touching his cold lips gently, Shannon fed the pills into Ethan’s mouth. Her heart beat fiercely.

The refreshing mint flavor mixed with the bitterness of the medicine, spreading through Shannon’s nose little by little.

She could only hoped that Ethan would swallow quickly so the bitterness wouldn’t linger in his mouth.

His lips grew warmer gradually. Just as she was about to pull away, a powerful hand grasped the back of her head, holding her firmly and imperiously.

Shannon found herself pressed against his chest, muttering softly.

In an instant, she felt as if she were surrounded by a fire, the heat consuming her little by little until it finally overwhelmed her.

She couldn’t make a sound. Her hands, which were supposed to push him away, slowly wrapped around his waist, and she lost her resolve bit by bit.

With messy black hair, Ethan looked wild like a leopard, kissing her lips fiercely.

The bitterness receded slowly, replaced by a sweet taste that overflowed between them.

When her lips were finally freed, she was able to catch her breath. Her vision blurred as she stared at the ceiling. She had to look at his affectionate eyes when Ethan lifted her chin.

“Be my woman. I will give you whatever you want. Don’t get married. I won’t allow you to marry anoyone else.”

He held her waist and kissed her on the face. His fervent kisses fell on her heart like raindrops.

“Mr. Yates...I am Shannon...” Shannon came back to her senses and pushed him away. However, as she tried to get up, Ethan’s powerful arms surrounded her waist, pulling her back into an intimate kiss.

Ethan’s black hair was entwined with her fluffy locks.

“Listen, be my woman, be the mother of my babies. I want you.” Ethan said, turning Shannon’s dodging face toward him and pulling her into his embrace, forcing her to meet his gaze.

“Mr. Yates...” Shannon muttered, completely swayed by his honeyed words.

They stirred emotions buried deep in her heart. Her heart raced so fiercely that she trembled all over.

She knew it was impossible, yet she still could not help but pull him closer, wrapping her arms around his lean frame.

“I won’t allow you either to leave or to marry Mason. I don’t allow those to happen. I need you, do you hear me?” He lowered his head and kissed her, his voice rough and hoarse like never before.

“I won’t leave, and I won’t marry Mason.” She tilted her head back, chest out, making it easier for him to seize her.

She felt as if she were under a spell, her heart filled with countless wicked seeds he had sown. He must possess a kind of power that made people willingly surrender to him.

That power had a magnetic force so strong it could drive her to madness.

“Mrs. Yates, you can’t get in! The sir hasn't allowed you to enter!” Through the door came Ken’s voice.

Right after that, the sound of high heels clicking on the floor echoed through the hallway.

“Get out of my way. Shall I ask my husband for instructions to see him? There is no legal provision for that!” Dayle sharp voice came from far to near.

Shannon suddenly regained her consciousness and pushed Ethan away.

She tidied up her clothes and messy hair.

Ethan was pushed to bed, but still held her hand tightly, “Don’t leave me.”

With blurred and affectionate eyes, he tried to get up and took her into his arms again.

“Mr. Yates, you’ve got a cold. Please lie down.” Shannon took a lot of efforts to take her hand out.

She covered him with a quilt hastily and stood back…

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Dayle opened the door and came in.

Shannon ran into her when she was about to go out.

With a hostile look on her face, Dayle stopped and tightened her hand which was holding her sunglasses.

“What are you doing here? Who allowed you to come in?” Dayle asked Shannon sharply.

“Mrs. Yates, I am here to send the ginger soup to Mr. Yates. If there is nothing, I will leave now.” When Shannon was about to leave, she was tripped and lost her balance when Dayle extended her high-heeled shoes.

Before Shannon could get up, Dayle slapped her face and shouted, “You shameless bitch! How dare you seduce my husband? You really think you can replace me when I am away? Don’t you know who are you?!”

After that, she picked up a camera and started to take photos of Ethan and Shannon, threatening to expose it to the media...

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“No, Dayle can’t find me here!”

Shannon couldn’t help picturing such a scene with Dayle’s fierce image. When her mind returned to reality, she felt more ashamed of her intimate behavior with Ethan.

Hearing Dayle footsteps getting closer and closer, she found a big wardrobe to hide herself without thinking.

Dayle came in and saw a bowl of ginger soup. There were also the medicines on the bedside table.

She somewhat smelled that the air was full of ambiguity. Dayle had the feeling that there must be a woman here before.

Whether it was a woman or a man, she or he must have been doing something with Ethan.

Ken came in with two safeguards, “Mrs. Yates, I’ve told you that Mr. Yates is sick and needs a good rest.”

Dayle glanced around and snorted. She went to sit beside Ethan with her head held high.

“Don’t leave me...” Ethan suddenly grasped her hand and put it on his face.

Dayle was blank for a moment and then stretched out the other hand to interlock with Ethan’s fingers, “Eth, I will not leave you, I’ll stay with you ......”

Shannon hiding in the big wardrobe heard it and calm down.

She absolutely couldn’t have developed anything with Ethan. Apart from his shining aura, he was a married man and she could not be a home wrecker.

Dayle stayed with him for a while and went to the bathroom. Shannon took advantage of that and got out of the bedroom.

She signed with relief after that and went to Wesley and Nancy’s room later.

After Dayle came back from Modopolis, she had no intention of leaving. Every day she stayed with Ethan. No matter where Ethan went, she followed. She would sometimes appear in public with two babies just for show.

In this way, Shannon had no chance to see Wesley and Nancy.

It seemed that Dayle prepared to look after the babies in person. She did not intend to breastfeed her babies. After all, the two babies were almost one year old.

At noon, the cook began to make lunch.

Shannon started to clean the drawing room because she had nothing to do.

Dayle walked out with the babies in the stroller.

Seeing Shannon, Wesley and Nancy stretched out their hands, calling Shannon “mama”.

Unhappy to hear this, Dayle pushed the stroller over Shannon directly, “Enough, stop that. Mom will take you to the recording room and find Dad.”

Shannon was in a trance to hear that. But she had to hide her love in the eyes and packed stuffs silently.

She hadn’t breastfed the babies for a long time, so her breast was a little painful. When she sometimes felt uneasy, she would use a breast pump to relieve pain.

She once wanted to give the squeezed milk to Owen, but she didn’t want Mason to misunderstand that she still felt something about him.

It was a relief for her that Mason did not come to entangle her recently and did not mention that “proposal ceremony”. Strangely enough, she hadn’t seen Mason for a long time.

She knew Dayle wanted Wesley and Nancy to wean.

Thinking of this, she truly felt that it was better for her to leave, but Uncle John did not allow her to do so.

“Shannon, Mrs. Yates asked you to clean the recording room. Mr. Yates and Mr. Lance have been there for a few days” Coade walked over and said to Shannon.

“Okay.” Taking the cleaner and the garbage bag with her, Shannon walked towards to the recording room.

Although she felt embarrassed to get in the room because of mouth-feeding medicine with Ethan, she still had to bite the bullet and face Ethan for the sake of five million dollars. After all, it was just a matter of time.

The spacious recording room was decorated with large mirrors to facilitate Ethan’s rehearsal.

There were many kinds of music instruments for recording songs and a variety of percussion instruments. Ethan, Lance and several men and women Shannon did not know sat beside the sound console.

Wesley and Nancy were sleeping in the stroller. Dayle sat on Ethan’s lap when he was tuning with Lance. The rest musicians beside them were also discussing issues. Dayle wanted to talk with them, but she found it in vain because she know nothing about music.

When she saw Shannon, she sneered and then wrapped her arms around Ethan’s neck tightly.

Shannon shifted her gaze quickly, lowered her head and cleaned the recording room with the vacuum cleaner.

“Hey, Shannon, why are you doing this instead of taking care of the two babies?” Abul asked friendly and took the vacuum cleaner from Shannon’s hand.

Shannon raised her head and looked at Abul. She noticed Ethan was looking at her as well.

She smiled at Abul slightly, “The two babies have their mother here. They don’t need me. I have nothing to do anyway.”

Abul looked at Shannon and rubbed his chin, “Since you are free, how about going to my recording room and help me clean it some other day? Don’t worry, I’ll offer you a higher salary.”

Shannon felt happy to hear that, “Really? When?”

“Abul, you probably forgot this is my workplace.” Ethan’s low voice was with a sense of seriousness.

Shannon turned around and met Ethan’s cool eyes.

Shannon stopped talking. She lowered her head and took the vacuum cleaner from Abul to the floor mirror.

Abul scratched his head and laughed, “Can’t I borrow her? Anyway, I won’t let her work for free, I will pay.”

“No.” Ethan’s voice sounded, revealing a little hegemony.

“All right.” Abul shrugged his shoulders.

Lance held one of his legs high, smiling at Abul and knocking his head, “Stinky boy, how dare you to take her from Ethan?”

“If she were Eth’s wife, I absolutely would not rob her. But she is just a babysitter. Is that right, Dayle?” Abul looked at Dayle.

Dayle slowly tidied up the collar for Ethan, smiling and silent.

However, Ethan locked his eyes on Shannon.

Realizing the atmosphere became strange all of a sudden, those musicians looked at the same direction as Ethan.

Then they went back to their work wisely.

Shannon was uncomfortable. She was on pins and needles for she had a feeling that someone was staring at her. Her heartbeat suddenly stopped as she looked up.

Ethan was still looking at her, as if he had never looked away.

“Helen, I had an idea.” Dayle said loudly.

Helen was another musician who cooperated with Ethan. With black hair tied up, she looked tall and sexy. And her operating style was very forthright.

She enjoyed the same reputation as Lance in the music circle.

Helen folded her arms, looking at Dayle, “What’s the matter, Mrs. Yates? Have you found anything new?”

“Don’t you want to find a heroine for your MV? I think Ms. Somers is quite suitable.”