Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 232

“Myra wouldn’t stop complimenting you on our way here, Uncle Tony. She said that you’re very well-accomplished for your age and she complimented you for being handsome as well as kind! She also told me she likes you a lot and she doesn’t care about Sean at all! Mom told me that the reason why Myra blushes every time she sees you is because she’s head over heels for you…”

Henry was rambling even as he ran away from them.

“Come back here, you little rascal!” Myra bellowed after him. Her face felt like it was on fire from all the things he had said and she cursed inwardly, Ungrateful little brat. I can’t believe he’s doing this to me after he asked me to go shopping with him!

“No!” Henry blinked at her with an impish grin on his face. “Just admit that you’re in love with my uncle, Myra! There’s nothing to be embarrassed about!”

“Henry!” She gritted her teeth. She hadn’t realized how mischievous the boy could be and she wondered who had been filling his tender mind with all this nonsense.

“Are you angry?” Tony’s voice sounded weird, as if he was trying to suppress his amusement.

“Go ahead and laugh if you want to!” Myra snapped as she shot an icy glare at him.

Sure enough, he no longer suppressed his desire and let out a low rumble of laughter.

His voice was deep and enticing, carrying with it something uniquely enigmatic.

It was a joy to see someone as graceful and chiseled as him break into laughter. Myra wasn’t sure if she wanted to laugh along or drown in her own embarrassment.

Tony suddenly stopped laughing and leaned closer toward her to nibble on her earlobe. The warmth of his breath tickled the delicate skin of her nape. He quickly released her, but she was already burning from inside.

Worried that Myra would soon be enraged if this continued, Tony stopped teasing her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder as he guided her forward.

Sean stepped out from the corner and his eyes were stormy as he watched the three figure strolling not too far away. He was acutely aware of the resentment and frustration that was building up in him.

His heart clenched with fury when he thought about what that kid had said—‘She told me she likes you a lot and that she doesn’t care about Sean at all!’

When he saw how annoyed and irritated Myra had been, he was seized with a sudden urge to tease and cajole her. He did not want her to look at him as though he was the greatest nuisance in her life; he’d wanted to make her look at him with the same love and admiration that she had for him. Could it be that I have been acclimated to Myra’s presence around me? Is that why I felt like that? Could it be that I have developed real feelings for her—however slight they might be—during the course of our two-year marriage?

Sean closed his eyes briefly, overwhelmed by his own thoughts, before he turned and headed down to the basement carpark.

By the time Sean gave Lyla a call, he was already on his way back to the company.

“What?” Lyla demanded loudly, her shrill voice inviting disapproving looks from the other patrons in the cafe. Not wanting to cause a scene, she quickly lowered her voice and hissed unhappily into the phone. “What urgent thing in the company that requires your immediate attention? You told me you’d spent the entire afternoon with me, Sean. How could you abandon me halfway?”

She did not wait for him to answer and instead hung up angrily.

She wasn’t stupid. In fact, she could be quite clever at times. Judging from recent incidents, all the signs were indicating that she was in a precarious position indeed. She could fall from the pedestal that was Sean’s heart at any given moment.

Eve had never gotten along with her and if Sean kept distancing himself from her like this, it would only be a matter of time before she lost her title as the Young Mistress of the Chase family.

Lyla was suffocating under the weight of her fear and panic when she caught a glimpse of two familiar figures walking past the cafe window.

It was Eve and she was with the same woman whom Lyla had seen the other day.

Lyla had not been able to see the woman clearly before and she only managed to see her side profile. However, now that there was nothing obscuring her view, she could see that the woman was pregnant.

Eve, on the other hand, appeared to be doting on her. She was holding onto the woman even as they walked, as if she was terrified that the latter would get hurt simply by strolling in a mall.

At that sight, Lyla felt her heart plunge to her stomach. She had a bad feeling about this and without stopping to think, she hurried after them.

Nonetheless, she kept a safe distance away to avoid Eve seeing her.