?<strong>Chapter 572:</strong>


    “Then what’s bothering you? Talk to me. I want to make you feel better!”


    “Do you ever quit talking?”


    Shawn squeezed her a bit tighter.


    “Don’t be harsh with me. If you keep it up, I might just leave.”


    “Then leave.” Katherine had no patience for his antics. Shawn remained quiet. Momentster, Katherine opened her eyes,pelled to nce back at him.


    “Are you starting to feel sorry for me?” Shawn said with a smile, kissing her as soon as she turned.


    “Time to sleep.”


    Shawn drew the covers around Katherine, and she quickly drifted off in the coziness of their bed.


    Silently, Shawn left the bedroom and made his way back to the living room, finding the barbecue now cold.


    This was nothing new to him; his busy lifestyle often meant eating cold meals that he would wolf down in five minutes before returning to his tasks. This habit had taken a toll on his stomach.


    Katherine had asked him to eat alone, yet solitude was a familiar feeling. Hadn’t he spent every day by himself when he was single? Shawn gazed at the muted TV showing celebrities in a reality show, but his mind was elsewhere.


    The following morning, he headed straight for the hospital without informing Katherine.


    Lina had just exited the restroom, catching her worn-out reflection in the mirror.


    “Shawn!” She quickly averted her gaze, clinging to her remaining pride.


    Shawn, however, showed no interest in her distress.


    “What did you tell her?”


    Lina hadn’t anticipated that Shawn, who she believed was visiting her, was actually there to question her about another woman.


    “What? Did she run to you withints? What do you see in her?”


    “If she hadined, I would have been here yesterday.”


    Lina gritted her teeth and pursed her lips.


    ncing at his watch, Shawn said sternly, “I’m running out of patience. Just answer my questions.”


    “Why should I answer to you?”


    With a scoff, Shawn replied, “Thanks to you, I’ve been doing quite well these years. I invested in this hospital. If you don’t want to find yourself out on the street, you’d better tell me what you said to her.”


    Lina made an effort to resist. Rumors had reached her ears about Shawn relying on others for support, but she questioned their truth. Was Shawn genuinely backed by influential people? In less than two minutes, Lina gave in.


    “I told her about our past.”


    She detailed the conversation they had the day before, and Shawn immediately understood why Katherine had been so repelled by the barbecue the previous evening. Ignoring Lina, he turned to leave, but not before her taunting voice reached him.


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