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Chapter 224

Seeing that she looked confused, Shawn kissed her on the forehead. There were some things that he couldn’t tell her for now.

But it didn’t stop him from loving her.

He said, “Do you have the strength?”

Naomi came to her senses. She realized what he was talking about and immediately blushed again. She hit him with her fists but she was too weak to Shawn. He felt like she was tickling him.

Shawn grabbed her fists and kissed her hungrily again.

The water in the bathtub spread out. Naomi was embarassed and angry. After a while, she couldn’t stand it. She cried and begged him.

Shawn indulged her most of the time, but not when they were in bed.

When the bath was over, Shawn carried Naomi out of the bathroom.

This time, she didn’t even want to talk to him.

Shawn said, “Good girl, good night!” His voice was hoarse. After he had sex with her, he was always satisfied, both physically and mentally. Unlike Naomi, who was exhausted, he was in high spirits.

He said, “I need to work.”

Naomi didn’t even open her eyes.

She was so tired that she only wanted to fall asleep now.

Shawn brushed her hair back with his hands and watched her fall asleep. When she was sleeping, she would stop overthinking.

Shawn said, “Naomi, I’m sorry.” His voice was very low. When he said she shouldn’t push her luck, he knew she was hurt and upset, which saddened hin That was not what he meant.

Shawn stared at the sleeping woman. After a while, he stood up and went to work. After finishing his work, he took out a USB flash drive and inserted it into his computer. He opened the files, which contained all the photos and videos of him. before he was eight years old.

On his eighth birthday, he lost his mother and father, who loved him most. His birthday became the anniversary of his parents‘ deaths. How could he ever celebrate his birthday again?

Shawn’s hand that was holding the mouse moved slightly. When he was a child.

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he already looked pretty. His facial features were like his mother’s. The outline of his face was like his father’s.

He disliked girls even when he was young. He had never been seen with a girl. But in one of these photos, a little girl was holding his hand.

Shawn was stunned. He thought he had never seen this photo before. The little girl was holding his hand and looking at him pitifully with tears in her eyes. In this photo, little Shawn’s beautiful brow furrowed. He looked displeased, but it seemed that he

didn’t intend to push her away.

Shawn stared at the little girl in the photo. The more he looked at her, the more familiar her face was to him, especially her big round eyes with tears. They were exactly the same as Naomi’s when she cried.

Shawn walked to the bed and stared at Naomi. Then he looked at the little girl on the computer screen. He was sure that the little girl was Naomi.

He wondered if Naomi didn’t disgust him because they knew each other in childhood.

Shawn pinched the skin in the middle of his eyebrows. He didn’t remember where and when this photo was taken at all.

This USB flash drive was given to him by his mother. Since he was born, she had been collecting photos and videos of him, which was her plan for his coming–of–age gift.

But later, it stopped when he was eight.

Shawn walked back to the sofa and sat down. He stared at the background of the photo for a long time. It seemed that there was a lawn behind which there were some painted cartoon characters on the wall. The wall was exactly like those colorfully painted walls that surrounded kindergartens. The paint was patchy, blurred, and old.

On the left side of the photo, there was a rusty iron gate. Several poorly dressed children were looking at them curiously. They also looked obviously eager for something.

Shawn sent the photo to Chandler with a message: [Find out where this place is.] Chandler replied: [No problem.]

Shawn put away the USB flash drive, turned around, and lay down on the huge bed. He held Naomi in his arms and couldn’t help but hold her more tightly.

He thought, ‘Did I know Naomi when I was a child? Did my mother introduce her

to me?”

Shawn’s heart jolted. He felt a pain all over his body. Since he met Naomi, he

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hadn’t felt such sharp pain when it was time to sleep.

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As soon as he closed his eyes, he saw fires in the sky brought by the car accident and his parents in blood. Little Shawn was crying his eyes out and struggling out of Barbara’s arms to save his parents.

When he was about to break free from Barbara, Barbara asked the bodyguards to catch him and then knocked him out on her own.

When he woke up, his parents were already gone.

He wasn’t with them when they died. Later, he saw two cold cremation urns.

Shawn gritted his teeth and tears streamed down from his eyes. His arms tightened around Naomi.

Naomi frowned and grunted. She struggled, obviously not feeling comfortable. Shawn let go of her and opened his eyes. “Sorry.” His eyes had already turned. scarlet. He hugged Naomi, who was sleeping soundly. He found her eyebrows and eyes so gentle. Her chin was beautifully shaped. He could even see the hair on her face with glowing and smooth skin.

He had found everything about her.

He thought, ‘Did I see her when I was a child in SafeHarbor Children’s Home?

‘Did Mom go to an orphanage with me when I was a kid?

“Why don’t I remember when and where that photo was taken?‘

The more Shawn thought about it, the worse his headache became. In the past, he could sleep well as long as he held Naomi in his arms. But this time, it didn’t work.

Shawn got up, changed his clothes, and went out of the hotel. He drove on the streets in Baok casually. After a while, he dialed Oscar’s number.

He said, “Oscar, I saw my parents‘ car accident again.”

Oscar was on duty. Hearing Shawn’s words, he immediately closed the door of the office and said, “Didn’t it stop a long time ago?

“Naomi is not with you?”

The corners of Shawn’s mouth twitched. He said, “She is. But I saw a photo in the USB flash drive my mother left for me.

“In the photo, a little girl was holding my hand.”

Oscar took a deep breath. “So when you were a kid, girls could get near you, right?”

Shawn said after a few seconds, “I’m not sure. I can’t remember anything about it.”

“But the little girl looks like a miniature version of Naomi.”

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Oscar was silent for a moment and then he said. “Is it possible that she is Naomi?” Shawn parked his car at the foot of a mountain in Baok. He was sitting in the car, holding his phone and looking intently at the billboard in front of him. An advertisement for Elaine Jewelry with Naomi’s face was printed on it. The beautiful makeup set healthy teeth.

off her pretty face. She had bright eyes : Her smile was

stunning.

Shawn stared at the advertisement for a while and said slowly, “I think she is.

“Oscar. Naomi is a gift for me from my mother.”

His mother introduced him to her when he was a child and then brought him to her again after he grew up.

Oscar was already changing his clothes. He said, “Shawn, wait for me. I’ll come to Baok soon. I want to see the photo.”

Shawn hung up the phone directly.

Oscar looked at his phone and couldn’t help but curse, ‘Son of a bitch! He never changed!

Oscar took out a special notebook and wrote down what Shawn just said.

He thought while writing. If the little girl holding Shawn’s hand is Naomi, they were like childhood sweethearts to each other.”

Oscar couldn’t help laughing happily.

He quickly sorted out his work for the following few days, changed his clothes, and left the hospital.

As soon as Oscar left the hospital, Derek drove Cheryl to the hospital. Her face was pale and her private part was bleeding. She said, “Ask Oscar to do the operation. I don’t trust anyone except him.”

Derek hugged her with a sullen face and said, “Stop talking.”

Cheryl said, “Derek, you have to help me. Please help me.”

Cheryl burst into tears. “My life can’t be ruined like this. Please, you are on good terms with Naomi. Please, ask her to help me.”

Derek said, “Shut up.”

Derek felt his temples pulsing a little. “You will be fine, trust me.”

He hurriedly carried Cheryl to Oscar’s office but didn’t find Oscar there. Cheryl was in a special situation. He didn’t dare to trust her to anyone else. So he gritted his teeth and called Naomi though it was midnight.

He waited a long time until the phone answered. Then he heard Naomi’s a little bit hoarse. “Hello.”

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Dr. Edwards, it’s me. Derek Looking at Cheryl’s increasingly pale face, Derek grined his teeth and said, “Dr. Edwards, could you please help me find Dr. Rogers? Something bad happened to my Naomi. I want him to do the operation.”

Naomi was sleeping soundly before she was woken up by the phone ringing. She was still a bit sleepy. “What did you say? I wasn’t following.

Derek said, Tm Derek. My sister Cheryl had an accident so I need Oscar to do the operation.”

Naomi shook her head and rubbed her eyes several times before she finally sobered up. “Okay, I’ll ask Shawn to contact Oscar right away. Oscar will call you. Derek said. Thank you, Dr. Edwards.

Naomi hung up the phone and said, “Shawn, can you give me Dr. Rogers‘ number?”

The bedroom was quiet. She reached out and found the bed beside her was empty. The sheets and quilts were cold..

Shawn wasn’t there.

Naomi sat up immediately. Only a small lamp was on. The light was so dim that she couldn’t see the bedroom clearly. She snapped on the light. The light was so harsh that it hurt her eyes.

After her eyes got used to it, she quickly glanced at the bedroom and found Shawn was not there.

Naomi asked, “Shawn, are you there?” She got out of bed decisively and searched the bathroom and some other rooms but failed to find Shawn.

She took out her phone and called him. Shawn answered it immediately.

Naomi asked, “Hey, Shawn. Where are you? I woke up and didn’t see you. I am so worried.

Shawn said, “I have some important work. Why did you wake up suddenly?” His voice was low and attractive, especially in the middle of the night, which immediately made Naomi calm down.

Naomi said, “I’m fine. It’s Cheryl. Derek called me and asked for Dr. Rogers‘ phone number. It should be an emergency.

“Shawn, can you give me Dr. Rogers‘ phone number?”

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