Chapter 961

Shawn glanced at Hazel, clearly awaiting her answer. "Why not? Isn't a fool still better than a nurse? At least she can run a household and take care of Shawn while staying home looking pretty," Hazel quipped. Elizabeth turned to her, unimpressed. "If Shawn married someone like you, I'd wager it'd be him running the household and taking care of you." Shawn raised an eyebrow at Hazel. Ever since he had discovered her habit of playing dumb, he had stopped keeping certain things from her. It made her uneasy. She couldn't tell if Shawn's feelings toward her were what she had suspected. Neither of them had dared to address the unspoken tension lingering between them. Later that afternoon, Hazel decided to get Elizabeth discharged from the hospital early to avoid encountering Shawn's admirer. Even so, a lingering unease gnawed at her. When Hazel's scholarship funds came through, she bought Shawn a phone. Handing it to him, she warned, "Shawn, you should steer clear of women with b