9

Shawn blinked at the ire and wariness in the woman's voice and face. Recognizing the woman standing before him, he said with respect;

"Lady Hiran?"

He has met this woman various times in past meetings and ceremonies. His family's company; Aiden Corporation had several contracts with her, mainly including the 'Medical Research Projects' which were financed by Aiden Corp. He has met this woman has a kid but after that till now had never met the world-renowned doctor himself but he knew enough about what was going around in the business world and his family Corp. He then spoke,

"I didn't know that Julian was your daughter, I thought you only had a son".

His worry increased and the concern was seen in his eyes when he heard her next words.

"What karma it must be for you to be an Aiden! After all that happened".

"And you are mistaken Julian is not my daughter. I only have a son".

She didn't elaborate on her and Julian's relation deliberately. She cursed thinking that Julian might be hurt again.

Shawn asked, "What do you mean by that Lady Hiran?".

Hiran ushered him in saying,

"Come in, I don't want neighbours listening in".

Shawn puzzled but obediently stepped over the threshold and watched as Hiran closed the door before turning towards him and gesturing him to follow her to the drawing-room. He continued to watch while sitting on the sofa, he saw Hiran was pacing, deep in thought before sighing and sitting on the opposite sofa she said focusing her attention towards him,

"How much has Julian told you about her past relationships?"

Shawn blinked and then replied,

"Not much since this is our first date, we will find out about each other with time".

Thinking to himself that she was doing all of this because her grand-daughter must have past relationships and he might not accept a girl like that, he quickly made it clear by saying,

"Lady Hiran! You don't need to worry, if she had any previous relationships then it is a thing of a past and I am only looking towards the present and future. I won't let past relationships ruin our present. So be at ease".

Hiran smiled at hearing this before snorting and saying,

"That is not what I meant. Julian never dated anyone until she was in university, where she was involved in one serious relationship that ended badly and that is saying lightly. She was put down for her values, morals, thinking, and assumed background and status".

The intense black eyes focused on him turned poisonous,

"His name was Derek Huait and he was an heir like yourself".

Shawn stiffened, he had heard and met with that guy before. He never thought that someone has upright as Julian would date a sleazy guy like him. He quickly asked,

"Why would she date someone like him, given her personality?"

"Is she still pining for him?" ...