Let Me Stay The Night

Chapter 21 A Small World

Peacock felt that the man before her was the devil incarnate. One glare from him was enough to kill somebody.

In less than a minute, Nathaniel’s hands were covered in red spots, and his heart rate started speeding up uncontrollably.

It seemed that his allergic reaction this time was worse than the last.

He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth. Christina’

The first thing that Sebastian saw when he arrived at the hospital was Nathaniel receiving an IV drip. The latter had an icy look on his face as if the world owed him a great debt, which made Sebastian gulp

in fear.

He began. “Mr. Hadley, Mrs. Hadley has not returned to the mansion, nor has she gone to the Steele residence. We haven’t managed to locate her as of-

Before Sebastian could even finish his words, a wave of rage surged through Nathaniel, and he swept all the glasses on the table to the ground.

The cacophony of glass shattering and water splashing duly expressed the turmoil of displeasure he was feeling.

He growled. “Keep searching!

“Yes, Mr. Hadley.” Sebastian wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead and got to work immediately.

I can’t believe Mrs Hadley just up and left after poking the bear, leaving us to clean up her mess! What a pitiful life I’m living!

While Nathaniel was suffering in the hospital. Christina was leisurely drawing a design draft in her university dorm. She couldn’t help but admit that she felt rather happy about not seeing Nathaniel for the past few days,

I’m sure a mighty CEO like him will lose interest in me soon enough.

With graduation just around the corner, Christina decided to devote all her energy to her major.

After studying fashion design for four years, she had a solid foundation.

and design drawings before

company like that would take about a week to

bar had fallen through, she had used her spare time and found a part-time job as

time, she quickly changed into her work uniform and prepared herself for work. As most luxury stores have high requirements for their clerks, it was necessary for her to tie up her hair

arrived at the store, the store manager briefed her on what she should and should

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services, the place was never busy most of the time, as they treated customers who were dressed normally with indifference.

when

long time. Why don’t I show you some of our newest

putting out items, turned her head and saw Xandra, who was

a small world. I can’t believe I bumped into

any attention to herself, Christina whipped her head back and

task

much interest, feeling disappointed about the lack of new items, when she noticed a slender figure in the corner

if others found out that the wife of the great Mr. Hadley is working as a saleswoman? It seems that Nathaniel doesn’t really care about her, huh? He’s probably only putting on a show for Mrs. Hadley before. But I guess that makes sense. After all, why would the heir of Hadley Corporation fall for a woman with no background and no

that thought in mind, Xandra walked toward Christina and said

“She’s new here, so she’s not used to how things work here yet. Why don’t larrange for a more experienced saleswoman to-”

cut her off, “I want her

manager looked conflicted when she heard that. She had no idea what relationship Christina and Xandra shared and was worried that the former would offend

and said. “Feel free to

around and swept her gaze around the store, trying to come up with a way

try on this row of heels. My

a dozen different types of heels on the rack, a salesperson beside Christina tried to help her out but

knew that Xandra was purposely making things difficult for her. Nonetheless, she didn’t say anything and simply turned around before making her way to the warehouse to look

of heels.

glee filled her heart and she felt as if she had had

me try on each

on shoes, those who were present could clearly

a celebrity and a fresh graduate have to do with each other? Is it because Christina is beautiful? I guess it’s true when they say it’s hard to