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.

drawings before sending them to the industry’s most famous clothing company-Radiant

take about a week

she had used her spare

uniform and prepared herself for work. As most luxury stores have high requirements for their clerks, it

the store manager briefed her on what she

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provide high-end services, the place was never busy most of the time,

when it

show you some of our newest collection?”

items, turned her head and saw Xandra, who was

world. I can’t believe

attention to herself, Christina whipped

task

the store without much interest, feeling disappointed about the lack of new items, when she noticed a

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

Xandra walked toward Christina and said contemptuously,

she’s not used to how things

cut her off,

idea what relationship Christina and Xandra shared and was worried that the former would offend the store’s esteemed customer.

her feet calmly and said. “Feel free to tell me if

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

want to try on this row of heels. My feet size is thirty-seven, so hurry up and

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

simply turned around before making her way to the warehouse to look for the

of heels.

heart and she

each pair

on shoes, those who were present could clearly tell that Xandra was deliberately making things

can 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 grasp what makes

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