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

like that would take about

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

for work. As most luxury stores have

store, the store manager briefed her on what

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place was never busy most of the time, as they treated customers

the norm when

for a long time. Why don’t I show you some of our newest collection?” The

putting out items, turned her head and saw

believe I

any attention to herself, Christina whipped her head

task

Xandra was perusing the goods in the store without much interest, feeling disappointed about the lack of new

Wouldn’t she become a laughingstock 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

that thought in mind, Xandra walked toward Christina and said contemptuously,

without delay, “She’s new here, so she’s not used to how things work here yet. Why don’t larrange for a more

store manager could finish. Xandra cut her off, “I want

heard that. She had no idea what relationship Christina and Xandra shared and was worried

said. “Feel free to tell me if you

look before Xandra turned around and swept her gaze around the store, trying to

gaze fell on a row of limited-edition high heels. “I want to try on this row of heels. My feet size

the rack, a salesperson beside Christina tried to help

making things difficult for her. Nonetheless, she didn’t say anything and simply turned around before making her way to the warehouse to look for the heels. Because of how petite she was, she had to make several

of heels.

of breath, a feeling of glee filled her heart and she felt as if

try on each pair of

to help their customer try on shoes, those who were present could clearly tell that Xandra was deliberately making

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

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