A Crazy Night Novel

“You’re back, Christina!” The surprise on Rayne’s face gave way immediately to delight.

They had not seen each other since Christina’s hurried departure.

“Yes, I am.” Christina replied with a smile. She dropped the purse slung on her shoulder, sat down, and gazed up at Rayne. “How’s the studio? Are there new orders?”

Christina felt a little guilty at the mention of that.

Because of her falling out with Nathaniel, she had left in a fit of anger and abandoned her obligations at the studio.

Upon introspection, she thought she was too rash.

“No. After you left, Mr. Hadley had me put out a notice that you have gone on holiday,” Rayne answered.

Christina nodded, silently lauding Nathaniel’s decision.

“Well, the vacation’s over. Tell everyone I’m back and ready to take orders,” Christina said as she turned on her laptop.

Rayne was overjoyed at those words. If Christina is ready to take orders, it means that she would not be leaving again anytime soon. “Of course. I’ll get it done.”

Rayne left excitedly to put out the word.

Christina began taking care of work that she had not managed to resolve before leaving. Before she knew it, it was already noon.

“What would you like for lunch, Christina?” Rayne asked, entering the room when she noticed Christinal was still immersed in her work. There was expectant glitter in her eyes.

Christina looked up and gave a start when she realized what time it was. “Sorry, Rayne. I can’t have lunch. with you today. I’m seeing Nathaniel.”

“All right. Don’t go overboard with the PDA” Pursing her lips, Rayne gave the other a knowing look.

“We’ll have lunch tomorrow,” Christina offered. She was feeling fantastic now that she had resolved the knot in her chest, always wearing a big smile wherever she went.

The young girls found their hopes of getting close to Nathaniel under the assumption of him being single. again dashed when they saw Christina’s reappearance at Nathaniel’s office.

Christina?” Nathaniel set aside his work as soon as he saw

Nathaniel is a workaholic. He will forget his meals once he begins working.

was indeed past lunch hour. “Let’s go. I want to bring you to a

right.” Christina did not pursue further when she noticed

arm in arm as though the misunderstanding had never happened.

feel a sense of happiness that was hard to

Christina halfway across the city

restaurant was, Nathaniel led her into a tiny eatery serving aglio

was

Nathaniel led her directly to a table by

two aglio olios, please.” Nathaniel ordered after they sat down,

the owner replied, shooting a glance at the two new customers at the same time.

seeing Nathaniel’s handsome appearance, she seemed to recognize him. “I see you

at a tiny establishment like hers

wife,” Nathaniel explained.

to have settled down. She nodded,

noticed Nathaniel’s interaction with the owner. She scrutinized Nathaniel,

looking at me like that?” Nathaniel asked,

if my husband has changed into someone else,” Christina

displeasure. “Who are you

Nathaniel would be jealous of himself, after all?

CEO like you would feel out of place here,” Christina asked, unable to contain herself.

Nathaniel to say

he said, “Didn’t you enjoy eating this when you were in university? I

Christina’s absence, he had done a lot of thinking and uncovered a lot about Christina’s past.

for aglio olio had been an unexpected discovery. Thus, he gave it a try. Although he did not feel it was anything particularly special at the time, he was thankful that he managed to

at

result, she did not have much money.