Chapter 116 An Explanation

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Nathaniel was on the couch, clad in nothing but a bathrobe that partially revealed his chest as droplets. of water rolled down his neck. His very presence in the room commanded attention.

For a brief moment, Christina felt as if Nathaniel was a dazzling spark in the dark.

It was as though a glance at him would wash her exhaustion away.

As Nathaniel turned to her, he chided, “Why did you come back so late?”

He made it sound like Christina was a misbehaving girl, but the truth was that she had been walking. the entire day. Even blisters were about to form on her feet.

Frankly, she wanted to vent her frustrations to someone so that the weight on her shoulder would be lighter, but if she were to do that to Nathaniel…

Either he was going to make her stop working, or he was going to settle the score with her company.

Furthermore, Christina was an adult. She felt that she should not be bawling her eyes out over every trivial matter.

Thus, she walked over to him and said in a deliberately lighthearted tone, “The company had a show, so I was following up on it. That’s why I’m late.”

Nathaniel quietly stared at her, his gaze piercing.

Christina took in a guilty, sharp intake before stretching. Leaning on him, she then raised her head to look at him with puppy eyes. “I’m so tired. Darling, can you give me a massage?”

She even gave him a cute and earnest smile.

At that, Nathaniel reached up to rub her temples, his movements stiff. Christina guessed that it was his first time giving anyone a massage, but she did not mind it.

Instead, she slowly relaxed as she breathed in his scent.

supper. When he saw Nathaniel massaging Christina’s temples, he froze as

on him even though she hasn’t

turned around to return to the kitchen with the tray of food, not wanting to disturb their moment

Christina left

several folders. It was then she realized that

Nathaniel. After a moment of studying the unfamiliar face, she averted her gaze and

his work and let his eyes flick toward Gina, who was on the

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Chapter 116 An Explanation

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and flipped to the page with the fabric samples. Once she picked a company, she put its folder on

hum of acknowledgment

was going on. She had been busying

was willing to spend all her time working for Nathaniel, but she

else.

matter that happened the day before. She, too, knew that Christina had been having trouble looking for a

found out that Hadley Corporation was the one interested in

she immediately called Christina and told the latter to head to the

the factory manager came to greet her personally. “You must be

fabric she was looking for, she asked, “Mister, I’d like to make an order for a batch of fabric. Will you be

Coincidentally, we have a free spot for this, so we’ll be able to

“That’s wonderful. Let’s sign

factory manager asked his assistant to bring the contract and told Christina that

herself relaxing as she looked at

factory, she thought about how things seemed to have gone a little too smoothly. However, she soon thought about how her persistence had to be why things

the company, she thanked Gina for

she returned to her team, only to notice

questioning gazes. They all felt that it was

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