Let Me Stay The Night

Chapter 6

“The Hadley family?”

Christina, Gideon, and Miranda were equally stunned.

They gaped at the housekeeper, who added, “Mr. Nathaniel Hadley is here to escort Ms. Steele home.”

“Nathaniel Hadley?” Christina’s mouth remained agape with shock as she stared at the housekeeper for confirmation.

Alas, the housekeeper nodded in affirmation.

Damn it!

Christina cursed her chatty mouth for jinxing herself.

The arranged marriage between the Steele and Hadley families lasted three years, but not a single Hadley had ever visited their home.

Now, seemingly out of nowhere, the groom himself was at the Steeles’ doorstep.

Gideon and Miranda’s shock turned to delight when they learned Nathaniel was there for Christina.

Gideon said, “Invite him in!”

“I’m already here.” While Christina was still confused, a male voice drifted from outside.

sported a rich baritone and sounded self-assured yet somewhat distant at the

man stepped into their lines of

stiffened when she

had painted the Hadley family’s heir to be a horribly disfigured man who stood no taller than one and a

so handsome it was impossible

figure. In a couple of steps, he was right in front of

“Y-You’re Nathaniel

her horror, she was starting to realize that he was the man from

once he was satisfied that he had found the correct person,

knocked the breath

on the verge of a breakdown.

by Nathaniel’s visit was Gideon, who was all smiles

won’t be necessary. I’m here to take Christina home,”

earth is

snapped out of her shock-induced trance and asked, “Aren’t we

dangerously before he uttered, “The divorce agreement

a poor job of hiding her

and Miranda hovering around, she had no choice but

in Nathaniel’s Lincoln stretch limousine

were far from the Steele

and parked the car at the

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