Let Me Stay The Night

“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

handsome man

visibly stiffened when she met

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

could not be farther from the truth. He was so handsome it was impossible to tear one’s eyes away from

his tall figure. In a couple of steps, he

“Y-You’re

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

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

response knocked the

the verge of a breakdown. Isn’t

visit was Gideon, who was all smiles as he invited their guest into their home. “Please come in, Mr.

here to take Christina home,”

earth is

“Aren’t we already divorced?” His actions perplexed her to no

glinted dangerously before he uttered, “The divorce agreement has been

a poor job of hiding her

with Gideon and Miranda hovering around, she had no choice but to follow Nathaniel into his car and leave for the

in Nathaniel’s Lincoln stretch limousine was

Steele residence, Christina shouted, “Stop

stepped on the brakes and parked the car at the side of