Let Me Stay The Night

Right after Christina stepped into the Steele residence, Gideon’s castigation rained down on her. “You’ve finally decided to come, huh?”

“Didn’t you ask me to come?” Christina retorted.

As a father, Gideon had never felt Christina’s respect or admiration for him. Infuriated by her words, Gideon hurled a cup at her viciously.

The cup did not hit her but shattered into pieces right by her feet.

A small shard flew out, leaving a cut on Christina’s tender and fair hand, with crimson blood flowing out.

As though she couldn’t feel anything, Christina didn’t even furrow her brows. Her tone was still impassive as ever as she said, “Did you call me back home just to throw this tantrum? Now that you’ve vented your anger, I’m going to leave.”

Then she turned around to leave without a hint of hesitation.

“Enough, Gideon. Don’t get all worked up and forget the main thing,” Miranda interjected, having enjoyed the spectacle for long enough.

fury, having been reminded of their main purpose of summoning Christina back

in

Nathaniel has divorced

around and

pressure soar. “You insolent girl! Go right back to the Hadley residence right now! I don’t care how you do it, but you’re not leaving the Hadley

the Steele family had to hold the reins of, for they knew they would

agree to step into a hellhole twice?”

our family cannot survive without the Hadleys,” Miranda said, almost in a pleading tone. She had never liked

with me? I’m not a Steele,” Christina stated plainly. Ever since Gideon betrayed her mother, she had decided to cut

seemed as if she couldn’t care less about the Steele family, Miranda tugged at

and terminate the financial support for your mother’s medical treatment,” Gideon said, finally

had fallen ill a few years ago and required a large sum of money every day for her treatment. Gideon had repeatedly used her as leverage to coerce Christina into doing what

fact that Christina could never afford Sharon’s costly medical treatment, so the coercion

as she said, “Who do you think Nathaniel is? A gullible nobody? Someone you guys