Let Me Stay The Night

Chapter 31 Did She Bribe The Judges

Half an hour passed, and a heavy silence slowly descended over the space. It feels as though we’re trapped in some ancient and mysterious corner of the world, and no one knows we’re here. If another half an hour passes. the oxygen in this tiny space will probably all be gone.

A thin sheen of sweat covered Christina’s forehead. In such an environment, a person’s fear of the dark would grow and intensify slowly but surely like sand through an hourglass.

Feeling dizzy. Tina walked over to the doors, raised her hands, and pounded on them. “Are you all dead? Why isn’t anyone coming to save me!”

After a while, her hands started to hurt so much that she switched to kicking. The doors were made entirely of solid steel, so she would be unable to make a crack even if she broke a bone.

With all the pent-up anger bubbling inside her, Tina pointed at the figure in the corner and lashed out at her. “It’s all your fault, Christina Steele! Someone must’ve been trying to prank you, and that’s why we got caught up in this mess!”

It was not the first time someone had played a prank on Christina in the office. Sometimes it was just one person, and sometimes there were more. Everyone knew about it, but no one said anything and quietly allowed such behavior to carry on.

Christina felt a suffocating sensation in her chest, and she started to panic. The last time she had felt like that was while kissing Nathaniel on the bed in a hotel. However, the sensation felt way more uncomfortable now.

The sound of Tina’s voice yapping away made her feel even more frustrated, so she turned away and ignored the former. Although she had been standing in a corner at first, she gradually felt weak and slumped to the floor in a heap. She stared into space, her eyes unfocused. It was impossible to guess what was running through her mind.

Time continued ticking by, then suddenly, they heard a deep voice on the other side of the doors. “Christina, are you in there?”

It was Nathaniel’s voice!

Christina sprang up from the floor with a thud like an arrow released from a taut bowstring, then rushed to the doors. “Nathaniel. it’s me! I’m inside!”

No one knew that her mind had already been gripped with fear for her life just a second before. She was overcome with emotion, so much so that her eyes instantly brimmed with tears.

“Don’t be afraid, and don’t come close to the doors. I’m going to get you out of there immediately!”

his voice sounded

far away from the doors. For one minute, everything was quiet outside. Then, they heard the sound

only took several minutes for a few security guards to pry open the heavy steel doors, and those inside the elevator could finally breathe some fresh air as a

say anything, he scooped her up

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elevator dumbfounded. Wasn’t that good-looking guy the boss of Radiant Corporation? He personally came to

suffocating feeling in Christina’s chest. She could finally breathe easily, and

the parking lot, she jumped out of his arms like a frightened cat. “Where are you

sudden feeling of emptiness in

that it was almost ten o’clock, she hurriedly waved her hand in

time, they’ll take it as a voluntary withdrawal from the competition! I don’t have time to chit-chat! Turning around, she started walking

he observed that she did not seem out of breath and

time she arrived at the venue. She hastily prepared the clothes and

the list, and said brusquely, “You were late, so the model

the person in disbelief and asked frantically. “Left?

am I supposed to know that? The rules are clear. Anyone who’s late won’t get a model. Why are you

while stuck in that elevator, I didn’t have such a sense of despair. However, now that I don’t have a model, it feels as

someone with darker skin and shorter stature.

her model into her gown, cast Christina a mocking glance out of the corner

this time. I’ve got this in

her

and hollered, “Get ready to go on. Tina!

acknowledgment and led her

at the gown inside the black

people. The venue was packed with spectators, and seated in the front row were the judges-Gina, Yosef, Zachary, and lan-who could be considered relatively