Let Me Stay The Night

Chapter 36 I Am Busy At Work

Hearing Gideon’s impatient voice at the other end of the line, Christina had to fight back the urge to hang up on him.

“What is this about? I’m busy at work,” she responded indifferently.

Gideon took a deep breath, and his voice turned grim as he said, “It’s already the end of a workday, so come back home now. This is about your mother.”

At the mention of her mother. Christina felt her heart leap to her throat. “I’ll come back home now.”

After hanging up, she quickly tidied her desk and left.

When Christina pulled up in a taxi to the Steele residence, the imposing black steel gates were already. wide open. She got out of the taxi and made her way into the house.

Before she even stepped into the house, she could hear Emilia’s coy voice. “Nathaniel, try some of the white strawberries. They were flown in this morning!”

Nathaniel was not at all interested in the fruits, so Miranda told the housekeeper to bring them some tea. “Nathaniel, have some tea. This is an expensive and delicious variety imported from Ustrana.”

Lounging on the ivory-white couch. Nathaniel had his legs crossed in a graceful manner. His top for the day was a white shirt and black vest that drew attention to his well-built body, and his pants were perfectly ironed out with no signs of creases. Like himself, his attire was cold and unapproachable.

His ebony eyes were slightly narrowed as he regarded the elegantly-dressed mother and daughter with a gleam of frostiness in his gaze.

The price of the snacks on the table is sufficient to pay for Christina’s tuition fees for an entire year. Just how do they usually bully my girl?

“You’re Emilia Steele, right?” Nathaniel suddenly spoke up.

Emilia grew excited to hear her name fall from the man’s lips. “You remember my name. Nathaniel?” she replied, nodding eagerly.

The man’s brows furrowed together. “You are both daughters of the Steele family, so why is Christina wearing such inexpensive clothing while you are dressed so extravagantly?”

He sounded as if he was interrogating prisoners, pressing them for immediate responses without allowing them a moment to pause and consider their replies.

After all, she had not anticipated him to do so before everyone else, nor was she

to the public as the

but she has always been a hard-working girl and is used

living in

her for giving Nathaniel such a suitable explanation. “That’s right, Nathaniel Christina doesn’t like

clothes.”

the doorway, never anticipated that she would hear such

with costly garments. Not only that, but she would often serve delicious meals to Emilia’s

left an unelidable mark in her

like these, so I make sure to provide her with clothes from international

terms of

consternation, Nathaniel sounded affectionate whenever

very protective of Christina. Any negative comments about her would likely be met with his displeasure.

a pinch covertly. When their eyes met, through her gaze, she hinted at the latter to cease antagonizing

Nathaniel an apologetic smile. “You’re right, Nathaniel. Christina is indeed a sensible child.”

he heard her words of praise for his wife. It was

heart, and she could not help

surprise to her that Nathaniel was willing to defend her to that extent. He even deliberately. satirized Miranda

about to head into the house, Gideon grabbed her arm from

retracted her arm from his grip. “What is it, Dad?”

solemn as he handed her a document. This is a project our company preparing to develop. I’d like to collaborate with Nathaniel, so have him

get Nathaniel to sign this document. No wonder Nathaniel

said, “I usually don’t interfere with his work affairs.

was still surprisingly melodic and

face was expressionless, giving her a distant and detached

he wanted to fly into a rage bur was forced to curb his temper and put on a

my daughter and Nathaniel’s wife, so I’m sure you’ll get him to. sign this easily, he explained, thrusting the document

Christina felt like a donkey being forced to dance. Her relationship with Nathaniel was far from intimate, in which the two