Let Me Stay The Night

Chapter 29

Chapter 29 Shunning Christina

Christina left work in a cheerful mood and broke the news to Evelyn that her design had been selected by the company.

Evelyn was overjoyed, and she hurried into the kitchen to prepare a few more dishes to celebrate.

Christina went into her bedroom, kicked off her slippers, and sprawled on the bed to scroll through her phone when she received an international call.

A hypnotic male voice said, “Have you gotten off work?”

Christina stilled for a moment before returning. “Nathaniel?”

The hoarseness in his voice lent credence to how busy he had been for the past few days, but the fact that she didn’t recognize his voice darkened his mood.

He gave a low hum, and both of them fell silent. “Did anyone deliberately approach you in my absence?”

Christina’s brows drew together as she did not understand what he was implying.

“No,” she answered honestly.

Nathaniel said unemotionally. “Okay, I’m hanging up now.”

Before he disconnected, she heard someone in the background shouting about a meeting starting, as if he had carved out time from his hectic schedule to give her a call before resuming work.

Christina stared at the unfamiliar number and hesitated for a moment before saving it to her contacts.

Evelyn called her out for dinner a while later.

After a good night’s rest, Christina changed into a petite suit and went to work the next morning-

She felt eyes boring into her with contempt the moment she walked into the office as if she was everyone’s common enemy.

Why the drastic change after one night?

Christina felt like an alien in everyone’s eyes, a feeling that left a sour taste in her mouth.

out the problem

headlines.

hitched a ride in the director’s

of Radiant Corporation by sleeping around!

has to be

proportion, and practically every

news didn’t only spin a narration about her getting into the director’s car,

the ultimate prize. It

seeped into her bones as she finished reading the

sleeps her way to the top because my designs made the cut despite me

ridiculous joke!

clear up the rumors without inadvertently revealing that I’m Mrs. Hadley or having Nathaniel step forward?

her

this matter and hope

the rumors didn’t peter out as Christina had thought but were exacerbated instead, and every designer had

Corporation using

was

office in the morning,

her small desk.

was too much of a frenzy, and the security guards immediately informed the CEO and vice

to the design department a few minutes later to find a small crowd had surrounded Christina and were clamoring for her resignation.

assistant team leader, challenged, “Mr. Sacchetti, if Christina doesn’t turn in her resignation letter today, it will be an insult

we leave!”

seen the photos online, but he wasn’t sure what the relationship between Nathaniel and Christina was. Even so, he had seen

warned me away, then this girl was

germaphobe who will nitpick every time someone gets into

suggests…

care less about this matter, but he had to resolve

expression. “Why don’t you take some time off, Christina? We’ll make a decision

was the most polite

embarrass herself further now that he had

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