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 and finally understood after reading

headlines.

intern hitched a ride in the director’s Mercedes after work!

tarnished the reputation of Radiant Corporation by sleeping around!

Steele has to be stopped!

blown out of proportion, and practically every employee had shared the

car,

designers, and the director was the ultimate prize. It was a crime for Christina to sink her claws in both of them!

finished reading the article. Even her fingertips were cold.

to the top because my designs made the cut despite me

a ridiculous

without inadvertently revealing that I’m

rendered her silent.

ignore this matter and hope it would

as Christina had thought but were exacerbated instead, and every designer had voiced their desire

Radiant Corporation using her beauty for an advantage

was also an insult to the other hardworking designers.

arrived at the office in the

her small desk.

was too much of a frenzy, and the security

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

if Christina doesn’t turn in her resignation letter today, it will be an insult to

we leave!”

Nathaniel and Christina was. Even so, he

then this girl

someone gets into his car,

suggests…

less about this matter, but

was feeling conflicted as he was personally unwilling to fire a beautiful woman. His face twisted into an awkward expression. “Why don’t

the most polite way out

for Christina to resist and embarrass herself further now that he had

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