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.

the company’s forum to figure out the problem and finally

headlines.

a ride in the

tarnished the reputation of Radiant Corporation by sleeping

to be

out of proportion, and practically every employee

the director’s car, but also on

the prince charming in the circle of designers, and the director was the ultimate prize. It was a crime for Christina to sink her claws in

she finished reading the article. Even her fingertips

way to the top because my designs made the cut despite me being new.

ridiculous

inadvertently revealing that I’m Mrs. Hadley or

rendered her silent.

grudgingly ignore this matter and hope it

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

tolerate a designer in Radiant Corporation using her beauty

but was also

Christina arrived at the office in the

her small desk.

of a frenzy, and the security guards immediately informed the CEO

minutes later to find a small crowd had

assistant team leader, challenged, “Mr. Sacchetti, if Christina doesn’t turn in her resignation letter today, it will be an insult to the rest of the hardworking designers. Either she goes, or

we leave!”

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

Nathaniel warned me away, then this girl was photographed entering

a germaphobe who will nitpick every time someone gets into his car,

suggests…

could care less about this matter, but

twisted into an awkward expression. “Why don’t you take some time off, Christina? We’ll make a decision once I get to

most polite way out

for Christina to resist and embarrass herself further now

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