Let Me Stay The Night

Chapter 155

Chapter 155 This Is Our Home

Everyone fell silent, and the atmosphere soon grew awkward.

Christina turned to Olivia in surprise, feeling as though she had been lied to.

Wait, so these two aren’t related by blood? Why didn’t anyone tell me this before?

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She shifted her gaze toward Nathaniel, wondering if Olivia had romantic feelings for him given the shy look she had just given him.

Olivia appeared visibly uncomfortable, but it was unclear if it was due to guilt from withholding the truth from Christina or from being exposed.

She put down her fork and gave Christina a pitiful look. “Please don’t misunderstand, Christina,” Olivial said. “Mom has always treated me like her own, and Aunt Julia and I are as close as family.”

Christina narrowed her eyes. When did I mention misunderstanding anything? Isn’t Olivia giving herself away by saying that?

“Let’s just cat,” she said, brushing aside the unpleasant interlude.

After dinner. Christina and Nathaniel went upstairs to retire for the night while Olivia remained downstairs in the living room on the pretext of watching television.

The house fell into an eerie silence as the housekeeper turned off all the lights around midnight.

Olivia stole a glance at the stairs, then scanned her surroundings before making her way toward them.

She had been paying attention to the commotion upstairs and knew that Nathaniel was probably still in his study.

Olivia poured a glass of warm milk and made her way upstairs.

The second floor was expansive and dimly lit, except for the study, where a soft silver light spilled into the hallway.

Olivia felt nervous as she approached the door with the glass of milk.

Before entering the study, she tugged at the collar of her pajamas and bit her lip, trying to make herself appear weak and pitiful.

“Nathaniel, have a glass of warm milk. Take a break,” she said softly as she entered the room.

up, fixing his deep, dark eyes on

by his piercing gaze. He exuded a regal air that

anyone.

dismissing her before she could even

Olivia was determined not to

clutched the glass of warm milk and walked over to Nathaniel, staring at him with innocent eyes. “Nathaniel, please don’t

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it. He smacked the glass from her hand, spilling the milk all over the floor, causing Olivia to cry out in shock and fall to

and turning in bed in the

scream.

sensed the tension in the room. Nathaniel’s handsome face was filled with a

down.

broke into tears when she saw Christina. “Christina, I

warm milk…”

commotion. He immediately caught on to Olivia’s deceitful intentions and knew she had no business being

enter Mr. Hadley’s study?” he demanded, repulsed by the young

actions.

approached Olivia, who was still

pajamas, which left little to the imagination. From that

her chest tightened at the sight, but she quickly regained her composure and helped Olivia up. “I’m sorry. It’s

Olivia, putting on a piteous

my advantage and even get to

thought in mind, Olivia leaned on Christina for support and said softly, “I brought in the glass of milk over for Nathaniel since you fell

alone.”

roll his eyes at Olivia’s obvious

why can’t Mrs. Hadley see through her

to clean up the spilled

all my fault. None of this would have happened if I had turned down

still mulling over how she could convince Christina to let her sleep in the master bedroom when Christina’s words hit her like a

had misheard. “Christina, please don’t blame yourself. It

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