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.

fixing his

by his piercing gaze. He exuded

anyone.

coldly, dismissing her before she could even approach

Olivia was determined not to give

of warm milk and walked over to Nathaniel, staring at him with innocent

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hand, spilling the milk all over the floor, causing Olivia

and turning in bed in the adjacent room, was jolted awake by

scream.

Nathaniel’s handsome face was filled with a cold expression, and his anger was palpable, threatening to burn the whole

down.

saw Christina. “Christina, I just wanted to

warm milk…”

to Olivia’s deceitful intentions and knew

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

actions.

was still trembling on the

left little to the imagination.

sight, but she quickly regained

Christina,” replied Olivia, putting on a piteous

this to my advantage and even get to

mind, Olivia leaned on Christina for support and said softly, “I brought in the glass

alone.”

eyes at Olivia’s obvious

why can’t Mrs. Hadley see through

to clean up the

of this would have happened if I had turned down your request.

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

had misheard. “Christina, please don’t blame yourself. It was my fault. I’ll be

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