Let Me Stay The Night

Nathaniel sat by the bed, watching over Christina intently while his hand held onto hers.

According to the doctor, her injury wasn’t too serious, and she would wake up once the anesthesia wore off.

Still, Nathaniel couldn’t help but worry. Christina would surely be terrified if she were to wake up and not see him next to her.

Outside the window, the pitch-black sky began to glower in what felt like a blink of an eye.

As the morning rays seeped into the room at dawn, Nathaniel finally realized he had remained seated there the whole night.

The door to the ward was pushed open, and Sebastian walked in. Seeing Christina lying in bed made him inexplicably upset.

“We’ve got the culprit, Mr. Hadley, but we’re waiting for the police to interrogate them before we can move on to the next step,” he leaned into Nathaniel’s ear and reported.

The latter’s eyes narrowed, and his wrath instantly permeated the air in the entire room. “Follow the police closely. I want to know every single detail.”

There’s no way they’d attack her without reason. They wouldn’t do that just because they wanted to steal her work. Someone must be behind this whole incident.

“Yes, Mr. Hadley,” Sebastian answered and left right away.

A nurse came in to replace Christina’s bag a while later, and she couldn’t help but glance at the man sitting nearby. He was extraordinarily handsome but looked so icy that one might get frostbite just from being gazed at by him.

“Ah! It hurts…” A meek voice cried out softly.

After a long slumber, Christina finally opened her eyes only to shut them immediately due to the glaring sunlight. A wave of pain came from the back of her head, causing her to nearly pass out again

“I’ll get the doctor!” the nurse announced hastily upon seeing her wake up.

to observe her surroundings. Then, it dawned on her that she

tightened momentarily before

Nathaniel rushed over to the bedside and touched her forehead with the back of his hand. She’s not feverish. Thank

Christina leaned into his arms, appearing as though she

anywhere?” Nathaniel asked, holding her by

hurts so much. Is it bleeding? I remember someone

remember what she saw before losing consciousness. She felt as if she had seen

to hurt me back at the mansion. Are these people for real? They came all the way to the competition just to look for me? What did I ever do to make someone try to get

tenderly. “Don’t worry. We’ve caught the guy, and the police are interrogating him now. We’ll be sure

are crazy. We can’t

was supposed to celebrate her joyous victory with Nathaniel

two exchanged a few more words, the doctor entered and

she remain hospitalized since her injury hadn’t healed. She didn’t need stitches, but there was a risk of the wound tearing by accident, so it was best if she stayed for a few days and left only after

returned at noon to change Christina’s dressing, and

exact same way so he could feel how much

time she cried out. “Be more

a simple task that she had practiced countless times, but

in a way that wouldn’t hurt at all. If it’s too much to bear, shall I get the doctor to give you some

anesthetized threw Christina off. While the drug would ease her pain, it would also make her head spin all

I don’t want anesthesia,” she whimpered. “Keep going. I’ll bear

the pain remained. Thankfully, it

realized how much sweat had gathered on her palm

a huge scowl on the man’s face, too, as though he was