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.

the light, Christina opened them once again to observe her surroundings. Then, it dawned on her that she was

chest tightened momentarily

over to the bedside and touched her forehead with the back of his

Christina leaned into his arms, appearing as though

anywhere?” Nathaniel asked, holding her by

it bleeding? I remember someone hitting

what she saw before losing consciousness. She felt as if

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

as he gazed at her tenderly. “Don’t worry. We’ve caught the guy, and the

scoffed. “Those guys are crazy. We can’t let him off no matter

victory with Nathaniel today, but now,

words, the doctor entered

healed. She didn’t need stitches, but there was a risk of the

change Christina’s dressing, and the latter

be struck the exact same way so he could feel how much pain

she cried out.

simple task that she had practiced countless times, but for

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

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

No. I don’t want anesthesia,” she whimpered. “Keep going. I’ll

matter how gentle she was, the pain remained. Thankfully, it didn’t take

much sweat had gathered on her palm while

on the man’s face, too, as though he was the one who had