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.

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

chest tightened momentarily

awake.” Nathaniel rushed over to the bedside and touched her

arms,

Nathaniel asked,

Is it bleeding? I remember someone hitting

remember what she saw before losing consciousness.

the mansion. Are these people for real? They came all the way to the competition just to look for me? What

her tenderly. “Don’t worry. We’ve caught the guy,

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

her joyous victory with Nathaniel today, but now, everything

two exchanged a few more words, the doctor entered and gave Christina a full-body

serious condition, the doctor suggested 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

change Christina’s dressing, and

exact same way so he could feel

gaze darkened each time she cried out. “Be more gentle,”

simple task that she had practiced countless times, but for some reason, it suddenly began to feel a

are nerves everywhere around the wound. I can’t do this in a way that wouldn’t hurt at all. If it’s too much to bear,

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

she whimpered. “Keep going. I’ll

was, the pain

out a sigh, Christina realized how much sweat had

man’s face, too, as though he was the one who had gone through all that