Let Me Stay The Night

“Why would you want to meet me in a place like this? Have you become a party girl during my absence?” Christina asked while pinching her cheeks.

Bailey gave her waist a tight hug and replied with a smile, “Of course not! This bar belongs to a friend of mine. I just came over to support his business. That’s all! Now, enough talk about me. Do you have any idea how much I’ve missed you? Tell me where you’ve been throughout the past four years!”

Christina proceeded to give her a brief summary of the events that took place. Bailey got so mad at Nathaniel after hearing her story that she wanted to chop him up into pieces.

“Unbelievable! I thought he loved you, but he turned out to be a possessive control freak! As if that wasn’t bad enough, he even had the audacity to use the kids to threaten you into staying with him!” she shouted while slamming her fist on the table.

Christina felt glad to know that she had someone who actually cared about her. “It’s fine. I can handle it. I’ve managed to survive all these years, and he isn’t really giving me a hard time now. Anyway, let’s not ruin the mood by talking about such sad things. Cheers!”

In the mean time, Raymond had called Christina several times using the landline at Scenic Garden Manor, -but she never answered her phone.

“How is it? Is Mrs. Hadley still not picking up?” Sebastian asked anxiously.

The butler put the phone down and shook his head. “Mrs. Hadley would usually pick up if we call her using this landline. I’m assuming she and Mr. Hadley got into a very huge fight this time.”

Sebastian, too, had no idea why things had gotten worse between them after they returned from the amusement park,

The doctor came down from the second floor.

“How is Mr. Hadley doing, doctor?” Sebastian asked anxiously.

“Things are not looking good. The wound on his back has gotten inflamed because it wasn’t treated in time, so he’s at risk of getting an infection. On top of that, he is also burning up with a high fever. If this goes on, he could catch pneumonia. I have suggested Mr. Hadley seek treatment at a hospital, but he refused and wouldn’t even take his medication,” the doctor replied with a stern look on his face.

Mutual cooperation between patient and doctor was necessary for a treatment to be successful, so there wasn’t much the doctor could do in this situation.

“I’ll leave the medication here. Please send Mr. Hadley to a hospital immediately if his condition worsens,” the doctor continued and left the house.

“Mrs. Hadley is the only

Hadley leave the

about her whereabouts,” Raymond replied as he whipped

bar? Hurry up and tell her that Mr. Hadley is very sick. We need her to come home immediately!”

Mrs. Hadley is out there partying while Mr. Hadley is

expression turned extremely gloomy at

two glasses of cocktails, Christina was feeling a little tipsy even though

sick, Mrs. Hadley! Please return to the manor immediately!” said the driver.

a little furrow between her eyebrows as she replied, “He should see a doctor if he’s

Sebastian and Raymond were able to hear what she said.

become so cold

Mr. Hadley is-”

out with my friend right now,” Christina cut him off.

The driver turned around and walked out

around her shoulder and asked,

recalled what Nathaniel did to her at the amusement park. Hmph! Serves him

cocktail in an attempt to drown her negative emotions. “He has doctors

her a thumbs up when she saw how determined Christina was. “Well said!

two of them had a few more rounds of drinks before finally leaving

home. Make sure to text me when you get home, okay?” Bailey said while waving. goodbye.

“All right.”

and the driver floored the accelerator all the way back to

front door, Christina got out and

her and said anxiously, “Mrs. Hadley! Please go have a look at Mr. Hadley! He’s very sick and refuses to