Let Me Stay The Night

Chapter 264 Unrequited

She was greeted by a gust of cold air upon exiting the private room, dampening the warmth that had arisen in her.

Walking behind Nathaniel, Madison replayed the incident of him spurning Luke for her.

Mr. Hadley cares about me. He rejects another man’s advances toward me as soon as he sees his intentions.

Lowering her head, Madison smiled surreptitiously to herself.

As soon as they emerged from the hotel entrance, Sebastian sent Nathaniel home.

Madison stared until the black Maybach disappeared into the distance before looking away reluctantly.

It was late at night when he arrived back at Scenic Garden Manor.

Nathaniel pushed open the door and found Christina on the couch, exploring an illustration software on her tablet.

She wore her hair in a ponytail and was dressed in a long sleeping gown. She wore a pair of white socks, and the way her feet swung idly looked endearing.

Hearing the footsteps, Christina turned around. She narrowed her eyes. “Have you been smoking, Mr. Hadley?”

The stench of alcohol and burnt tobacco was especially pungent against the faint fragrance of the room.

Only when he sniffed his jacket did Nathaniel realize it stank. “I had business to discuss earlier.”

Like an agile kitten, Christina leaped off the couch and arrived before him in several quick strides. “At a karaoke lounge? Or a private room? Were there pretty girls to drink with you?”

and another to pour one’s drinks. They’re all

As there were scarcely any women by his side before, she had never

appears to be something I should

was comforting a small, furry creature. “There are occasions when I’m forced to be

makes you so sure that you wouldn’t talk

Even I will do a double–take when I see handsome movie stars or models at work.

seemed to consume her. “I promise I wouldn’t. I’m going to take a

attractively. He had some alcohol and his skin was flushed pink which

muscular chest peeking out from his shirt and gave a cough to mask her

in assent, Nathaniel

time he emerged from his shower. He

In fact, nobody else made him

around Christina’s waist, pulling her tiny body close to his. It was in this manner the couple savored each

with an assistant first thing the

brewed coffee, Madison prepared the documents and the computers on which they could make immediate amendments to any term they would go over during the meeting. As soon as the details were

spent the entire morning going over the finer points of the agreement,

and war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained a

were only finalized that night after much revision. Then, Sebastian left to print the

“We’ve finally

not an unreasonable request to have a drink after completing

headed for the

an arm on the bar, Luke allowed his gaze to linger on Madison’s exquisite figure. “I never

ago that Nathaniel’s secretary was the heiress to the Taggart family, who cast aside her birthright to do

a slight smile

mix of her own creation, Playboy, on the table. Luke picked one up and took