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?”

dime in a dozen in places like those, with one to light one’s cigarette and another to pour one’s drinks. They’re all the same. Nathaniel is handsome. Surely there will be women who would throw themselves at him even without being paid

women by his side before, she had never

be something I should keep an

he was comforting a small, furry creature. “There are

that you wouldn’t talk to them? What if you meet someone vivacious and beautiful? Wouldn’t

human nature for men to stare at beautiful women? Even I will do a double–take when I see handsome movie stars or

eyes seemed to consume her. “I

loosened his tie and exposed his Adam’s apple, which bobbed attractively. He had some alcohol and his skin was

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

in assent, Nathaniel entered

back in bed by the time he emerged from

scent calmed him. In fact, nobody else made him

body close to his. It was in this manner the couple savored each other’s heartbeats until dawn

at Hadley Corporation with an assistant first thing the

term they would go

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

contained a calculated division of benefits, which could be taken advantage of by the opponent at the

several pages, were only finalized that night after much revision. Then,

and straightened his suit. “We’ve

Nathaniel, too, stood up. It’s not an unreasonable request to have

headed for the

Luke allowed his gaze to linger on Madison’s

that Nathaniel’s secretary was the heiress to the Taggart family, who cast aside her birthright to do something so blatantly obvious that

slight smile but did

of her own creation, Playboy, on the table. Luke picked