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?”

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

thought made her feel uneasy. As there were scarcely any women by his side before,

something I should keep an

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

child’s. “What makes you so sure that you wouldn’t talk

men to stare at beautiful women? Even I will do

eyes seemed to consume her. “I promise I

some alcohol and his skin was flushed pink which made him look

gaze away from his muscular chest peeking out from his shirt and

Nathaniel

he emerged from his

fact, nobody else made him feel

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

with an assistant

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 ironed out, they could then

spent the entire morning going over the finer points of the agreement, going through several cups of coffee as they did

of the discussion was conducted by only two people–exemplifying the juxtaposition between business and war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained

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

his seat and straightened his suit. “We’ve finally

bar in my office.” Nathaniel, too, stood up. It’s not an unreasonable request to have a drink after completing the

headed for the bar

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

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

gave a slight smile but did not

a mix of her own creation, Playboy, on the table.