Let Me Stay The Night

Christina snorted. “Did you give me a chance to explain myself?”

The female coworkers’ faces turned glum. They couldn’t defend themselves.

“Who accused me of being the perpetrator and demanded I apologize the moment they walked in?” Christina added.

Their faces reddened out of sheer embarrassment.

There’s no way I’m going to apologize. This is just too humiliating.

With that in mind, Penelope continued to pinch her bleeding nose and whimpered, “Ugh… My head’s spinning…”

Then, she inhaled sharply and collapsed onto a coworker.

“Quick! Take her to the hospital!”

“Call an ambulance!”

A few staff members carried the “unconscious” Penelope and left in a hurry.

The rest of the crowd dispersed like the wind.

“Tell me if they mess with you again,” said Francis when he and Christina were left alone.

“It’s fine. I’m not a child,” the woman replied and walked out of the room.

Francis watched her leave, his heart swirling with inexplicable emotions.

He knew she was being forced to stay, but he didn’t want her to leave either.

Upon returning to Scenic Garden Manor and taking off her shoes, the two children ran straight into the living room.

“Mommy! You’ve been coming back from work so late these days.”

Camila wrapped her arms around Christina’s waist. “You haven’t slept with me for so long.”

“Then I’ll sleep with you both tonight, okay?” The woman picked her children up and pecked them on the cheek.

“Get into bed and wait for me. I’ll be right there after my shower,” she said as they walked up the stairs together.

“Okay, Mommy!” With that, the toddlers ran back to their room, hand in hand.

faintly before walking

better after putting on

into her children’s room. With a child in each arm, she

tell us a bedtime story. Mominy?” Laicas requested, brushing his nose against her neck and making

their daddy had to go far, far away to hunt, leaving the mommy and children to live

the best way to break it

should talk to them like this every night from now on,

water. “Are you talking about us, Mommy?”

not get to see him. very often. But he loves you both very much, okay?”

blinked with curiosity.

time for bed now. You still have school tomorrow.”

their foreheads and tucked them in before falling asleep with the two

stood outside the door with a darkened gaze. He had heard every word that came out

just told. All she

the children into leaving him caused the gloominess in

the next morning, feeling much more refreshed compared to when she

up. Lucas. It’s time for school!” She gave Lucas

boy pouted and turned over. “Let me sleep just a

gotten his sleeping in tendencies

him up and nibbled on his fingers. “If you don’t wake up, the big bad wolf will bite

the big bad wolf, and Lucas was no exception. “No! I don’t want the big bad wolf to bite me!” he

up and get ready for breakfast, then,” the woman coaxed,

out of bed and dashed

gazed at Camila, noticing how soundly she was sleeping.

little girl got up obediently upon hearing

breakfast, the three of them headed out the

had dropped the children off at kindergarten, Christina stopped by a bookstore and bought a

do her research at

Besides, even if they were to get a divorce, she had

these terms, but what

had been on her mind since four years ago, but she could never

noon came, Rayne knocked on her door to invite her to lunch “Hey, Christina! Shall

feel like

to bring something

“Okay. Thanks, Rayne.”