Let Me Stay The Night

Chapter 297 Watch A Movie

Julia beamed and nodded eagerly. “Remember to drink it while it’s still hot, I’ll head back now.”

Nathaniel glanced at the thermos flask in front of him and picked it up. At once, the strong scent of traditional medicine hit his nostrils.

His allergic reaction caused by misogyny was a vulnerability, a weakness he had to keep hidden. If news of his condition were to spread, it would pose a significant threat to him.

He downed the herbal concoction in one go.

The elevator doors slid open.

Christina was heading to the office with the lunchbox when she ran into Jewel, who had just come out of Madison’s office.

They couldn’t stand the sight of each other.

Christina stared straight ahead, refusing to look at Jewell

When they walked past each other, Jewel couldn’t stop herself from grabbing Christina’s hand. She cast a contemptuous look at the lunchbox and sneered, “Do you think you’re a five–star chef? How dare you cook for Nathaniel?”

Her voice was dripping with sarcasm.

Christina swiftly pulled back her hand, knowing that the more Jewel grew furious, the calmer she needed to be. “Nathaniel adores my cooking. He always polishes off the dishes I prepare for him.”

Jewel finally grasped the unsettling sensation of witnessing someone speak with the utmost provocation in the calmest demeanor. Christina might appear gentle on the surface, but beneath her façade lay a person armed with sharp thorns.

Her eyes nearly popped out of her sockets as she flushed in anger. “Stop acting all smug. When Nathaniel gets better, he’ll discard you and get a better, prettier, and more efficient wife!”

Christina didn’t understand what she meant. She couldn’t comprehend the meaning behind Jewel’s cryptic statement. Nathaniel had always been in good health, or so she believed. Why was Jewel insinuating. otherwise? Her words seemed like nonsensical ramblings to Christina.

Has she lost her mind after I angered her?

the truth and turned around, fleeing

words and walked

constantly. However, the pungent aroma of the traditional

sour note that morning, but after she calmed

her palms as she blinked at him innocently like a child who had done something wrong. She looked so

eat together?” she asked softly like a kitten

The gloom in Nathaniel’s

the coffee table. Suddenly, she frowned and asked, “Nathaniel, why

earlier, came Nathaniel’s reply. His expression stiffened. He wasn’t good

to his strange reaction. She unpacked her lunchbox and smiled, for him to join her. “Come,

the file he was holding aside

revealing a black vest and crisp white shirt that showcased his muscular body.

Christina and began eating in an elegant

and care she had put into preparing the simple, home–cooked

will you get off work tonight? I’ll go pick

out of his suit jacket, so her cheeks were still crimson. “I… have to meet a client

“Okay.”

they had lunch, Christina settled on the couch to

waist and pulled her into his arms. His hot breath fanned her nape as he asked. “Should we watch

tired?” Christina blinked adorably,

work schedule made it difficult for them to do so. By the time

stopped

earlobe and drawled lazily, “I’m not tired. Let’s pick

a frightened kitten. “Okay, let’s make it at nine–thirty. You can

burning sensation on her nape spread all over her body,

on the back of her neck and nibbled on her

to take an afternoon nap in his office. She

Christina felt much better after making the

the afternoon holed up in the tailor room, focusing on her designs. As