Let Me Stay The Night

Christina went into the house and saw Anya waiting for her inside with her arms folded.

She ignored her and walked in.

“Stop right there.”

Christina arched a brow. “What’s up?”

Anya’s gaze darkened. “The financial department told me you asked them for my recent reimbursement and contracts. What are you trying to do?”

Christina was momentarily stunned. She did not expect the news to reach her ears so soon. “It’s just a standard cross-checking procedure. Why are you so nervous?”

“My financial reports are all approved. Why do you need to cross-check them?” Anya asked. her eyes narrowed.

“In that case, why did you come to ask me about it? Are you guilty of something?” Christina scoffed.

Anya was bereft of words.

Seeing that she had nothing else to say, Christina walked away and went upstairs. Judging by Anya’s reaction, it’s obvious that she’s guilty of something. There must be something fishy going on with those financial reports.

Christina only put her guard down after she arrived in her room upstairs.

After taking a shower, she went to bed with her damp hair.

When she woke up the next morning, she felt her head spinning. Back then, Nathaniel would dry my hair for me before I went to bed.

She quickly shook her head. Why am I thinking about him?

Christina changed into a dress and walked out of the room. A housekeeper approached her and said, “Ms. Christina, Mr. Gibson is asking for you. He’s in the study.”

Christina went to the study on the third floor.

the windows was opened in the study,

sitting at his desk and practicing writing, exuding an intimidating

see me, Dad?”

dare to disrupt his rest

work?” Timothy asked

up to him, got him

told, Timothy knew everything that had been going

nodded in satisfaction and focused on his writing.

this, Dad!” Christina praised.

“Christina, today is your mother’s death anniversary. I think it’s time I bring you to

times before. Although he said he would bring me there, he never did. It turns

house shortly after that, and their driver sent them to the entrance of the cemetery.

of the quiet corners, they stood. in the open.

the tombstone showed the face of a graceful

at the photo, and

filled with sadness.

Timothy piped up. “Christina, I think it’s time I tell you that it was the people from Hadley Corporation who murdered your mom back then.

grimmer as

brows. After a short moment of silence, she said,

a secret he had been

Hadley Corporation competed for the land rights of

then. The winner would ultimately become stronger in the industry. At that time, Hadley Corporation was having trouble due to the shoddy real estate properties they built. Hence, their reputation took a hit. They committed the cruel act when they realized they were losing out to Gibson Corporation. On that particular day, they invited your mother and me to discuss a deal between the two families. The landslide happened shortly after we arrived at the meeting spot. According to the experts, the landslide was most probably man-made. Back then, there weren’t any surveillance cameras, so no one was ever caught. Years have since gone by, and I still

could only stare at the photo on the tombstone. She was dumbstruck when she heard about what had happened back

returned to her senses when she felt her legs going numb. “What

an obligation to avenge the