Let Me Stay The Night

Bailey’s words did not help ease Christina of her worry. “What if you encounter some bad people here

With that, Christina reached out to grab Bailey’s hand. It would not harm anyone to let the latter stay the rught at Scenic Garden Manor if she did not want to go home

“Go on home. I’ll take her home.” Julian piped up.

That suggestion sounded feasible to Nathaniel. “Take good care of her. Just make sure she doesn’t go missing

While Christina hesitated, Bailey swatted the former’s hand away and groaned. “I’m a grown woman. What’s there to worry about?”

Despite getting rejected, Christina reminded Bailey before leaving, “Remember to call me.”

Bailey waved her hand impatiently and urged Christina to leave.

Even so, the arrangement left Christina slightly uneasy. “Mr. Forrester won’t do anything to Bailey, right?”

Bailey was a woman with a sweet-looking appearance, while Julian had a calm and composed demeanor. Regardless, a book should not be judged by its cover. What if he’s a playboy?

As if reading her mind, Nathaniel assured her. “He came back to the country this time to get married. Don’t worry. He won’t be interested in your friend.”

Julian was a reliable person.

Hence, Christina felt much relieved after hearing his answer.

When the two were finally out of Bailey’s sight, she turned around to head to the restroom.

She splashed cold water onto her face, for she often fluctuated from sobriety to grogginess when she was tipsy. That was when her phone rang.

When she saw the caller ID was “Queen Mother,” she ignored it and stuffed the phone into her pocket.

Then, she stepped out into the hallway and accidentally bumped into a passerby.

The two recognized each other after exchanging gazes. The passerby was one of her many blind dates.

Sizing her up, the man sneered, “Why did you block my number after our date?”

“There was no need for us to continue talking to each other,” she answered plainly and ignored him.

She had only taken a few steps when he grabbed her wrist and pinned her against the wall. “I thought you were a goody two shoes. Who would’ve thought you were this wild? I think we’re quite suited for each other.”

Bailey scoffed. “Humans and animals are completely different species. How could we be suitable for each other?”

The man’s face flushed red with anger. “Who are you calling an animal? What’s with the act? From what I can see, you’re the type to fool around.”

With a smack, Bailey slapped the man, followed by a kick.

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the ground with a cry, his face flushed bright red. “B*tch, how dare

you get for being so foul-mouthed. Looks like no one taught you manners, so let me teach

Bailey gave him

kicked hard as she cursed, “Do you think you can scold me as you like? Do you ever look in

strength and how many times she had kicked.

shoulder. Shocked, Bailey turned her head and realized it was the

she exclaimed, “What

punished.” Julian spoke softly and

further away, she warned the person lying on the floor, “Walk away when you see me

thrown into the

Julian started his car

gotten too agitated earlier, so now she felt dizzy, like the world was spinning around her. She leaned back in her seat, looking

tending to a rebellious child. Exasperated and left

before he sent her home the next day

felt a warm touch on his chest. He lowered his head and saw

she took it a step

swerved to

hand off. “What

her reddened hand and muttered indistinctively, “Didn’t you get buff so that people would touch

and decided not to take offense from

act recklessly again, so he said solemnly, “Stop messing around. I won’t shrug it off just

off the car, mister? If that’s the case. I’ll

got up and tried

However,

smell so

a sniff of Julian’s scent.

that Bailey’s faint fragrance, mixed with the smell of alcohol, rushed into Julian’s

at the handsome face before her and couldn’t help but lean in to kiss him

that Julian gave off captivated her. Inevitably, she was charmed

streetlights,

it was already late at night when Christina returned to

fast asleep. She dared not

she took a shower, the smell of alcohol from her body dissipated tremendously.

couch, she dried her hair while sorting

birth parents? Does the collapse of Hadley Corporation have something to do with my identity? Why didn’t Nathaniel say anything when he’s known my identity all along? What exactly happened? Who can

in a daze. He took the

up as she listened to the sound of

Christina had a petite body frame. Hence, it was

gently on the bed and said softly, “Get some rest. I have a video conference at the study later. Go ahead and sleep without

that, he planted a kiss on her forehead and got

her side, wrapping herself in the quilt tightly. Her thoughts were

she got tired of thinking, she dozed off.