Let Me Stay The Night

“Daddy, Mommy, we…” Lucas was at a loss for words as she stared at them both blankly.

Camila looked up, her lashes wet with tears. “Daddy, Mommy, have you made up? You won’t fight anymore, right?”

It took Christina a while to calm down and stop crying. She gazed at her daughter’s innocent expression and patted her head gently. “Yes, we’ve stopped fighting. We will never fight again.”

“Daddy and Mommy won’t be apart,” Nathaniel said, his voice firm.

Camila’s eyes lit up. “Wow! Look, Lucas. God is amazing. Daddy and Mommy aren’t fighting anymore!”

Mr. Patel really didn’t lie to us!

Lucas broke into a grin. “Yes, Camila. We did it!”

Christina was left speechless as she felt a surge of emotions upon realizing that her children had prayed for her.

Feeling bad, she gazed at them both and said, “Your hair and clothes are wet. Let me bring you home.”

The children had been caught in the rain and were completely drenched.

They were oblivious to their soaked state until Christina pointed it out to them. A sudden chill ran down their spines as they became aware of their sopping-wet clothes.

“Achoo!” Camila rubbed her nose and threw herself into Nathaniel’s arms. “Daddy, hold me. Mommy is going to hit our butts soon!”

Lucas and I loved playing in the rain. Every time, Mommy would scold us and make us stand as a punishment, warning us about catching a cold from being drenched. It had been some time since I had done that, but today I had no choice but to do so.

Nathaniel pressed a kiss on her forehead. “Good girl, Mommy won’t hit your butt today. Let’s head home.”

Christina cradled Lucas in her arms, while Nathaniel held Camila close as they walked out of the church together.

Lucas and Camila a shower. The children, exhausted from their long walk, quickly succumbed to

drained their energy from walking for hours and fell into a deep

their foreheads lightly before

seemed to be

gazes, and his tall

“Let’s talk.”

left the door ajar, a clear signal

into the room and closed

talk about Madison and Norman,” he started. Due to the emergency earlier, he didn’t

lowered her head, her eyelashes shielding her emotions. “I don’t want the children to experience any more heartbreak. Whatever you decide to do with Madison is up to you, but I won’t

Nathaniel abruptly pulled her toward him with force. His eyes glinted with an icy intensity as he declared, “I am not in a relationship with Madison. She has always been my assistant,

scene grew tense as Nathaniel

as Christina didn’t even care

assistant? If you insist, then tell me who Norman is. If you want to lie to me, at

she uttered felt like a stab of a knife, tearing apart her dignity and pride

deeply regretted her decision of coming back as she was now forced to face the memories that filled

Nathaniel’s brows as he pulled out his

Sebastian quickly

open and immediately sense

can I do for you?” he asked, his heart pounding in his chest. His

commanded

Sebastian responded honestly, “Mrs. Hadley, Norman is an orphan whom Mr. Hadley sponsors. He is quite introverted, so Mr. Hadley often

filled with disbelief as

adores Mr. Hadley, so he often tells others that Mr. Hadley is his daddy.

phone and clicked into a folder containing photos of Norman at the orphanage, along

ensuring regular outings for fun. This was the reason he had

kind intention had allowed Madison