Let Me Stay The Night

Nathaniel washed his hand with clean water, then rolled up his sleeves and began peeling the shrimp.

Christina watched as the food on her plate gradually increased. At first, she wasn’t bothered by it, but soon she couldn’t keep up with the speed at which he was peeling, and her plate quickly became filled with shrimp.

Once done peeling the shrimp, Nathaniel reached for the crabs, placing the large, meaty crab legs onto her plate.

Soon, Christina had a pile of food in front of her. She couldn’t help but complain, “I can’t finish all this. You can stop peeling now.”

“It’s fine. My hands are already dirty anyway, so I’ll just peel some more.” Nathaniel didn’t stop. Instead, he continued removing the crab shells and placed all the meat on her plate.

“We can take the leftovers home if we can’t finish everything,” Christina suggested, as wasting food wasn’t her habit.

He snickered. “If you can’t finish it, you’ll have to foot the bill. I don’t take leftovers.”

He’s right. Since when does the high and might Mr. Hadley take home leftovers? His real intention is to make me eat all the food before me.

Christina felt she wouldn’t be able to consume the other dishes after she finished the big plate of crab meat. After taking a few bites, she started tasting the other dishes.

Upon trying out all the food on the table, she noticed that after Nathaniel was done peeling the shrimp and washing his hands, he had been sitting there, watching her eat quietly without moving or talking.

Christina picked up a piece of meat and placed it in her mouth. Her cheeks, bulging on both sides, made her look like an adorable, innocent little bunny.

Nathaniel held a napkin and gently wiped the corner of her mouth. “You’re a grown–up, yet you eat like a child, getting food stains everywhere.”

His doting voice made him sound like an elder caring for someone younger. An unusual hint of warmth filled his eyes as he spoke.

Christina swallowed the delicious food in her mouth before asking him, “Aren’t you going to eat? It’s wasteful to have so much food left.”

“I’m tired from peeling the shrimp, so I don’t feel like moving,” he replied nonchalantly.

her mouth twitched. “In other words, you want me to feed you.”

faint smirk as if everything was going

like. I’m not the one who’s going to get hungry

He knew Christina disliked waste and wouldn’t be able to stand seeing

She burped and grumbled, “I feel like my

eating, shall we ask for the bill?”

face, “Sure. Let’s hurry up. We can rest for a while if we go back sooner. We’ll strive to finish

over to

card. After the payment, the waiter brought

rejected, “I didn’t ask for

and explained, “This

her feet and nodded in agreement. “That’s right. I requested them. Please help me pack up all these dishes and

miss. Please wait.” Then, the waiter

smiling from ear to ear. Her innocent and naive appearance

the food getting packed into the takeaway boxes, his expression turned a few

waiter handed the packed takeaway boxes to Christina. There were eight or nine

than usual. In contrast, Nathaniel walked

get in the car, he turned around and saw Christina lagging behind. He hastily retraced his steps and reached out to

much lighter. A hint of embarrassment surged within her as she looked at Nathaniel placing the takeout boxes into the trunk.

too, she said, “Let’s go to

making a detour there wouldn’t take

they arrived at the condominium’s

immediately answered the door. She was delightfully surprised to see Nathaniel and Christina. “Why didn’t you tell me in

takeout boxes from Nathaniel. “You don’t need to cook, Mom. Just heat these up for him

bags. “You bought takeout? Should I prepare some

to take a nap. Once you’ve heated up the food, you can rest.

her outerwear, and lay