Let Me Stay The Night

“Mom, how could you let a stranger into our house?” Christina grumbled under her breath before putting on her shoes.

“Nathaniel isn’t a stranger, Christina. Don’t be rude,” Sharon replied earnestly.

Since her mother was around, Christina had no choice but to hide her dislike of Nathaniel. As she walked to the dining table, the sight of a huge spread caused her to feel a pang of heartache. “Mom, didn’t I tell you not to cook so many dishes? You’ve just recovered, so you can’t overwork.”

“I’m feeling fine. Besides, Nathaniel rarely comes over, so of course, I should be a good host,” Sharon responded gently. She was on bed rest for six months, but when she could move freely on her own, Christina forbade her from exercising. As a result, she was itching to get active from being cooped up at home every day.

To her, it made sense to cook more dishes since she rarely had two people joining her for a meal.

Christina pouted. Truth be told, she loved her mother’s cooking, but she simply could not bear seeing Sharon overwork herself. That was why she only went back for meals a few days. a week instead of every single day.

When the three of them took their seats at the dining table, Christina naturally sat down next to her mother, but Sharon stopped her. “Why are you sitting next to me? Go and sit beside. Nathaniel.”

“It doesn’t matter who I sit with, Mom,” Christina said. I don’t want to sit next to him.

Sharon glanced at her. Sensing her mother’s displeasure, Christina could only stand up and sit next to Nathaniel obediently.

The sight of them sitting beside each other brought Sharon great satisfaction. With a nod, she said, “All right. Let’s dig in.”

As soon as those words fell from her lips, she reached out and placed a large drumstick on Nathaniel’s plate. “Have you lost weight recently, Nathaniel?”

Christina glared at the drumstick. That’s my favorite. How could Mom give it to him?

Nathaniel was not in a hurry to begin his meal. Instead, he patiently answered Sharon’s question. “I’d been busy with work recently and had to accompany Christina everywhere, so I had not been eating my meals on time.”

The second he finished his utterances, he felt someone pinching his thigh harshly. Puzzled,

his head and found Christina glaring at him with her lips pressed

he took my drumstick, and now he’s telling on me? He should think about what he

in a temper until the latter suddenly talked about bringing her to Hallsbay. That was when she realized Christina had quarreled with Nathaniel.

at the dining table, so Sharon simply exhorted her daughter, “It’s normal for married couples to argue every now and then. Talk things out with Nathaniel. He’s not an unreasonable person. You’re an adult, Christina, and you should learn

her mother would take Nathaniel’s side, Christina did not argue and merely bit her lip. While she would agree to anything Sharon brought up to her face, she was free to do whatever

it. Let’s eat.” Christina placed a piece of meat on her mother’s plate.

though Christina was not her biological daughter, she was brought up by her. Considering Christina’s gentle and strong personality, Sharon trusted her to do the right

figure casting a long shadow over

“Go take a seat on the couch, Nathaniel. I’ll cut up

cooking. I’ll wash the dishes, so you can go rest for a bit,” Nathaniel replied as he took his suit jacket off and slung it over the back of the

watch off and rolled up his sleeves to

Nathaniel. I’ll do it,” Sharon hurriedly said. She was not about to let the CEO of Hadley Corporation wash dishes for her. That simply did

put down the tableware in her hand and gently pulled her mother in the direction. of the couch. “Mom, you said so yourself that

with Christina, so she sat down

television. I’ll cut up some fruit for you in a

right. Quickly go help Nathaniel with the dishes,”

obviously his first time doing such chores based on how he had squeezed half of the bottle of

much soap? Darn, don’t do it recklessly if you don’t know how. Move out of the way. Go and take fruits from the

some dishwashing gloves and started to wash the dishes in the

a variety of fruits in it, so he put all of them into a basket and began washing grapes next to Christina.

the grapes he

stopped looking at his hands out of the corner of her eye and focused on washing the dishes. Just as she was done arranging the clean plates