Let Me Stay The Night

Chrung had awkward look on her face when she saw the bowl of black liquid in front of her “Tll have char you guys are having Mom Nathaniel has been working really hard lately, so he needs this stuff more han I do

Hek. So the or what it takes for her to think of met

Nathaniel arched an eyebrow in response as he lifted his bowl and drank it all in one go.

Julia flashed him a satisfied smile and patted Christina on the back of her hand. “Don’t be silly. Christina! This is good for you!”

As such, Christina had no choice but to pinch her nose and down her serving of traditional medicine in one go. Despite its awful smell, it actually tasted somewhat sweet.

“Why don’t you two stay the night here instead?” Julia suggested.

“Yay’ We want to stay the night here and listen to Grandma’s stories!” Lucas and Camila exclaimed excitedly before Christina could even respond.

Seeing as the kids were incredibly enthusiastic about staying over, Christina agreed to it as well.

The two kids then had Julia read them stories after dinner. Since she didn’t get to spend time with them very often, she was more than happy to oblige.

Christina spent the rest of the evening editing a design drawing on her tablet. She was so engrossed in her work that it was already night before she knew it.

Suddenly, Yerck sent her a text message that read: Have you taken a look at the file I sent you?

The look in Christina’s eyes grew cold when she saw his message. Had he not brought it up, she would have completely forgotten about the news she saw a while back.

She then replied coldly Just get to the point. I don’t have time for your riddles.

Yerek texted almost instantly: Why don’t you ask Nathaniel?

Christina fell into deep thought after reading that message of his. Suddenly, Nathaniel opened the door and entered the room. Christina quickly closed the chat window and put the tablet away.

“Why are you still up?” Nathaniel asked.

Christina propped her chin up with one hand and gave it some thought before asking. “One of Hadley Corporation’s buildings collapsed about twenty years ago. Do you know anything about that incident?”

As the lighting was di where Nathaniel stood, half of his body was obscured by the shadow. “Yes, I do. One of our contractors was cutting corners, and the poorly-constructed building collapsed as a result. Hadley Corporation paid for the compensation afterward, he replied calmly as though it wasn’t something worth mentioning at all

His statement matched the information that Christina had found on the internet. “Oh, I see. I read an article about it online, so I just thought I’d ask you about it. Good night.”

and climbed into bed after saying that.

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gloomy as he

by the time Christina woke up the next morning.

left the house very

Christina brought Lucas and Camila back

to the condominium for lunch and dinner whenever he was free, but he would return to

on the gown that she needed to complete before the end

month.

Azure could try it out. It didn’t take long for the assistant to make the arrangements and send a car over to pick her up.

up outside Azure’s

from Azure and the assistant, Christina saw a third

to be about the same age as Christina and had wavy hair that complemented

came all the way here today just to help you judge it!” Anya Gibson said

try it on in a bit, Azure replied with a chuckle.

forward and greeted them politely before presenting the three

living room. Despite the fabric being rather thick, it was very lightweight and felt

an icy-cold glare before saying disdainfully. “These gowns are far inferior compared to the ones Grandma owns! In fact, you could probably get these off the internet

clouded over the moment

than a few hundred? That wouldn’t even be enough to pay for the materials!

ignored Anya’s comment and stepped forward to take a closer look at the gowns. “It looks a lot better than I

agreement. “Would you

“Sure.”

living room, Anya eyed Christina from head to toe and said with a sneer, “It’s just as I

know me?” Christina asked in confusion.

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