Let Me Stay The Night

“Nathaniel, L…” Christina felt her heart sink to the bottom of her stomach in despair, causing her immense discomfort.

Nathaniel wrapped an arm around her shoulder and massaged her brows. “It’s going to be fine. Leave this

to me.”

“But-”

“Take care of the kids. Trust me,” Nathaniel asserted.

Christina’s brows knitted together. Left with no other choice, she nodded in agreement. “Okay. Let’s keep in touch with each other.”

At that, Nathaniel spun on his heels and left with the file.

Christina felt a deep sense of remorse as she watched him walk away. She could tell that he had prepared the gifts with care, knowing the importance of their visit to the Gibson family.

Alas, all of his efforts were in vain, and it pained her to see him hurt in such a way.

Christina’s eyes were burning as she turned to look at Azure. “Grandma, you’ve disappointed me.”

Anya marched over to join Azure and gave Christina a dismissive look. “Don’t be naïve. The Hadley family is at odds with us. How could you still defend Nathaniel at this juncture?” D

“He’s my husband. Besides, that accident wasn’t his fault!” Christina protested as tears glistened in her

eyes.

She felt like she had been betrayed by her own family.

Despite that, Azure maintained a stern and cold expression, her gaze filled with an icy resolve. She remained silent, showing no signs of remorse for using the kids as leverage to threaten Nathaniel.

Biting her lip. Christina demanded, “Lucas and Camila are your grandchildren. How could you use them. as pawns to fulfill your own desires? What will happen when they discover the truth when they’re older? Won’t they be furious with you?”

Isn’t she afraid the kids will blame her when they grow up?

Azure scowled. “That’s it. We’ll talk about that later. For now, he has to fulfill the agreement.”

had made up her mind, so no one

her. “Where are

were safe, she was fine with

safe. Just be

you’re upset, but you

her words, Anya shoved her away. “Grandma won’t tell you where

Just stay here and don’t cause

held Azure and

that no cars had left the premises since her arrival, she realized that the children were still

about

If I succeed. Nathaniel won’t have to make that investment in the project. I can’t let him give

the entire night tirelessly searching the vast Gibson residence. However, with its numerous sections and locked rooms, her solo search

instructed not to grant her access to any keys, further complicating her

Christina’s search proved futile.

she fell asleep out of exhaustion in one of the guest rooms, deciding

undisturbed by arranging for someone to lock the guest room Christina was staying in from the outside. When Christina woke up around noon, she felt a pang of hunger and made her way

can’t believe they locked

angrily. “Open

went unanswered, echoing through the building with no one

door! I need to find

was enjoying her lunch alone when the housekeeper reported to her, “Ms. Gibson, Ms. Steele has been locked up. She is crying and pounding on the door.

Ignore her and

tough. She didn’t die back at the cliff, so she won’t starve to her death

dared not defy her order and nodded

the house and followed a path that led to

key and unlocked the door to

were none other

us out!” Lucas screamed

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