Let Me Stay The Night

“You’re back, Christina!” The surprise on Rayne’s face gave way immediately to delight.

They had not seen each other since Christina’s hurried departure.

“Yes, I am.” Christina replied with a smile. She dropped the purse slung on her shoulder, sat down, and gazed up at Rayne. “How’s the studio? Are there new orders?”

Christina felt a little guilty at the mention of that.

Because of her falling out with Nathaniel, she had left in a fit of anger and abandoned her obligations at the studio.

Upon introspection, she thought she was too rash.

“No. After you left, Mr. Hadley had me put out a notice that you have gone on holiday,” Rayne answered.

Christina nodded, silently lauding Nathaniel’s decision.

“Well, the vacation’s over. Tell everyone I’m back and ready to take orders,” Christina said as she turned on her laptop.

Rayne was overjoyed at those words. If Christina is ready to take orders, it means that she would not be leaving again anytime soon. “Of course. I’ll get it done.”

Rayne left excitedly to put out the word.

Christina began taking care of work that she had not managed to resolve before leaving. Before she knew it, it was already noon.

“What would you like for lunch, Christina?” Rayne asked, entering the room when she noticed Christinal was still immersed in her work. There was expectant glitter in her eyes.

Christina looked up and gave a start when she realized what time it was. “Sorry, Rayne. I can’t have lunch. with you today. I’m seeing Nathaniel.”

“All right. Don’t go overboard with the PDA” Pursing her lips, Rayne gave the other a knowing look.

“We’ll have lunch tomorrow,” Christina offered. She was feeling fantastic now that she had resolved the knot in her chest, always wearing a big smile wherever she went.

The young girls found their hopes of getting close to Nathaniel under the assumption of him being single. again dashed when they saw Christina’s reappearance at Nathaniel’s office.

set aside his work as

Nathaniel is a workaholic. He will forget his

that it was indeed past lunch hour. “Let’s go. I want to bring you

not pursue further when she

emerged from the office arm in arm as though the misunderstanding had never happened.

made Christina feel a sense of happiness that was hard

halfway across the

the restaurant was, Nathaniel led her into a

Christina was

directly to a table by

after they sat down, sounding as if he had come

right up,” the owner replied, shooting a glance at the two new customers at the same time.

“I see you have brought your girlfriend today,” she said, grinning.

of an esteemed customer at a tiny establishment

wife,” Nathaniel explained.

to have settled down. She nodded, then

with the owner. She scrutinized Nathaniel, her gaze twinkling

me

just checking if my husband has changed into someone else,” Christina said, her chin

frowned with displeasure. “Who are you expecting

Who else but Nathaniel would be jealous of

you would feel out of place

to say he was

you were in university? I found this place two weeks

he had done a lot of thinking and uncovered a lot about Christina’s past.

for aglio olio had been an unexpected discovery. Thus, he gave it a try. Although he did not feel it

at those words.

and as a result, she did not have much money. She did enjoy aglio olio, which was satiating