Let Me Stay The Night

Helen had been waiting for them at the door. As their car pulled up outside the Hadley residence, she quickly turned over her shoulder and reported happily, “Mr. and Mrs. Hadley, they’re here!”

Charlie and Julia made their way to the door, witnessing Nathaniel and Christina approaching the house. each holding one of their children.

“Grandpa, Grandma!” Lucas and Camila released their parents’ hands and ran to their grandparents.

“Oh, Lucas, Camila.” Julia bent down to give her grandchildren a warm hug.

It was clear that they adored their grandchildren.

Both Charlie and Julia entered the house, each holding one kid.

Nathaniel and Christina were left behind, forgotten by everyone else.

Silently, they followed everyone into the house.

At the expansive dining table. Julia and Charlie positioned Lucas and Camila in the center, ensuring they were comfortably seated.

Nathaniel and Christina took their places at the end of the table.

An array of dishes were served, carefully selected to cater to the children’s preferences.

The elderly couple were fond of their grandchildren.

After serving the children, Julia turned to Christina. “Christina, cat up. You’ve lost weight, I see.”

“Okay, Mom.” Christina didn’t feel overlooked or ignored in the slightest. On the contrary, she cherished. the harmonious atmosphere that enveloped the Hadley residence.

It was a stark contrast to the tense and uncomfortable environment she had experienced with the Gibson. family.

Nathaniel, who was sitting beside Christina, kept piling her plate with food. As the dinner came to an end, she realized that she had consumed more food than she typically did.

Christina glared at Nathaniel but still gobbled up the food he served her.

Charlie and Julia took in their affectionate actions.

They were secretly pleased that the old grudge between the Hadley family and the Gibson family didn’t drive a wedge between the couple.

in their wildest dreams did they know Christina was a Gibson

into a past accident involving the Hadley family. Had it not been for that revelation, they would have remained blissfully unaware

dinner, they went to the living room to relax. The TV was playing a cartoon that the

was

a while, Charlie spoke up. “Christina, your mom and I are aware of your

at Nathaniel, who gave her a look silently affirming that he did not

Let’s play hide and seek elsewhere.” As they needed to talk in private, Julia summoned the children and led

Lucas and Camila joyfully trotted after Julia.

out of sight, the atmosphere grew

investigated your background. It has nothing to do with Nathaniel,” Charlie

to say, so she stared at

sorry about what happened to your parents, but

brief consideration, Christina decided to be honest with him. “But my grandma and my dad claimed it was a ploy.” She proceeded to tell

for a moment before getting to

of them entered his

depths of his cabinet and retrieved a file before

did arrange to meet your parents on the day of their accident. However, we had a heated argument due to our differing opinions, and I left before they

stunned, for it was contradictory to what

the liar

open with Nathaniel and read that the Hadley family had lost

Nathaniel’s brows furrowed together as he shot Charlie a baffled look. “We own the

was because I spent more money to get it back

the bid back

indicating that he knew

large influx of information that she had

Scenic Garden Manor, Nathaniel put the kids to bed and returned to

the bed.

weather was chilly

lying, your father or

“You won’t be able to figure it out for the time being. Why don’t you go to bed