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.

wildest dreams did they know Christina was

into a past accident involving the Hadley family. Had it not been for that revelation,

they went to the living room to relax. The TV was

ambiance was

Charlie spoke up. “Christina, your mom and I are

that. Pausing in her actions, she glanced at Nathaniel, who gave her a look silently

needed to talk in private, Julia summoned

Camila joyfully trotted after Julia.

out of sight, the

who investigated your background. It has nothing to

no idea what to say, so she stared at

continued. “I’m sorry about what happened to your parents,

be honest with him. “But my grandma and my dad claimed it was a ploy.” She proceeded to tell him what

face of her question, Charlie fell silent for a moment before getting to his feet. “Come, let’s go to

three of them entered his

his cabinet and retrieved a file before passing it over

our rivalry with the Gibson family during that time. I must confess that I did arrange to meet your parents on the day of their accident. However, we

was stunned, for it was contradictory to what Timothy had

is the

read that the Hadley

brows furrowed together as he shot Charlie a baffled look. “We own the developing

I spent more money to get it back three years later.”

the bid back

head, indicating that he knew nothing about it.

large influx of information

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

carrying her toward the bed. “It’s getting cold. You wouldn’t want to catch a

early autumn, so the weather was chilly both in the

was wondering who was lying, your father

he said, “You won’t be able to figure it out for the time being. Why don’t