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.

know Christina was a

past accident involving the

room to relax. The TV

ambiance was

mom and I are aware of your

busy playing blocks with Camila when she heard that. Pausing in her actions, she glanced at Nathaniel, who gave her a look silently affirming that he did not disclose the information to his parents.

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

joyfully

out of sight, the atmosphere grew tense.

your background. It has nothing to do with

to say, so she stared at him silently.

sorry about what happened to your parents, but it was nothing but

Christina decided to be honest with him. “But my grandma and my dad claimed it was

the face of her question, Charlie fell silent for a moment before

of them entered his study together,

his cabinet and retrieved a file before passing it

Gibson family during that time. I must confess that I did arrange to meet your parents on the day of their accident. However, we had a heated argument due to our

for it was contradictory to

the

and read that the

Nathaniel’s brows furrowed together as he shot Charlie a baffled look.

eyes. “That was because I spent more money to get it back three years

won the bid back then?”

that he knew

barely process the large influx of information that she had received that night.

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

her up gently in his arms and carrying her toward the bed. “It’s getting cold. You wouldn’t want to

autumn, so the weather was chilly both in the

lying, your father or

changed into his pajamas, he said, “You won’t be able to figure