Let Me Stay The Night

“So, what is it that you want to tell me?” Christina went straight to the point when they arrived at the distant corner.

“I’m here to bid you farewell. I’m leaving,” answered Francis forthrightly.

Upon hearing that, Christina was stunned and slightly confounded. “You’re leaving? To go where?”

After all, it was normal for movie stars to travel overseas for filming.

When Francis peered at Christina’s expression, he instantly knew she didn’t understand what he truly meant. However, he didn’t provide further clarification either.

Turning around, he pressed his palms on a waist-high metal railing and gazed at the sea.

“I want to ask you a question, Christina,” asked Francis slowly and solemnly as the waves crashed into the beach.

Christina detected the melancholy in his tone and turned to him, puzzled.

Seeing that she didn’t respond, Francis grew silent for a few seconds before asking, “If I had met you before Nathaniel did, would you have fallen for me?”

He had kept that question suppressed in his heart for a long time, to the point he couldn’t even recall if he had asked her that question before.

Maybe he had but refused to give up. Thus, he wished to ask Christina that question again before he departed.

Christina frowned, not expecting Francis to invite her to a secluded location for that purpose.

The sound of crashing waves traveled into their ears as Francis quietly waited for Christina’s answer, as though he wouldn’t leave until he obtained it.

In response, Christina sighed. “There are no ifs in life. Besides, if not for Nathaniel, I wouldn’t have met you.” Since I wouldn’t have encountered you, why do we even need to speculate about the possibility of us falling in love?

That sentence thoroughly killed Francis’ hope as he lowered his head with a bitter smile. “You two really are a couple.”

Unbeknownst to her, he had asked Nathaniel the same question in the same spot ten minutes ago.

Nathaniel had retorted his hypothesis in a similar manner.

“You met Nathaniel earlier?” Christina was sharp enough to catch the implication in Francis’ words. In response, Francis nodded. “He was just here, yes.”

was taken aback. Just here? Then why didn’t he answer

leaving now.” Pursing her lips, she raised the hem of her dress before searching for

Christina had already left,

but he still didn’t answer the phone. Hence, she used the GPS tracking software she had installed on her

had willingly installed that app on their own phone

it if they couldn’t locate each other in an

Nathaniel wasn’t far from Christina’s

she headed off

followed a waiter to an isolated

Hadley.” The waiter stopped

the building, but the tulle at the entrance blocked his

he could barely recognize through the fabric was the hairstyle and figure of a person,

waiter. After the latter left, the former raised the thin fabric and sauntered into the

in, he picked up the scent of sandalwood.

so he grimaced and searched for its

around, it wasn’t unusual for someone to

to the figure in the distance.

anything as they kept

any choice, Nathaniel endured the discomfort and rapidly

heart was pounding when she felt

the nerve to turn around as she waited for him to

while, she couldn’t resist the urge to turn around when Nathaniel didn’t do

glaring at her coldly, the intensity sending a shiver down

her lip and uttered softly, “Nathaniel…”

you trying to do this time?” interrogated

mistook Madison for Christina again, he noticed the trick and avoided making the same

her scheme, Madison elected not to beat around the bush. “To meet you, of

Nathaniel?” Agitatedly, she attempted to hug Nathaniel, but he shoved her away before she could close

she was a dignified, collected, strong,