Christina was asleep on her soft bed when Nigel stormed into the residence.
After Raymond woke her up, she sat on the bed with the blanket wrapped around her and spaced out. Her scrunched eyebrows and frown indicated that she was in a bad mood.
Everyone in the Hadley residence knew that Christina disliked being woken up.
That morning, before Nathaniel left, he had emphasized to Raymond that no one should disturb Christina’s rest. However, Raymond could not carry out his order to the end, as an uninvited guest had shown up at the residence.
Raymond observed Christina’s expression and carefully said, “Mrs. Hadley, the guest mentioned that he’s your second uncle. He won’t leave if he doesn’t get to meet you. He’s causing quite a stir downstairs.”
Even without Raymond telling her, Christina had already heard the cursing, screaming, and sounds of things being smashed from downstairs.
She lifted the blanket and got out of bed. She sneered, “I don’t have such an unreasonable relative. Make sure to list down everything he destroyed and have him compensate for them at their full price. Leave nothing out!”
This is the Hadley family’s territory. How dare Uncle Nigel come and cause a ruckus? Doesn’t this behavior of his show that he has zero respect for me and Nathaniel? Not anyone can call themselves my relative as they please!
Christina wrapped a robe around herself and went to the walk-in closet. “Let him wait. I’ll go down when I’ve washed up.”
Raymond nodded respectfully. “Yes, Mrs. Hadley.”
he
pushed his gold-rimmed glasses up
eighteenth century costs twenty
into his notebook. He yelled in anger, “I asked you to get Christina. Where the heck is she? Why aren’t you doing what I told you to? What are you doing muttering to yourself over there? I
up. She’s upstairs washing up right now. Mr. Gibson, if you can’t be patient and wait for her, you can take your leave. Remember to make
seen her yet, but she’s
and said aggressively, “I can leave if you want me to, but you must first ask
her eyebrows and asked. “So that’s
Christina mocked. “Since when did the Gibson family become so useless? Why would you go to other people’s homes to look for your daughter when you can’t find her yourself?
in anger. He said through gritted teeth, “Christina, anyone who knows you know that you and Anya are always at each other’s throats. Jadeborough is your and Nathaniel’s territory. It must be you who sent people
She glanced at Raymond
Raymond turned
to explode from anger when he saw how calm Christina was. His daughter’s whereabouts were still
eye to eye with Anya, the two of you are still cousins. The Gibson family no longer poses a threat to you, so why must
took the milk from Raymond and slowly drank half before her gaze fell
to kidnap Anya? What benefits would I get from kidnapping her?”
out like a sore thumb with his suit that was worth hundreds of thousands.
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