Let Me Stay The Night

The noisy scene was interrupted by the sudden entrance of the three hostile figures.

Almost two-thirds of those present hadn’t seen Christina before, but all of them quickly recognized

Sebastian.

He was Nathaniel’s most trusted assistant. As Hadley Corporation’s second-in-command, he wielded considerable power and influence.

All this while, members of the Gibson family relied on regular dividends from Gibson Corporation to live a life of luxury and develop their own companies.

Despite being aware of the bad blood between their family and the Hadley family, they still hoped to leverage the latter’s business for greater profit.

Therefore, they only dared to disparage Christina but didn’t have the courage to do the same against Sebastian.

“Christina, a junior like you has no place to speak here!” Nigel thundered while staring daggers at Christina. “Shouldn’t you be mindful of the occasion before trying to kick up a fuss?”

Christina threw Nigel an indifferent glance before walking past him and taking her seat nearby.

Azure’s brows furrowed as if to express her disapproval of Christina’s brazen behavior.

“Christina, everyone here is an elder. How can you not greet them before sitting down? This is really rude of you.

A faint smile emerged across Christina’s face. “Mrs. Lazuli, in this modern era, the ways of the old are no longer applicable. Anyway, I didn’t come here for a family reunion. Instead, I’m here in my capacity as a competitor. Since when have you ever seen anyone behave submissively to the competition?”

Without warning, Azure slammed the table as she sprang to her feet. She then shot Timothy a piercing gaze. “Timothy, aren’t you going to teach your daughter some manners? I’m her grandmother for goodness sake!”

Timothy’s expression was nonchalant. “Christina is an adult now. I won’t force her to do anything she doesn’t want. She has the right and freedom to do whatever she wants.”

“You.” Infuriated by the response she received, Azure’s words caught in her throat before she was interrupted by Christina.

might burst a vessel after hearing what I have to say later.” Wearing a gleeful smile, Christina spoke in a gentle yet

the air, everyone looked

could immediately see that Christina wasn’t someone to be trifled with. If it wasn’t because he had something to

going to do you any good,” Alistair

was unfazed. “Don’t worry. I’m not the one

out a document and walked around with it so that

widened in shock at the earth-shattering secret that had been

Nigel, the latter seemed to have gone berserk as he tried to rip the document out of Sebastian’s hands. The guilt from his action couldn’t

to his knees from his own inertia. Kneeling on the ground

room as the crowd’s gaze fell upon Nigel in unison.

broke into a smirk. “Uncle Nigel, the first person you should be kneeling in front

not me

a burning gaze as he frantically got back

to the political machinations within the family as long

the contents of the document were too explosive and disgraceful to ignore.

shot her a fearsome look. “Whose son

report is fake, Uncle Alistair. Another one was done back in the day.”

it and got him to tamper with the results.

upon Azure. Upon being exposed, she felt so helpless that she collapsed into her chair. Lips trembling, she just couldn’t find the words to defend herself.

calmly recounted the shameful

a vegetable before dying three years later. Since Nigel isn’t a member of the Gibson family, he has no right to inherit anything. On top of that,

implication of Timothy’s words, Christina

I understand correctly, he seems to be saying that Azure is