Let Me Stay The Night

Nathaniel’s expression turned frosty as he stared at the woman who bumped into Christina. “Apologize right now!”

The woman flashed them a big smile as she apologized, “I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to bump into you. I was rushing to get on the ship to look for my friend. Are you okay? Do you need me to find a doctor for you? I’ll take care of the medical expenses.”

The woman’s gaze and tone made Christina feel uneasy. Since she wasn’t hurt and the other party apologized, she let it slide.

“I’m fine. Be careful next time. Otherwise, you might accidentally hurt yourself.”

“Thank you for understanding. If fate allows it, I hope we can be friends. Goodbye.”

The woman went ahead and boarded the cruise ship.

Christina turned to Nathaniel and said, “Don’t be upset. She didn’t do it on purpose.”

Nathaniel hummed a response.

Christina did not take the incident to heart. After they boarded the ship, she slept in their guest room until nightfall.

A masquerade ball was held on their first night on the cruise ship. Christina and Nathaniel dressed up and attended the ball. She accompanied him and met with many influential people. However, she felt overwhelmed after some time. She found an excuse to escape the ball and went to the deck for fresh air.

She took off her mask and breathed a sigh of relief.

As Christina stared at the vast and dark ocean before her, she felt a sense of fear surge within her.

She closed her eyes as painful memories flooded her mind.

“Are you unwell?” A familiar voice rang from behind her.

Christina quickly opened her eyes and instinctively turned around to see who it was. Oh. It’s the woman that bumped into me this morning at the stairs.

was silent, the woman reached forward and touched Christina’s forehead. Christina flinched and jumped back

unpleasant happened between us today, I’m not approaching you with bad intentions, so you don’t have to be so wary of me. I’m simply worried about you.

Her subconscious mind was telling her to stay far away from

out to get some air because I felt stuffy inside the hall. I’ll be going back now. Feel free to do whatever you like here.”

when

turned back to look at her. “Is there anything else I can help

“It’s fate that we meet again. Why don’t we get a drink together? My best friend got off the ship at the last minute, so

saying that, Vera called over a waiter not far from them. She

did not drink it. Instead, she

a topic for them to talk about.

diamond ring on her right

“I see. I can tell that he loves

did not respond.

by Vera, to which Christina replied cautiously. When a sensitive topic

some time, Christina yawned and felt her eyes were heavy. “I’m sorry to cut the conversation short, but I have to go back and look for my husband. I’ve been out for too long. He’ll start to worry.”

“All right. I look forward to meeting you tomorrow. Perhaps there might be other surprises awaiting

went back to the hall to

find him. She went to a quiet corner in the

it was cut off. She tried again and again, but all her attempts resulted in the same end. Her

have happened to Nathaniel. She quickly returned to

else to do, Christina resorted to calling Sebastian. “Mr. Taggart, is Nathaniel

taken aback. He let go of Victoria, who was in his arms, and replied, “Mrs. Hadley, Mr.

“Nathaniel’s phone is shut off and I can’t find him anywhere in the hall. He’s not in our room either. I saw him drink quite a lot tonight. I’m worried something

immediately said. “Mrs. Hadley, please wait a

sorry to trouble