Let Me Stay The Night

“Understood. I know what to do.”

Sebastian left to carry out his task, while Nathaniel returned to the ward to take care of Christina.

The morning after, Christina was woken up by loud sobbing. She opened her eyes to find an ebony head wailing on her chest, tears soaking her hospital gown.

Christina felt her temples throb, and ‘she shoved the heavy head resting on her chest away in disdain.

“You’re too noisy, Gabrielle,” Christina remarked hoarsely, and the wails instantly ceased. “I’m not dead yet. You don’t have to start mourning so soon.”

Gabrielle pounced on her, crying tears of joy. “Christina… You’re finally awake!”

Christina was struggling to breathe due to the smothering hug. She tried and failed several times to shove Gabrielle away. Finally, Victoria had enough and stepped forward to pull the latter away from the hospital bed.

“Christina just woke up, Ms. Cook. She can’t handle all this drama,” Victoria chided. “You’ve been crying for half an hour. Why don’t you drink some water and take a break?”

Victoria was impressed by Gabrielle’s lung capacity, seeing as the latter cried nonstop for half an hour without tiring. Her sobs echoed throughout the entire building and sounded so sorrowful that people would have thought she was wailing at a funeral. D

Gabrielle hiccupped amid her sobs before saying aggrievedly, “I just can’t control my emotions. If something bad happens to you, Christina, I’ll lose my will to live.”

As she said that, she wanted to pounce on Christina again, but a stern gaze from the latter dispelled that notion.

“The fortune teller said I’m tough and destined to live a long life, so how can I die in a fire?”

Christina randomly made up an excuse to comfort Gabrielle as her gaze flitted across the ward.

out, he was the one who

them to Christina and Gabrielle. “You two patients have just woken up, so you should rest. Mr. Hadley is fine. He went to the company to deal with urgent matters and told me to take good care of

of relief. As she drank some water, she suddenly remembered the fire on the cruise

a somewhat famous female model to start it. Midway through, she tried to run away but was caught by

could see Nathaniel’s motive for retaining Anya, but she was perplexed by his refusal to accede when she

uncertainty, thinking she was hearing things as a result of being unconscious for

“Ms. Lesley’s boyfriend was fully responsible for capturing her. You

Nathaniel’s men are watching over Anya and Xylie, but I can’t

won’t make the same mistake again. Otherwise, Nathaniel

life had been completely ruined and that Nathaniel would not allow anyone to get into contact with Anya because he did not want Christina to find out how cruel and vicious his

so, she wanted to confirm with Anya herself the question that

I want to make a call,” said

and handed it to Christina, who entered and

several rings. “Ms. Lesley, did something

Nathaniel sounded anxious.

Christina fought against the dryness in her throat. “I want to meet

the man uttered coldly. “You’re still recovering. Sebastian will deal with the aftermath. There’s no need for you to take

this period and could not afford

to ask her myself,” Christina insisted. “Nathaniel, I don’t want to leave any regrets

a long time did the man relent. “I’ll get Lyle to pick you up. You have an hour, and you must return to the

word,” Christina replied

the phone to Victoria, lifted the quilt, and got out of bed. She then walked to the closet and picked out

you, you, Christina,”