Let Me Stay The Night

Brenda’s menacing voice echoed loudly in the silent and spacious living room.

Christina calmly stared at the elegant Brenda and replied slowly, “Mrs. Lesley, you have misunderstood me. How can I dare to lecture you, an elder? I am merely considering my own and Victoria’s future.”

Brenda sneered, “Don’t bring Victoria into this.”

The status of the Lesley family attracted flatters from many people, but since Christina married into the Hadley family, she lacked neither status nor wealth and power. The only thing she was worried about was the reputation of her studio.

Brenda believed that the reason Christina hired Victoria as a chief designer was simply because she valued Victoria’s fame. Therefore, when Victoria had conflicts with her family and lost the wealth and status provided by the Lesley family, Christina took advantage of the situation and deceived Victoria into signing a so–called contract.

“The contract that Victoria signed with you is null and void starting today. The liquidated damages will be borne by the Lesley family,” Brenda declared as she raised her head proudly. “I have only one condition. Victoria and Sebastian must completely sever ties. After that, I request that you stop disturbing her new life.”

Brenda appeared resolute and unyielding.

Christina’s gaze instantly turned cold. “Mrs. Lesley, you may not yet be aware of the true consequences if Victoria breaches the contract with the studio.”

Brenda snorted coldly. “First, you tried to lecture me on how to handle things, and now you’re resorting to threatening me? To put it bluntly, Mrs. Hadley, when I was your age, I had already built a thriving beauty salon business. Being sensible and knowing when to advance and retreat is the best way to success.”

Came prepared, Christina smiled gracefully as she revealed her trump card. “Mrs. Lesley, I’ve long heard the inspirational story of your entrepreneurial journey when you were young.”

flattery and adulation. Christina continued, “But I heard that you have had a few more troubles recently. There was a medical accident at your most reputable beauty salon, and the client involved is said to come from a significant background. After using the products from your salon, she experienced serious facial skin problems.” Brenda’s face suddenly

your beauty salon, and due to the political background of that young lady, all the beauty salons under your name are under investigation. If these problems are not handled well, both your career and the Lesley

anger. She nearly splashed the tea in her hand onto Christina’s face. Eyes filled with murderous intent, she fixed her gaze

anger. “I’m very curious about how capable Sebastian is since he can persuade the esteemed Mrs. Hadley

her words

the contrary,

all worried about getting involved and potentially causing trouble for themselves. While Brenda was busy trying to resolve her career problems, she also had to deal with Victoria’s relationship. She

a more important reason Brenda strongly opposed Victoria being

to arrange a marriage between Victoria and a young man from a political family she targeted. If the marriage

Little did she know that ever since Victoria’s

Christina could help her alleviate

it were anyone else, Brenda wouldn’t be swayed easily. However, Christina had married a capable husband, and

hesitation, Christina decided to play her

Nathaniel intends to train him

You know very little about Sebastian and haven’t had much contact with him. You probably don’t know how popular he is among other girls. All those prominent and influential families want to recruit Sebastian as their son–in–law. But Sebastian is quite stubborn. Once he sets his mind on someone, he won’t easily change. His loyalty has caused Nathaniel some distress for a while because those

that the Lesleys were slightly inferior to the Hadleys in various aspects. Unaware that the collaboration between Preston and Nathaniel had gone south, Brenda proudly said, “I believe Mr. Hadley is not driven emotionally at work. You don’t need to go out of your way to speak well of Sebastian, nor do you