Let Me Stay The Night

That news struck Christina like a bolt from the blue and left her feeling dizzy for a good few seconds. Holding her forehead, she asked in confusion, “The renovation work at the studio is almost complete, right? How did it catch fire all of a sudden?”

Rayne was close to tears at that point. “I don’t know! Our studio is the only one that caught fire in the entire building! The security guards have already filed a police report. Could you come over and have a look, Christina?”

The studio had caught fire twice in a row, so Rayne was starting to question if her bad luck was affecting the studio.

“Be careful, and don’t do anything rash. I’ll come over so just wait for me,” Christina said before hanging up the phone and rushing upstairs to get changed.

“What happened, Christina? Where are you going?” Nathaniel stepped out of the kitchen when he heard the commotion.

“A fire broke out at the studio, so I’m heading over to check on things!” Christina exclaimed anxiously.

Nathaniel grabbed her by the hand. “It’s too dangerous there, and there’s nothing you can do to help anyway. I’ll send someone over to have a look, so you just stay right here.”

Christina gave it some thought and nodded. “All right, then. Hurry up and send someone over to find out what’s going on. Rayne says…

She took a deep breath before continuing. “Rayne says there might be casualties in this fire.”

“Nothing is certain until we have confirmation, so please try to stay calm. I’ll go make the call right away) the man said while stepping aside to make a phone call Christina kept her gaze fixated on him the entire time.

A few minutes later, he returned to her side and told her, “Sebastian and Victoria happen to be nearby, so they’re already on their way to the studio. They’ll drop by Scenic Garden Manor later this evening. By the way, dinner is almost ready. I know you don’t really have much of an appetite, but you have to eat something, okay?”

Christina nodded absentmindedly and sent Rayne a text before sitting down at the dining table.

looked, Christina could tell that Nathaniel put

to waste, she forced herself to

they sat in the living room and waited for

Victoria, and Rayne showed up at Scenic Garden Manor a few hours

much, and yet, I always mess things up. The studio is scheduled to be open for business in

her, saying. “This isn’t your fault, so you don’t have to apologize. Let’s all put our heads together. I’m sure we’ll be able to

over

the cause of the fire at the studio?” Nathaniel asked,

standards. There were a lot of flammable items in the studio at the time, so the fire spread

saying that. Noticing the calm look on her face, he continued, “The fire resulted in the deaths of two workers and the destruction of the studio. As the firefighters were able to put the fire out in time, the floors above and below were

tears dry before continuing, “I had people clean up a part of the studio because the renovation work was almost complete, so why were there so many flammable

turned gloomy when

scene, most of them being fibers of fabric. Did you get the delivery date wrong when placing the order with

paused for a few seconds and gave it some thought before replying. “That’s impossible. The supplier would never deliver the goods without my request. More importantly. I have been busy planning the studio’s opening banquet that I didn’t have time to purchase the fabric. Besides, the team in charge of the banquet is still overseas, so they would

someone set Christina’s studio on fire because they didn’t want

ask if they delivered the goods to

The latter then whipped out her phone and began calling

to the point where they would want to burn her studio

about fifty calls, Rayne