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.

how delicious the food looked, Christina could tell that Nathaniel put a lot

wanting to let his effort go to waste, she forced herself to eat

kept Christina company as they sat in the living

showed up at

studio is scheduled to be open for business in a few days, and I

handed her a handkerchief and comforted her, saying. “This isn’t your fault, so you don’t have to apologize. Let’s all put our heads together. I’m

handkerchief over and wiped her

of the fire

to the initial investigation, the fire was caused by a short circuit when the renovation workers used machinery that was against industry standards. There were a lot of flammable items in the studio at the time, so the fire spread really quickly. Two of the workers

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

of a sudden. She then wiped her tears dry before continuing, “I had people clean up a part of the studio because the renovation work

turned

find a lot of flammable items at the scene, most of them being fibers of fabric. Did you get the delivery date wrong when placing the order with the supplier?” Victoria

request. More importantly. I have been busy planning the studio’s opening banquet that I didn’t have time

made it obvious that someone set Christina’s studio on fire because they didn’t want

they delivered the goods to

whipped out her phone and

lately to the point where they would want

making about fifty calls, Rayne finally found