Chapter 21 A Small World

Peacock felt that the man before her was the devil incarnate. One glare from him was enough to kill somebody.

In less than a minute, Nathaniel’s hands were covered in red spots, and his heart rate started speeding up uncontrollably.

It seemed that his allergic reaction this time was worse than the last.

He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth. Christina’

The first thing that Sebastian saw when he arrived at the hospital was Nathaniel receiving an IV drip. The latter had an icy look on his face as if the world owed him a great debt, which made Sebastian gulp

in fear.

He began. “Mr. Hadley, Mrs. Hadley has not returned to the mansion, nor has she gone to the Steele residence. We haven’t managed to locate her as of-

Before Sebastian could even finish his words, a wave of rage surged through Nathaniel, and he swept all the glasses on the table to the ground.

The cacophony of glass shattering and water splashing duly expressed the turmoil of displeasure he was feeling.

He growled. “Keep searching!

“Yes, Mr. Hadley.” Sebastian wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead and got to work immediately.

I can’t believe Mrs Hadley just up and left after poking the bear, leaving us to clean up her mess! What a pitiful life I’m living!

While Nathaniel was suffering in the hospital. Christina was leisurely drawing a design draft in her university dorm. She couldn’t help but admit that she felt rather happy about not seeing Nathaniel for the past few days,

I’m sure a mighty CEO like him will lose interest in me soon enough.

With graduation just around the corner, Christina decided to devote all her energy to her major.

After studying fashion design for four years, she had a solid foundation.

she filled in her information and design drawings before

would take about a week to get back to

spare time and found a part-time job as a saleswoman at

herself for work. As most luxury stores have high requirements for their clerks, it was necessary for her to tie up her hair

arrived at the store, the store manager briefed her on

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the place was never busy

the norm when it came to places like

I show you some of our newest collection?”

turned her head and saw Xandra, who

a small world. I can’t believe I bumped into her here

any attention to herself, Christina whipped her head back and

task

the store without much interest, feeling disappointed about the lack of new items, when she noticed a slender figure in the corner just

she become a laughingstock if others found out that the wife of the great Mr. Hadley is working as a saleswoman? It seems that Nathaniel doesn’t really care about her, huh? He’s probably only putting on a show for Mrs. Hadley before.

mind, Xandra walked toward Christina and said contemptuously, “Is this one

to how things work here yet. Why don’t larrange for a more experienced

manager could finish. Xandra cut her off, “I want her to assist

when she heard that. She had no idea what relationship Christina and Xandra shared and was

to her feet calmly and said. “Feel free to tell me if you need anything, Ms. Sullivan

an odd look before Xandra turned around and swept her gaze around the store, trying to come up with a way to embarrass Christina.

her gaze fell on a row of limited-edition high heels. “I want to try on this

types of heels on the rack, a salesperson beside Christina tried to help her out but was discouraged from doing so after receiving a glare from

Christina knew that Xandra was purposely making things difficult for her. Nonetheless, she didn’t say anything and simply turned around before making her way to the warehouse to look for the heels. Because of

of heels.

the woman was getting out of breath, a feeling of glee filled her heart and she felt as if she had had her revenge.

try on each

try on shoes, those who were present could clearly tell that

with each other? Is it because Christina is beautiful? I

as she took the heels out for Xandra to try on. It was as if her calm demeanor would persist no matter how much trouble the

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