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.

webpage, she filled in her information and design drawings before sending them to the industry’s most famous

a big company like that would take

at the bar had fallen through, she had used her spare time and found a part-time job as a

she quickly changed into her work uniform and prepared herself for work. As most luxury stores have high requirements for their clerks, it was necessary for her to tie up her hair and put

store, the store manager briefed her on what she

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services, the place was never busy most of the time, as they treated customers who

norm when it came to places like this.

been here for a long time. Why don’t I show you some of our newest collection?” The enthusiastic voice of a salesgirl echoed throughout the store.

turned her head and

can’t believe I bumped into

wanting to draw any attention to herself, Christina whipped her head back and continued with her

task

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

is she doing here? Wouldn’t 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

walked toward Christina and said contemptuously,

manager answered without delay, “She’s new here, so she’s not used to how things work here yet. Why don’t

could finish. Xandra cut her off, “I

that. She had no idea what relationship Christina and Xandra shared and was worried that the former would

free to tell me if you need anything, Ms. Sullivan

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

want to try on this row of

heels on the rack, a salesperson beside Christina tried

Nonetheless, she didn’t say anything and simply turned around before making her way to the

of heels.

heart and she felt as if she had had her revenge. Subsequently, she kicked off her shoes arrogantly and ordered

try on each

a salesperson to help their customer try on shoes, those who were present could clearly

and a fresh graduate have to do with each other? Is it because Christina is beautiful? I guess it’s true when they say

Christina didn’t make a single protest as she took the heels out for Xandra to try on. It was as if her calm

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