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

big company like that would take about a week

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

and prepared herself for work. As most luxury stores have high requirements for their clerks, it was necessary

Christina arrived at the store, the store manager briefed her on what she

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high-end services, the place was never busy most of the time, as

when it

for a long time. Why don’t I show you some of our newest

was busy putting out items, turned her

a small world. I can’t believe

to draw any attention to herself, Christina whipped her head back

task

feeling disappointed about the lack of new items, when she noticed a slender

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. But I guess that makes sense. After all, why would the heir of Hadley Corporation fall for

that thought in mind, Xandra walked toward Christina and said

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

finish. Xandra cut her off, “I want her

store manager looked conflicted when she heard that. She had no idea what relationship Christina and Xandra shared and was worried that the former

free to tell me if

women gave each other an odd look before Xandra turned around and swept her gaze around the store, trying to come up with a way to embarrass

high heels. “I want to try on this row of heels. My feet

a salesperson beside Christina tried to help her

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 how petite she was,

of heels.

glee filled her heart and she felt as

me try on each pair

a salesperson to help their customer try on shoes, those who were present could clearly tell that Xandra was deliberately making things difficult for Christina.

because Christina is

whole process, 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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