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.

drawings before sending them

big company like that would take about

her spare time and found a part-time job as

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

manager briefed her on what she

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provide high-end services, the place was never busy most of the time, as they treated customers who were dressed normally with

norm when

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

her head and saw Xandra, who was dressed stylishly,

believe I bumped into her here

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

task

new items, when she

doesn’t really care about her, huh? He’s probably only putting on a show for Mrs.

thought in mind, Xandra walked toward Christina and said contemptuously, “Is this one of your saleswomen?”

not used to how

Xandra cut her off,

manager looked conflicted when she heard that. She had no idea what relationship Christina and Xandra shared and was worried that the former would offend the store’s esteemed customer.

got to her feet calmly and said. “Feel free

two women gave each other an odd look before Xandra turned around and swept her gaze

a row of limited-edition high heels. “I want to try on this row of heels. My feet size is thirty-seven, so hurry

rack, a salesperson beside Christina tried to help her out but was discouraged from doing so after

anything and simply turned around before making her way to the

of heels.

of glee filled her heart and she

me try on each pair of

their customer try on shoes, those

can a celebrity and a fresh graduate have to do with each other? Is it because Christina is beautiful?

she took the heels out for Xandra to try on. It was as if

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