Chapter 46 Why Are You Not Running Anymore

A single glance at the cheap phone was enough for Emilia to know that it belonged to Christina.

Walking over, she snagged the phone, planning to toss it into the trash can. Out of curiosity, she took a look at the screen. Surprisingly, she saw a message from Nathaniel, who asked whether Christina had arrived at the restaurant.

Didn’t Dad say that Christina and Nathaniel’s marriage is fake? Why would they have dinner together? Ah, she must have lied to Dad because she wasn’t willing to help the Steele family out!

She keyed in Christina’s birthday and unlocked the phone. When she was done replying to the message, she threw it away.

Meanwhile, Christina went to the hospital to visit her mother after leaving the Steele residence.

Recently, her mother suffered a relapse and had been hospitalized for a few days. It was not serious, but Christina still urged her to have a full-body checkup.

They both inquired after each other’s health, and Christina told her mother about the interesting things at work lately.

Subsequently, she went to the counter and paid the hospitalization fees. There was little money left on her bank card, and she would only receive her salary next month.

She had just returned to the hospital room and sat for a while when visitation hours ended. A nurse came and requested that she leave.

When she left the hospital, she abruptly remembered Nathaniel asking her out for dinner. It was only when she planned to return a call to him did she realize that her phone was gone.

She had no idea where she had lost it. Worried about making Nathaniel wait, she hailed a taxi and rushed to the restaurant,

Upon arrival, she gave the server Nathaniel’s name. The server led her to the private room before leaving.

The decoration in the private room was incredibly romantic. All the candles were arranged into heart shapes, and the tablecloth was red. Even the furnishings were very much unique.

It’s already eight-thirty. Could Nathaniel be late because he’s busy with work?

Christina waited for him on the couch. A wave of drowsiness suddenly assailed her after she had bustled around for the entire day, and she dozed off.

By the time the server woke her up, it was already ten o’clock, and the restaurant was closing for the day.

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were only a few people. Christina found a seat and sat down. Leaning back against the chair,

of the scenery flashed past her eyes in a continuous stream, Nathaniel’s

bus, she still had to walk a distance before arriving at her house. Down in the dumps, she

of the blue, she sensed something amiss. Huh? It sounds as

back in bewilderment. But then, there was no one

the more uneasy. Everyone had their own auras. When two people’s auras appeared at the same time, the

the easier

her, Christina quickened her pace. At the thought that someone with nefarious intentions might pop out, her heart abruptly

a few steps ahead when the figure hiding behind her stepped out of the darkness. “Ahh!” she shrieked at the top of her lungs even as

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dead of night, her screams were swallowed by the darkness. Practically no one heard her.

to reach her house, a sense of relief suffused her. However, just two seconds after that,

as a result, a stabbing pain

fair and bonny. Why’d you stop running?” The man’s face was obscured by the darkness, and

climbed to her feet. Her expression remained calm and unruffled, but inwardly, she was trembling in fear. “Don’t hurt me. I’ll give you all my

I’ll be gentle with you.” The man stalked closer to her, step by step. It was a narrow path,

terror swamped Christina. She had seen too many news reports of people encountering perverts while walking home alone late at night. All the hair on

“This is more like it. Don’t fight

sentence, he was sent flying

pain before spewing

gone pale in fright. “Are you

handsome countenance before her, Christina breathed a sigh of relief. Under the dim lights, Nathaniel’s jaw was clenched tightly, rendering his features exceptionally icy and flinty. His unfathomable

his eyes emanating frost, he kicked the man a

anatomy would be able to tell that those were

his way back to Christina did he notice her scraped knees and elbows. Blood dyed

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