Chapter 89 Sword With Two Edges

Christina was woken up by the sensation of her gown being unzipped.

She shuddered as she heard the clear sound of the zipper coming undone and felt the cold air on her

skin.

The next thing she knew, Nathaniel had smothered her car and neck with a barrage of kisses.

Christina moaned a few times as Nathaniel tightened his grip around her waist and held her firmly in

his arms.

She drifted in and out of sleep for a bit before snoozing till morning.

The sun was shining brightly into the room by the time Christina woke up again. The air was filled with a faint floral fragrance.

Nathaniel pulled her closer toward his chest the moment he felt her move her head as though he was afraid of her running away.

The two of them simply lay there until the sun was high up in the sky. As Nathaniel got out of bed and stood in front of the window, the sunlight shone on his body and highlighted his perfectly-sculpted

muscles.

He then buttoned up his white dress shirt and gently patted Christina on the waist. “Wake up, sleepyhead!”

Hmph! How dare he call me a sleepyhead when he was the one who wouldn’t let go of me earlier?

Christina waited until he had closed the bedroom door before climbing out of the blanket. She made sure to pick an outfit with long sleeves to cover the hickeys on her shoulder.

Since it was the last day of holiday, Christina decided to put all of her attention on her design.

at gaining Julia’s approval, so she needed to get it done

with her legs crossed and her chin propped up by both hands, Christina’s skirt gently billowed in

she was still clueless as to

are you staring blankly into space like that? What’s on your mind?” Nathaniel asked

milk before replying, “I’m thinking about the design. drawing. The previous two were

block away and said, “My mom is rather introverted, so you wouldn’t be able to figure her out unless you

this was the first time he had mentioned anything about his parents, Christina got interested and asked,

you need to eat your breakfast first,” Nathaniel said while handing her

and munched on it like an adorable little chipmunk. “Come

mel”

years, she hardly had the chance to meet Julia. Even when the two

incredibly difficult for Christina to understand her.

gaze and tried to recall something as he said, “When I was little, my mother loved jasmines. In order to please her, my father planted a lot of them in the backyard. When I was ten, a woman my father was having an affair with showed up at our house and provoked my mother on her birthday. My father promised he would cut ties with that woman, but my mother’s pride prevented her from accepting his apology. Eventually, the

then. The fact that the woman decided to

at me that jasmines are an absolute taboo that should be avoided at all costs?” Christina

depends on how well you use it. Decide

few seconds before realizing what he

was as though her thoughts had been locked up inside a dark house, and Nathaniel’s words lit the

her creativity activated, Christina leaped to her feet and threw herself into Nathaniel’s arms. “I know

he froze up for a good few

“Then do your best at home. I’ll head over to the office now.

replied with

after Nathaniel left. This time, she was confident that

front of his computer and rapidly typing away when someone knocked on his door and opened

Please have a look at it,” Madison said as she entered Nathaniel’s office. She

mumbled without even looking at her.

of leaving after placing the documents down on his desk, Madison simply stood there and

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