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.

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

Christina’s skirt

she was still clueless as to what she

staring blankly into space like that? What’s on your mind?” Nathaniel asked as he entered the room with

about the design. drawing. The previous two were rejected, so I don’t know

and said, “My mom is rather introverted, so you wouldn’t be able to

anything about his parents, Christina got

breakfast first,” Nathaniel said

into her mouth and munched on it like an

mel”

into the Hadley family for so many years, she hardly had the chance to meet Julia. Even when the two did see each other, they would get into a fight

it was incredibly difficult

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

domineering Julia was, Christina could imagine how angry she must have been back then. The fact that the woman decided to show up on Julia’s birthday just showed how

me that jasmines are an absolute taboo that should be

glance and replied, “It’s a double-edged sword. The outcome depends on how well you use

a few seconds before realizing what

had been locked up inside a dark house, and Nathaniel’s words lit the place up like the sun.

her feet and threw herself into Nathaniel’s arms. “I know what

so caught off guard that he froze up

caressed Christina’s hair and said with a smile, “Then

replied with a

back to working on the design drawing after Nathaniel left. This time, she was confident that she could

was seated in front of his computer and rapidly typing away when someone knocked on his

Hadley, here’s the minutes of today’s meeting. Please have a look at it,” Madison said as she entered Nathaniel’s office. She

even looking at her.

desk, Madison simply stood there

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