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.

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

by the windowsill with her legs crossed and her chin propped up by both hands, Christina’s skirt gently billowed in the wind as she stared at

off several pages of drafts, 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 breakfast and saw her

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

her drawing block away and said, “My mom is rather introverted, so you

he had mentioned anything about his parents, Christina got interested and asked, “Could you tell me more about her?”

thing, but you need to eat your breakfast first,” Nathaniel said while

it like an adorable little chipmunk.

mel”

meet Julia. Even when the two did see

difficult for

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

how 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

at me that jasmines are an absolute taboo that should be

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

for a few seconds before realizing what he meant. “You’re

inside a dark house, and Nathaniel’s words lit the

threw herself into Nathaniel’s arms. “I

he froze up for a good few

with a smile, “Then do your best at home. I’ll head over to the office now. We

Christina replied with a wink.

left. This time, she was confident that she could

in the CEO’s office of Hadley Corporation, Nathaniel was seated in front of his computer and rapidly typing away when someone knocked on

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

mumbled without even looking at her.

leaving after placing the documents down on his desk, Madison

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