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.

was her last chance at gaining Julia’s approval, so she needed to

hands, Christina’s skirt gently billowed in the wind as she stared at the blank paper in front of her.

pages of drafts, she was still clueless as

What’s on your mind?” Nathaniel asked as he

“I’m thinking about the design. drawing. The previous two were rejected, so I don’t know what to

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

mentioned anything about his parents, Christina got

your breakfast first,” Nathaniel said while handing her the toast he

it into her mouth and munched on it like an adorable little chipmunk. “Come on,

mel”

to meet Julia. Even when the two did see each other, they would get into a fight after a

was incredibly difficult for Christina to

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

was, Christina could imagine how angry she must have been back then. The fact that the

absolute taboo that should be avoided at

sword. The outcome depends on how well you

a few seconds before

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

herself into Nathaniel’s arms. “I know what I’m going to do

caught off guard that he

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

Christina replied with a

went back to working on the design drawing after Nathaniel left. This time, she

in the CEO’s office of Hadley Corporation, Nathaniel was seated in front of his computer and rapidly

today’s meeting. Please have a look at it,” Madison said as she entered Nathaniel’s office. She looked modern, capable, intelligent, and mature in

Nathaniel mumbled without even looking

documents down on his desk, Madison simply stood there and

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