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.

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

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

drafts, she was still clueless as to what she should draw.

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

tray over and sipped on the milk before replying, “I’m thinking about the design. drawing. The previous two were rejected,

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

anything about his parents,

your breakfast first,” Nathaniel said

munched on it like an adorable little chipmunk. “Come on, tell

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

was incredibly difficult for Christina to

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

imagine how angry she must have been back then. The fact

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

on how well you use it. Decide for yourself how you wish to

seconds before realizing what he meant.

had been locked up inside a dark house, and

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

so caught off guard that he froze up

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

replied with a

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

front of his

a look at it,” Madison said as she entered

Nathaniel mumbled without even looking at

desk, Madison simply

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