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

hands, Christina’s skirt gently billowed in

drafts, she was

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

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

drawing block away and said, “My mom is rather introverted, so you wouldn’t

had mentioned anything about his parents, Christina got interested and asked, “Could you tell

breakfast first,” Nathaniel said while handing her the

shoved it into her mouth and munched on it like

mel”

having married 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 after

incredibly difficult for

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

then. The fact that the woman

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

double-edged sword. The outcome depends on how well

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

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

activated, Christina leaped to her feet and threw herself into Nathaniel’s arms. “I know what I’m going to do now! Thank

caught off guard that he

he caressed Christina’s hair and said with a smile, “Then do your best at home. I’ll head over to the office now. We can have dinner

Christina replied with a

Nathaniel left. This time, she was confident that she could satisfy

was seated in front of his computer

of today’s meeting. Please have a look at it,” Madison said as

Nathaniel mumbled without even looking at

after placing the documents down on his desk,

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