Chapter 90 A Visit From Julia

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few seconds, Madison had come up with countless excuses for herself. Not wanting to arouse Nathaniel’s suspicion, she then turned around and said in the most casual tone possible, “I-It’s not what you think, Mr. Hadley…”

Nathaniel exuded an intimidating aura as he said, “I’ve already checked the receipt. It’s a pair of limited-edition pearl earrings.”

That meant Madison had deliberately handed Christina the perfume.

Madison tried her best to remain calm, but her palms were already drenched in sweat. “You’re right. I grabbed the wrong present by mistake and left the earrings in the car. I had wanted to explain it at the time, but I never got the chance to do so. After that, you left with Mrs. Hadley, so… I’m terribly sorry. That only happened because of my careless mistake.”

Nathaniel narrowed his eyes and simply stared at her in silence.

The air in his office felt as though it had completely frozen over at that point.

After what seemed like forever, Nathaniel said, “You can tender your resignation with the HR department if you make a mistake like that again.”,

“Understood, Mr. Hadley.”

Of course, Madison knew full well what he meant by that.

Her tears began to fall the moment she stepped out of Nathaniel’s office.

I can’t believe Mr. Hadley would say something so heartless to me because of Christina! This is a clear warning. I’ll have to be more careful next time!

Christina got so carried away with her design drawing that she neglected her meals and rest. That was especially the case since her creativity had been activated, and each draft looked better than the one before.

She would take naps at the desk whenever she got tired and continue drawing after waking up.

spent the entire afternoon drawing and only stopped

as she leaned back and gave her back a stretch, someone knocked on the bedroom

Hadley is here and would like to see you downstairs,” the butler called

panicked and tried to organize her design drawing, but the door was

walked into the room with Helen following

unpleasant feeling filled her heart the moment she saw Christina sitting at Nathaniel’s desk. As Nathaniel had a serious case of mysophobia, he refused

however, had the run of the place.

outside and greet your elders upon their arrival? How rude of you!” Julia said with a disdainful snort.

Julia several times in the past, Christina had somehow gotten used to her sharp

you’d be coming over, so I didn’t have

time, her tone

Are you implying that it’s my fault, then? What else can you do except talk back to me, huh?” Julia snapped back at her with an authoritative look

the middle of the two. Because Julia disliked Christina, Helen could not say anything to defend the latter

remind herself not to take Julia’s words to heart.

I can help you with?” she asked in

recalled the reason she came over, Julia let out a snort and said coldly, “What’s it to you? I can visit Scenic Garden Manor anytime I like! Did you really

Christina’s eyelids twitched when she

a lot more pleasant to

put it away before she barged in. I need to get her out of the study before she notices it

your visit is indeed none of my business. Now, please step out of the

anger the moment she heard that “I want to use the study right now, so get

kitten, Christina quickly grabbed her design drawing and clutched it

provoked and got even angrier. “What are you hiding from me, huh?” she asked while jabbing a finger at the

drawing! I can’t let anyone see it until it gets

in a mocking tone, “Oh, please! No one would want to see the work of an amateur designer like you! Just because you’re able to

core. Just moments ago, she was feeling excited about showing Julia the gown she had designed. However, hearing those mean remarks made her so mad that she felt like leaving the design drawing on

for her, she managed to calm herself down and took a few steps back to

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