Chapter 116 An Explanation

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Nathaniel was on the couch, clad in nothing but a bathrobe that partially revealed his chest as droplets. of water rolled down his neck. His very presence in the room commanded attention.

For a brief moment, Christina felt as if Nathaniel was a dazzling spark in the dark.

It was as though a glance at him would wash her exhaustion away.

As Nathaniel turned to her, he chided, “Why did you come back so late?”

He made it sound like Christina was a misbehaving girl, but the truth was that she had been walking. the entire day. Even blisters were about to form on her feet.

Frankly, she wanted to vent her frustrations to someone so that the weight on her shoulder would be lighter, but if she were to do that to Nathaniel…

Either he was going to make her stop working, or he was going to settle the score with her company.

Furthermore, Christina was an adult. She felt that she should not be bawling her eyes out over every trivial matter.

Thus, she walked over to him and said in a deliberately lighthearted tone, “The company had a show, so I was following up on it. That’s why I’m late.”

Nathaniel quietly stared at her, his gaze piercing.

Christina took in a guilty, sharp intake before stretching. Leaning on him, she then raised her head to look at him with puppy eyes. “I’m so tired. Darling, can you give me a massage?”

She even gave him a cute and earnest smile.

At that, Nathaniel reached up to rub her temples, his movements stiff. Christina guessed that it was his first time giving anyone a massage, but she did not mind it.

Instead, she slowly relaxed as she breathed in his scent.

he saw Nathaniel massaging Christina’s temples, he froze as if he

Mr. Hadley is letting Mrs. Hadley lean on him

with the tray of food, not wanting to disturb their moment of

morning. Christina left

room with several folders. It was then

After a moment of studying the unfamiliar face, she averted her gaze and said, “Mr. Hadley, I’ve contacted the textile manufacturers you told me to.”

paused in his work and let his eyes flick toward Gina, who was on the

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and flipped to the page with the fabric samples. Once she picked a company, she put its folder on the

quiet hum of acknowledgment from Nathaniel, Gina left with

was then Madison realized what was going on. She had been busying away in the

time working for Nathaniel, but she would not do it for

else.

had informed Nathaniel about the factory matter that happened the day before. She, too, knew that Christina had been having

found out that Hadley Corporation was the one interested in the collaboration, they agreed

Hadley Corporation, she immediately called Christina and told the latter to head to the textile

arrived, the factory manager came to greet her personally. “You must be the one Ms. Tanner was talking about. Please come in.”

made sure that the textile factory was capable of manufacturing the fabric she was looking for, she asked, “Mister, I’d like to make an order for a

and answered, “Of course. Coincidentally, we have a free spot for this, so we’ll be able to deliver

smile crept onto Christina’s face. “That’s wonderful. Let’s

the factory manager asked his assistant to bring the contract and told Christina that he was giving her a twenty- percent discount. The two soon signed the

relaxing as she looked at the

to have gone a little too smoothly. However, she soon thought about how her

company, she thanked Gina for the recommendation.

returned to her team, only to notice

coworkers were looking at her with questioning gazes. They all felt that it was shameful

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