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.

with supper. When he saw Nathaniel massaging Christina’s temples, he froze as if he had seen a

Hadley is letting Mrs. Hadley lean on him even

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

morning. Christina left

was then she realized that there was an unfamiliar woman sitting in the

a moment of studying the unfamiliar face, she averted her gaze and said,

eyes flick toward Gina, who was on the couch. “I’ll leave this to

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

quiet hum of acknowledgment from

was going on. She had been busying away in the morning, only to pave the way for

for Nathaniel, but she would not do it

else.

She, too, knew that Christina

when the manufacturer found out that

Gina left Hadley Corporation, she immediately called Christina and told the latter to head to the textile factory.

came to greet her personally. “You must be the one

“Mister, I’d like to make an order for

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

wonderful.

factory manager asked his assistant to bring the contract and told Christina that he was giving her a twenty- percent

herself relaxing as she looked

factory, she thought about how things seemed to have gone a little too smoothly. However, she soon thought about how her persistence had to be why things went well with

she thanked Gina for

to her team, only to notice the strangeness in

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

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