Chapter 175 Threaten

Christina blinked. I would like that.

Let’s go, then.Nathaniel said.

Noticing the exchange, Sebastian felt a tinge of admiration.

Mr. Hadley did not want to go just a second ago. A mere word from Mrs. Hadley was sufficient to change his mind. Nobody spoils their wife as he does.

Madison, too, managed to deduce the reason. I’ll make the reservations,” she said with a small smile.

Later that evening, the four of them were seated in a private room.

The table was filled with various delicacies, many of which Christina had never seen before.

Curious about the new, unfamiliar food, she ate most of it.

Halfway through, Madison ordered the manager to open a bottle of red wine. You must try the wine. here, Mrs. Hadley. It’s sweet and tangy.

She poured Christina a glass as she spoke.

Although she was not particularly fond of drinking, Christina did not decline the offer. After a few sips, she found it delectable.

Madison poured her another glass, smiling as she did so. You must not drink very often, Mrs. Hadley.

Almost never,” Christina admitted.

Madison smirked. One who does not drink often will behave most interestingly when drunk.

Suddenly, she was seized by an impulse to see Christina drunk.

After several glasses, Christina began to feel dizzy.

Intoxication by wines of that nature would start off slow as the aftereffects built up into a powerful kick.

She sipped less than half of another glass, then handed Nathaniel the rest. I can’t drinkhicanymore.

and her large eyes

took the glass from her and set it aside. “That’s

if it were grape juice. He was worried for her, as it had only taken three glasses to get her drunk.

stood up and stumbled toward the door.

a female server to accompany her. Then,

bill.

Sebastian before exiting.

people were left in the private

unable to discern

and, mustering her

twenty–five. Her consistent self–care and training regimes

as his equal, given what she had to offer.

in the office and instead sounded

Madison had moved to a luxury condominium in his vicinity.

you,”

the consummate professional, never drank on the job

have hinted any less subtly, yet Nathaniel still turned

a woman who helps you instead of one who

legacy to greater heights. Why would

unmoving. “I like her,

doesn’t matter how capable she is or

all of my love in the cruelest manner. There is nothing more I want than to leap into his arms, kiss him, and tell him I love

returned that

was quite drunk. She could not

a short stumble, she fell ungraciously into Nathaniel’s

she pounded his chest and grumbled, “What are your muscles made of? Steel? They hurt

his arms and caressed her hair. “You’re

he picked Christina up and left.

the pair depart, her gaze filled with envy. Her heart seared painfully as if it

her phone rang.

irritated. “Didn’t I tell you to never call me

Emilia was holding a bag of ice to her swollen right cheek, tears streaming down her face.

comically swollen. It pained her to even

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