Let Me Stay The Night novel Chapter 743

Chapter 743 Falling Out

As soon as those words fell, a terrified Azure tugged on Barnaby's sleeve with a pleading look in her eyes. “Don't agree to it,” she begged.

Enraged, Barnaby shook her off and replied haughtily, “Mrs. Hadley, we'll do it your way then.”

“No!” Azure blurted as the crowd's eyes fell on her. “Having your children apologize to me isn't going to completely undo all the bad reputation I'm getting. Don't you think you're being very unfair by making such a request?”

At that instant, Barnaby wished he could shove something into Azure's mouth to shut her up. “Hmph! Why would we fear being incriminated if we've done nothing wrong? There's no point in Azure meddling with something so trivial. I believe the Hadleys still have some credibility.”

Azure had a pained expression on her face as she heard that. Barnaby had taken matters into his own hands out of fear that she would cause more trouble.

“The investigation will take some time. I have other matters to deal with, so I'll be taking my leave now. Please have someone update me when the results are out, Mrs. Hadley,” the elderly man requested. “She'll come with me since there hasn't been any solid evidence yet.”

He was already respecting Christina and the Hadley family enough.

“If you're taking her with you, I hope you'll at least keep to your word,” Nathaniel remarked.

Barnaby scoffed. “Worry not, Mr. Hadley. You'll get everything as promised.”

Then, he left with Azure.

Nathaniel shot Sebastian a glance, and the latter used a handkerchief to soak up the spilled wine, placed the cloth into a zip-lock bag, and instructed someone to have it examined.

With that, the unpleasant interlude came to an end.

“It's all my fault,” Charlie lamented, blaming himself. “They wouldn't have come looking for trouble with you if I hadn't spent so long outside on my phone. Thank goodness Lucas and Camila saw through Azure's schemes beforehand. I can't imagine what would've happened otherwise.”

The thought of the possible consequences sent a chill down his spine.

“Relax, Charlie. Aren't I perfectly fine? You don't have to blame yourself.” Timothy smiled. “Anyway, you two should go attend to your guests. I'll carry on with my game of chess.”

With lots of work to do, Christina and Nathaniel left, heading to Lucas' and Camila's playroom.

The two children rushed up to them. “Mommy, Daddy, has everything been taken care of?”

“Yup. Everything's okay now,” Christina responded while pinching their chubby cheeks. “Remember, if you ever encounter something like this again, be sure to let an adult know right away. Don't try to tackle it yourselves, okay? It's too dangerous.”

Lucas paused. “But it was Granddad. He would've been in danger if we hadn't stopped those guys.”

Camila nodded in agreement. “Lucas is right.”

“Granddad's a grown man. He knows how to look after himself,” Christina advised despite feeling proud of them. “You're still young, so you'll have to make sure you're safe before trying to help others. Okay?”

“Okay,” the children answered in unison.

“Very good.” Christina beamed.

Just then, Nathaniel returned with a grave expression after picking up a phone call.

Knowing he had something to tell her, Christina had Rayne keep Lucas and Camila company so she could head into the office next door with Nathaniel.

“What's wrong, Nathaniel?” she then asked.

“It's about the sample that Sebastian had someone send to the lab. Someone stole it during the journey,” Nathaniel explained. “This may essentially seem like a case of robbery, but someone definitely knows the truth more than we do.”

It's time to turn this fight really ugly. Some people keep thinking they can mess with us.