Oblivious to his gaze, Christina took Camila over from him and made her way into the house.
She then went into deep thought when she saw the kids sleeping soundly.
The kids and I have been roaming around for far too long. It’s time for us to settle down.
Nathaniel’s tall figure could be seen standing in the corridor when she stepped out of the kids’ bedroom. The white light hanging above him gave him a cool look as it highlighted his masculine features.
My goodness… He looks amazing from every angle! I bet countless women would willingly throw themselves at a perfect man like him!
With that in mind, Christina made her way over and asked with an emotionless look on her face, “Why are you still here?”
If there was one thing Nathaniel feared the most, it was her being cold toward him.
He then walked up to her and wrapped an arm around her slender waist, forcing her to make
with him.
eye
contact
Christina narrowed her eyes. “What’s the matter? Are you trying to force yourself on me again?”
Nathaniel lifted her chin with his other hand and leaned in close. Their noses were almost touching each other, and she could feel the warmth of his fingertips on her bare skin.
“You need to bring the kids over to the kindergarten tomorrow morning, so you should get some rest,” he said while staring intensely into Christina’s eyes.
The next thing she knew, Nathaniel had let go of her and went downstairs.
The golden rays of the morning sun shone through the bedroom window and filled it with a warm glow.
Christina had adopted a habit of getting up early in the morning.
She was watching the news in the study when Sebastian knocked on the door and said, “I’m here to retrieve the documents, Mrs. Hadley.”
“Okay,” Christina replied with a nod.
While searching the cabinet for the documents, Sebastian accidentally knocked some over, causing them
to scatter all over the floor.
“I’ll clean it up later,” he said with an awkward smile.
Christina didn’t give it much thought and decided to help him pick them up. She froze when her gaze fell upon the stack of plane tickets and train tickets that Nathaniel had bought while searching for her in every
city.
She couldn’t bring herself to imagine a man like Nathaniel showing up at crowded train stations.
Having found the documents he had come for, Sebastian was about to start cleaning up the mess when he noticed the tickets in Christina’s hands. “These are proof that Mr. Hadley had been searching for you. Whenever he received information on your whereabouts, he would insist on searching that area for you in person. Sometimes, he would get so impatient that he’d buy tickets at the last minute and rush there
overnight. The ones you are holding in your hands are only a part of his journey.”
At that very moment, Christina felt as though the tickets in her hands weighed a ton, and her eyes started tearing up all of a sudden. She was so shocked that she just stood there like a statue for what seemed like forever.
She didn’t even realize when Sebastian left the study.
It wasn’t until her legs began to hurt from the prolonged standing that she snapped out of her dazed state. That was when she realized her heart was starting to waver.
Nathaniel went back to Scenic Garden Manor as soon as he was done with work at the office.
“Christina, I’ve already contacted the kindergarten. We’ll bring the kids over and have a look at the place today. We’ll only proceed with the enrolment if you’re okay with it.”
Christina simply stood there in silence after hearing that.
Nathaniel panicked when he got no response from her. “What’s the matter, Christina?”
I don’t know what she’s thinking about unless she tells me!
“Christina?”
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