Marrying the Ugly Heir for Truth and Wealth novel Chapter 90

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few seconds, Madison had come up with countless excuses for herself. Not wanting to arouse Nathaniel’s suspicion, she then turned around and said in the most casual tone possible, “I-It’s not what you think, Mr. Hadley…”

Nathaniel exuded an intimidating aura as he said, “I’ve already checked the receipt. It’s a pair of limited-edition pearl earrings.”

That meant Madison had deliberately handed Christina the perfume.

Madison tried her best to remain calm, but her palms were already drenched in sweat. “You’re right. I grabbed the wrong present by mistake and left the earrings in the car. I had wanted to explain it at the time, but I never got the chance to do so. After that, you left with Mrs. Hadley, so… I’m terribly sorry. That only happened because of my careless mistake.”

Nathaniel narrowed his eyes and simply stared at her in silence.

The air in his office felt as though it had completely frozen over at that point.

After what seemed like forever, Nathaniel said, “You can tender your resignation with the HR department if you make a mistake like that again.”,

“Understood, Mr. Hadley.”

Of course, Madison knew full well what he meant by that.

Her tears began to fall the moment she stepped out of Nathaniel’s office.

I can’t believe Mr. Hadley would say something so heartless to me because of Christina! This is a clear warning. I’ll have to be more careful next time!

Christina got so carried away with her design drawing that she neglected her meals and rest. That was especially the case since her creativity had been activated, and each draft looked better than the one before.

She would take naps at the desk whenever she got tired and continue drawing after waking up.

Just like that, she spent the entire afternoon drawing and only stopped in the evening.

Right as she leaned back and gave her back a stretch, someone knocked on the bedroom door.

“Ms. Christina? Mrs. Hadley is here and would like to see you downstairs,” the butler called out to her from outside the door.

Christina panicked and tried to organize her design drawing, but the door was opened before she could do so.

Julia exuded a domineering aura as she walked into the room with Helen following closely behind.

An unpleasant feeling filled her heart the moment she saw Christina sitting at Nathaniel’s desk. As Nathaniel had a serious case of mysophobia, he refused to let any woman touch his belongings, and Julia was no exception.

Christina, however, had the run of the place.

“Don’t you know you should come outside and greet your elders upon their arrival? How rude of you!” Julia said with a disdainful snort.

Having dealt with Julia several times in the past, Christina had somehow gotten used to her sharp tongue. That was especially the case since Julia was mean to everyone around her.

“You didn’t tell me that you’d be coming over, so I didn’t have time to get ready,” Christina protested softly.

This time, her tone was much calmer.

“Oh? Are you implying that it’s my fault, then? What else can you do except talk back to me, huh?” Julia snapped back at her with an authoritative look on her face.

Helen couldn’t help but feel conflicted about being caught in the middle of the two. Because Julia disliked Christina, Helen could not say anything to defend the latter at all.

Christina could only remind herself not to take Julia’s words to heart.

“What brings you here at this hour, Mrs. Hadley? Is there something I can help you with?” she asked in an attempt to change the topic.