Chapter 195
Chapter 195 Threaten Christina
Christina rushed to the Steele residence as fast as she could.
They’re too much! How dare they take my mom away while I’m not around? Mom has just recuperated.
She won’t be able to take any more torment!
As soon as she stepped into the house, she saw Gideon and Miranda sitting on the couch, leisurely
sipping away at their tea.
At the sight of the anxious look on Christina’s face, they broke into a wicked smile.
“Where did you two trick my mother into going?” Christina cut to the chase and questioned them at
once.
Putting the coffee cup down, Miranda lifted the corners of her lips into a scornful smirk. “What are you
talking about? We are a family. Your mom hasn’t been quite in the right mind recently. Your dad and I
were concerned about her condition, so we sent her to a better ce for treatment.”
Hearing her mention the word “concern” is utterly disgusting. They’ve never cared about Mom. There’s
no way they’d change so suddenly.
Fury zed in Christina’s eyes. “Bring my mom back at once, or else I won’t show mercy.”
Gideon took out a psychiatric assessment report and threw it over. “Your mom has been diagnosed
with a mental disorder. You can’t get her discharged as you wish. She can only be discharged after the
doctor deems she’s recovered.”
Christina grabbed the test report, ripped it to shreds, and threw them at Miranda’s face. “You can fake
the results. Don’t think I can’t find out where she’s at, even if you all keep your mouths shut. I’ll
definitely report you two to the cops.”
When she was about to turn away and leave, Miranda took out her phone and passed it to her. “You
can leave, but I doubt she’ll still be alive when you find her.”
It was hard to tell the exact location from the phone.
All Christina could see was a sick bed in a ck, empty room and a metal chain secured around
Sharon’s ankle. Thetter’s face was so pale she looked like a person on the verge of dying.
“Mom!”
Even though Christina knew Sharon could not hear her, she still yelled out loud.
Tears streamed down her face uncontrobly. It pained her heart to see her mother in that state.
Miranda knew she had a hold over Christina when she observed how thetter reacted. “Go ahead and
call the cops! So what if they catch us? Your mom won’t survive anyway!”
Tears welled up in Christina’s eyes as she gritted her teeth.
It’s obvious she has already bribed the person on the other side. Even if I call the cops now, she’ll still
have the upper hand as it only takes seconds for her to make a call. That’s why she’s so confident and
fearless.
Christina figured she could only endure it for the time being. It won’t be toote to settle scores with
them after I ensure Mom is safe.
“What exactly do you want?” she asked.
That was the response Miranda had been waiting for. She exchanged a smug look with Gideon. See. I
told you my n would work for sure.
“You brat, why do you sound so formal? We’re a family. If you treat us well, we’ll treat you the same
way. Ask Mr. Hadley to give up pursuing legal action against your dad and unfreeze his bank card.”
Miranda immediately changed her attitude and said ingratiatingly.
Christina red at her coldly. “Fine.”
A smile crept up Miranda’s face when she heard that. Brat! You won’t be able to escape my clutches
this time round!
Before Christina left, she grimly warned, “But my mom is in poor health. There’s no way I’ll let you all
off the hook if anything happens to her.”
With that, she turned and strode out of the Steele residence.
Sensing the forbidding aura radiating off Christina’s body as she left, Gideon could not help but
shudder.
“Will she go back and ask Mr. Hadley for help? We’ll be in trouble if he takes his anger out on us.”
Miranda snickered. “Don’t worry. That brat values her mother more than her own life. She won’t dare to
take any risks.”
She fished out her phone and dialed the ward’s number.
“Take good care of that crazy woman. Nothing must happen to her.”
Of course, since Sharon was still of value, Miranda had to take good care of her, at least until the day
when she was no longer of use…
Soon, Gideon received a notification from the bank informing him that his bank card had been
unfrozen.
There was also a revocation of thewyer’s letter, removing all legal actions against him.
“That’s great. You’re the best, Darling.”
Gideon hugged Miranda.
“Now you know how great I am, huh? If you dare chase me out next time, I’ll leave with other men,”
Miranda threatened.
“No, I won’t. I’ll even buy you the most dazzling gem when I have money.”
Meanwhile, Christina sat on her office chair, feeling unsettled.
She had no idea how Sharon was doing, yet at the same time, she dared not call the cops.
Just then, her office door was pushed open, startling her.
“Christina, why are you in a daze? Did you forget that there’s amercial shoot today, and you’re
supposed to go over to do styling?” Gina asked in confusion.
Had the staff not called Gina earlier, she would not have known that Christina had not gone out yet.
“I’m sorry. I’ll head over there right now.”
Christina grabbed her stuff and left.
It was a deal she and Coco had agreed upon two weeks ago. Christina would be in charge of the
makeup and styling for all of thetter’s photoshoots.
Upon arrival at the shoot location, she started bustling around and temporarily took her mind off
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matters.
After the shoot ended, Coco said with satisfaction, “The styling you do is the best in this world,
Christina. Wait till I’m rich, and I’ll hire your whole team to work only for me.”
Then again, it was extremely costly to hire the entire team.
Generally, it would easily cost hundreds of thousands for a highly skilled team to do one styling.
Coco’s current ie was substantial, but it was still insufficient for her to hire the entire team.
“Sure. I’ll wait for you.”
While Christina was packing her stuff, the studio’sdy boss approached her and handed her a name
card.
“I see that you have a pretty solid foundation. The styling you did is very fashionable and aesthetically
pleasing. I look forward to working with you again.”
All that was on Christina’s mind was Sharon’s matters. She merely thanked thedy boss as she
epted. the name card from her, then packed her stuff and left.
-For the next few days, Miranda went increasingly overboard with her requests.
First, she asked Christina to find some endorsement deals for Emilia. Then, she said she wanted a
condominium in Baykeep.
She had boundless demands, just like a bottomless pit.
Christina mainly used her own savings to satisfy Miranda’s requests.
However, her savings were nothing but a drop in the ocean when met with Miranda’s greed.
If this continues, I’ll go bankrupt even before I find Mom. It’s a little tough to deal with that woman by
myself.
Amidst her contemtion, she decided to look for Nathaniel and discuss the matter with him.
Christina arrived at the CEO’s office, but before she could step in, she spotted Sebastian carrying a pile
of documents heading inside.
“Are these everything Nathaniel has to deal with?” Christina was slightly shocked.
“This is the workload for the day. It’s almost year–end. It’s expected that there are more matters to
handle,” Sebastian exined.
Christina’s face sank. Nathaniel is already so busy… I guess it’s not a good idea to disturb him, right?
With that thought in mind, she decided to back out.
“Do you need something?”
Lifting his gaze, Nathaniel noticed Christina standing rooted to the spot, appearing restless.
“It’s nothing important. I was just wondering if you could let Emilia get thetest endorsement deal for
Hadley Corporation’s shampoo?”
Hearing her request, Sebastian cast her a strange look.
What’s wrong with Mrs. Hadley? Did her rtionship with her enemy suddenly get better?