Chapter 663 Selfish
Christina was not worried that she would be wronged. Nathaniel was with her, and this wonderful,
clever man would definitely not let her suffer.
Her confidence in Nathaniel kept her calm as she fended herself against Barnaby’s questions and
doubts.
“I’m fine.” Christina gave him a small smile.
Nathaniel shrugged out of his jacket and draped it over Christina’s shoulders. He looked at her with gen
eyes,pletely unaffected by the problem at hand.
“It may take some time to deal with this issue. Are you hungry? I’ll get someone to bring you some
food.” he asked her casually.
Christina had been snacking on fruits earlier, so she shook her head and replied, “I’m not hungry.”
“If you start to feel tired, you must tell me. We’ll go home immediately and let Sebastian handle this on
his own,” Nathaniel said softly into her ear.
Christina nodded gratefully. Wrapped up safely in Nathaniel’s love and affection, she really began to
feel sleepy.
However, she shook off her drowsiness, reminding herself that the problem had been caused by her
and that she should not be depending on Nathaniel to clean up her mess.
Sheridan felt a stab of envy watching the intimate interaction between the two of them, especially when
he saw Christina smiling unabashedly at Nathaniel. He wished he could rece Nathaniel and be the
only one in Christina’s eyes and heart.
Even though he knew that there was no hope for him to be with Christina, he still allowed himself to
indulge in those feelings. By the time he snapped out of it, it was already toote.
Perhaps he had been staring too hard, and Nathaniel had sensed his eyes on Christina. Nathaniel
raised b head and red back at Sheridan with eyes full of warning.
At that moment, the butler, Walter, appeared in the lobby with the records from the surveince
cameras
Walter projected the recording onto arge nk wall so that they could all watch it together.
“I’ve looked through the surveince recording for tonight, and I didn’t see anyone approaching Mrs.
Hadley’s car,” said Walter. “There are security guards patrolling the parking lot regrly, and they did
not see anything unusual tonight either.”
Christina stared unblinkingly at the recording ying on the wall. Something felt a little off about the
recording, but she could not quite put her finger on it.
“Is this all the surveince recording?” Sheridan asked Walter. “Is there anything else?”
“Nothing has been left out, Mr. Stone.”
“Mr. Stone, you won’t mind me making a copy of all these recordings, will you?” Nathaniel asked
bluntly. “These things should be looked over by a professional. I have to be sure that these recordings
have not been tampered with.”
“Mr. Hadley, are you suspecting that I secretly tampered with the recording?” Walter asked pointedly.
Nathaniel nced at him. “I don’t mean anything by it. I’m just ustomed to ascertaining facts for
myself. This concerns my wife’s reputation, which in turn concerns the Hadley family’s reputation. We
do not take lightly anyone besmirching our name. If the situation were reversed, I’m sure Mr. Stone
would do the same. He did not even say anything. Why are you, a mere butler, so bothered by my
request? Have the recordings actually been tampered with?”
The butler’s face instantly flushed red. His retort became stuck in his throat, and he could only shake
his head vehemently.
“That’s quite enough. Since Mr. and Mrs. Hadley are the parties involved here, they have every right to
make such a request. Cease talking right now., You’re attracting undue suspicion, Sheridan said coldly
to Walter. “You have no business here anymore. Leave.”
Walter turned and left, looking dissatisfied.
Nathaniel instructed Lyle to make a copy of the surveince recording and to have a professional
inspect
“Mr. Hadley, is there really a need to blow this matter up to such an extent?” Sheridan asked in a
mocking tone when he saw that Nathaniel had spared no expense in dealing with this matter. “Am I
really so untrustworthy?”
“Mr. Stone, instead of questioning my intentions, why don’t you deal with your family first?” Nathaniel
stood up. “If you don’t, you may find your position in the Stone family at risk. All right, it’s gettingte.
I’m taking my wife home. I hope we’ll be able to reach a mutually agreeable conclusion in three days’
time.”
Christina had been lost in her own thoughts, so she was startled by Nathaniel suddenly wrapping his
arms around her and subconsciously resisted his gesture.
When she realized that it was Nathaniel, Christina rxed and leaned into his embrace. “Mr. Stone, I’m
so sorry for what happened tonight. Please call if you need to reach me. Good night.”
“Let me walk you out,” Sheridan replied.
“No need to trouble yourself, Mr. Stone. We can make our own way out as long as nobody stops us,”
Nathaniel said pointedly and left with Christina in tow.
As soon as the Hadleys left, Walter appeared behind Sheridan and said, “Mr. Stone, are you really
going to let them go so easily? It’ll be difficult to exin this to the elders.”
Sheridan smiled without humor. “No one can stop Nathaniel from doing what he wants. Haven’t you
realized that yet by now?”
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The butler hung his head in shame. “I apologize, Mr. Stone.”
Sheridan did not want to waste his time pressing the matter. Instead, he asked, “Where is my
grandpa?”
“I saw him go into the study with two guests,” Walter replied.
“Go attend to the guests,” Sheridan instructed Walter in a t voice. Then, he turned and headed
toward the study.
In the study, Barnaby, Azure, and Yerek were deep in an unpleasant conversation.
Emotions were running high in the room, especially when Azure heard Barnaby refuse to acknowledge.
Nigel and Yerek as his blood.
“Barnaby, that’s not what you said back then when Nigel’s identity was first revealed!” Azure grabbed
Barnaby’s cor and screamed into his face. “You swore that no matter what happened, you would
grant Nigel and Yerek legitimacy. This wasn’t even that long ago, and now, you’ve already changed
your mind!”
Barnaby tried to pull away from Azure’s ws, but he could not break free. He was not the kind of man
who wouldy his hand on a woman, so he merely stared back at her tly.
“Let go. This is the Stone family’s home, not the Gibson residence. This is not the ce for you to be
acting like this. Don’t you have any dignity?”
“What’s the use of having dignity? Your son is about to go to prison. This will affect his future and his
children’s future! Even if you deny it, Nigel is still your blood! You wouldn’t want anyone saying that you
have a son who has been in prison, do you?”
“Don’t use those words to provoke me! You are also at fault for what has happened to Nigel. If I had
known that you were pregnant back then, I wouldn’t have allowed you to have the baby!”
Azure stared at Barnaby in horror. It suddenly dawned on her that she had loved that man for her entire
life, and still, she did not really understand him at all.
“Barnaby, you are so selfish!”