Chapter 619 Tolerant
Instead of feeling excited and moved, Christina was unfazed when she heard those words. In fact, she e felt uneasy.
Right when Christina was about to utter something in response, Sheridan defused the tension by saying in a joking manner, “Don’t misunderstand me. I merely missed you as a friend. You’re the only friend who I can talk to openly. Hence, I’ll cherish our relationship.”
Christina gladly took the opportunity to get out of the awkward situation. “It’s my honor to be such a special friend of yours, Mr. Stone.”
“I’ll be going to Gibson Corporation tomorrow. While I’m there, I’ll send you a gift. Christina, treat it as a kind gesture and don’t reject it, okay?”
Even if Christina wanted to, she couldn’t reject his gift because Sheridan was one of the top three major shareholders in the company. I’ll eventually need to name my price if I want to regain all the shares.
“All right. See you tomorrow,” Christina answered.
For some reason, Christina felt as though Sheridan’s mood had improved ma*sively after he heard what she said.
“I’m looking forward to see you tomorrow. Goodnight, Christina,” he said.
“Goodnight.”
Coincidentally, Nathaniel was exiting the bathroom, so he heard Christina saying goodnight to someone on the phone.
Angered, he approached her and pretended to ask casually, “Who’s calling you this late at night?”
Christina didn’t sense his jealousy, so she replied, “That was Sheridan. He’s meeting me at Gibson Corporation tomorrow because he said he wanted to send me a gift.”
A strong wave of jealousy surged within Nathaniel, and he sneered. “He’s good at flirting, isn’t he?”
Finally, Christina realized what was going on. Amused, she explained, “Mrs. Lazuli was the one who arranged my blind date with him back then, and that happened so long ago. Sheridan had helped me quite a lot, so we’re friends. Don’t be too harsh on him, okay?”
Nathaniel’s expression darkened as he walked toward the countertop to pour himself a gla*s of wine before downing it. Seeing that, Christina immediately went up to him and snatched the bottle of wine
away.
“How are you going to get on the flight to Jadeborough on time if you drink like that? Please take care of your health,” she urged.
In response, Nathaniel stared at her and fumed, “There’s no such thing as a platonic relationship between men and women. He’s definitely into you. How could you ask me to not be harsh on a man who’s after you? How am I supposed to tolerate that?”
Only then did Christina know how much it bothered him. “Nathaniel, I swear there’s nothing fishy going
on between Sheridan and me.” In a serious tone, she continued, “I’ll interact with him, but it’s purely work. I need to take back his shares in Gibson Corporation as soon as possible.”
Nathaniel became domineering and uttered, “I can afford to buy the shares from him!”
“What if he says no? Are you going to have a fallout with him?” Christina frowned, “I don’t want you to put your life at risk for me all the time. Now, we don’t know about the deal between Sheridan and Nigel. 1 need to make sure they don’t link up and come after us.”
Although Christina was grateful for Sheridan’s help, she couldn’t trust him because Nigel was a descendant of the Stone family.
With that, Christina hugged Nathaniel and uttered softly, “Nathaniel, I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
Nathaniel calmed down instantly and realized how childish his behavior was. How could I question Christina’s loyalty?
“I’m sorry, Christina. I didn’t mean to get angry at you,” he apologized.
“I know. It’s just that you care about me deeply, so you don’t want men to get close to me.” Christina flashed a smile. “Are you feeling better now that we’ve cleared the air?”
“I’m not angry anymore. Let’s go to our room.” Nathaniel looked at her affectionately. I can never get enough of seeing her face.
“All right.” Christina smiled.
The next day, Nathaniel had to go to Jadeborough to attend an important meeting. Christina sent him to the airport and went straight to Gibson Corporation.
Within a night, Nathaniel’s team of expert accountants had finished compiling all the problems with the company’s accounts.
Christina felt her heart grow heavier as she listened to Sebastian’s report. It seems like Gibson Corporation isn’t only failing due to external factors. Nigel had been misappropriating the company funds! He had been siphoning money off Gibson Corporation into Raveworks Enterprise! No wonder Nigel dared to cash out on Raveworks Enterprise behind Winston’s back.
“What’s the relationship like between Nigel and Winston?” Christina asked.
“Those two are on the verge of having a complete fallout. In fact, they’re both waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike,” Sebastian reported truthfully.
Christina closed the ledger and narrowed her eyes dangerously. “If that’s the case, let’s make lives easier for them. Get someone to tell Nigel about how Winston exposed Yerek’s real identity. We should let them deal with each other for a while so that Nigel wouldn’t have the time to pester me.”
“Understood. I’ll get on it.” As soon as Sebastian finished his sentence, the secretary came in and told Christina that Sheridan had arrived.
“Invite him in.” Christina instructed.
Before the secretary led Sheridan in, Sebastian and Lyle tactfully exited the room.
Although they hadn’t seen each other in a long time, Sheridan still looked the same. If anything, his politeness made him look much more approachable than before.
“It’s been a while, Christina.” Sheridan walked up to her. “I thought you wouldn’t want to meet me today.”
Christina flashed a polite smile and replied, “We made an appointment last night, no? I wouldn’t flake on you. What would you like to drink? I’ll get the secretary to bring it in.”
“Black coffee, please. Thank you.” Sheridan pulled out a chair and sat down casually.
After the secretary served him the coffee, the two got down to business.
“I’m returning you Gibson Corporation’s shares that I acquired from Yerek,” Sheridan uttered.
Christina was baffled, and she was at a loss in the face of Sheridan’s generosity.
“Mr. Stone, these shares are worth at least twenty million. I’ll take no reward when I’ve done no merit,” she said.
“Well, make an offer. I’ll accept it regardless of the price.”
Christina couldn’t tell what Sheridan was getting at. Pondering for a moment, she asked directly, “Mr. Stone, I would like to know why you’re returning all these shares.”
Sheridan kept his incomprehensible eyes on her and asked, “Christina, we’ve merely not seen each other for some time. Why don’t you call me by my first name? As I’ve said, I need an incredibly capable person like you to be my friend.”
