Chapter 624. I Won’t Trick You This Time

Christina also buried her face in Estelle’s arms, looked at her with pleading eyes, and begged, “Just let us stay here for one night, please?”

Unable to resist their determined gazes, Estelle couldn’t bring herself to say no. She reluctantly continued, “Alright, then... Tomorrow, I’ll…”

Just as Estelle was about to say, “I’ll pick you up”, she suddenly heard a rattling sound. She stopped talking. And then, Estelle looked in the direction of the sound worriedly. Then she saw Cristofer standing in the doorway of the kitchen with a fruit plate. Beside him was the pendulum that he had accidentally knocked to the floor. He tried to put down the fruit plate first to help the pendulum up, but he stumbled as his leg hadn’t fully recovered. The next second, he nearly flopped to the floor.

Estelle was startled, and she wanted to rush over to help Cristofer up subconsciously. Yet, she hesitated, afraid that he was repeating the same trick, playing the pity to gain sympathy. A