Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

Chapter 513

In the Roberts family’s living room, everyone was staring at Daniel’s phone call with burning eyes.

By the time he hung up, the people in the living room had already understood why Joseph had rushed back. Ava

had yet to

react to Daniel’s words.

She was both surprised and shocked.

Sitting on the sofa with one hand on her knee, she pondered and muttered softly to herself, “So Joseph went to

chase after Christina. Then, Christina went to Sapphire City. How did Joseph know?”

Frank felt that the little girl’s question was very good. He could not help but touch her neck. He did not answer her

question, but the others more or less knew the reason. He casually said the most fake excuse, “Maybe Christina

told him.”

Ava continued to hold her chin and think. It made sense for Frank to say that. After all, Christina went to Sapphire

City, the place where Joseph was born and raised.

The corners of her lips curled up, and her eyes were filled with joy. “Alright, then we’ll wait here for Joseph’s good

news.”

Frank pinched the little girl’s ear and said with a smile, “That depends on Joseph’s speed.”

Grace continued to pat Emma’s hand to comfort her. “Don’t worry, Joseph has his own way of doing things.”

Emma was not worried that her son would not know his limits. At most, she was afraid that her son would not

understand his feelings and make the wrong decision.

After returning from Xaynum, Christina did not waste any time. She felt that it would be a waste/not to explore the

exotic culture of the foreign country. This trip was spontaneous, as her father had mentioned it casually. It was

uncertain whether she would succeed or not. The timeline was not tight and the tasks were not burdensome, so she

was not that anxious.

Instead, she wanted to relax. If she made an appointment and did not see the boss, she would continue tomorrow.

After discussing so many businesses, which boss did not rely on their charisma? Which boss did not put on some

airs? To Christina, this situation was very normal.

She hailed a taxi from the company to the mall in Sapphire City and started shopping alone.

When she walked into Sapphire City’s mall, she quite liked the environment.

All the luxury brands were placed on the top floor of the building. Those with relatively low prices were placed on

the first to fifth floors. They did not restrict people with limited conditions to enter this building.

She was suddenly interested and wanted to walk around floor by floor. The buildings in Sapphire City had their own

unique architectural style, and every building had removed the “14th” and “4th” floors. It could be said that they

had gotten rid of the unlucky numbers. This building only had 16 floors, and the top floor was a cafe.

Christina discovered a special point. The people here liked to make full use of the roof. Sapphire Hotel was the

same. The top floor was also a sunny recreation area.

Starting from the first floor for a shopping spree, Christina did not assume that inexpensive items were not of good

quality. Sometimes, hidden treasures could be found among them. Christina had no self-torture tendencies, so she

planned to explore a few floors and then buy a pair of flat shoes she liked at her favorite shoe store. Otherwise, her

legs would hurt too much to walk tomorrow.

After shopping for a full three hours, she bought a lot of things. It was not convenient to carry them back, so she

opened an errand app and called an errand boy to send the things in her hand back to the hotel.

The moment she turned her head, she felt that someone was following her. However, when she turned her head

again, she did not see anyone. She narrowed her eyes and frowned.

However, she did not think too much about it and continued shopping.

When she reached the entrance of a branded fountain pen shop, Christina’s footsteps froze. She wanted to go in,

so she did. Under the transparent glass display case were expensive fountain pens. Under the light, the pens

glowed.

Christina’s finger swiped across the display case, following a straight line all the way to a fountain pen with a golden

body. Her footsteps stopped, and Joseph’s face appeared in her mind in a second.

Yes, the first thing she thought of when she entered this shop was that Joseph was a university professor. She

actually wanted to buy a fountain pen for him.

This golden pen was very dazzling and very gentlemanly. Christina felt that it suited Joseph very well. The counter

staff quickly understood her intentions from her expression. She could tell that Christina liked this pen and took it

out with gloves.

The counter staff introduced the pen, even taking a piece of white paper and writing on it with the golden fountain

pen. The puke white paper was lightly dyed by the tip of the pen. Every word fell on the paper as if a musical note

was beating

Christina could not help but ask to wear gloves to hold the pen. The pen was of normal length and felt very

comfortable to

hold. She bought it generously without asking for the price.

When she was still wondering if she should send it out, she bought it and swiped her bank card.

Christina had always been a person who followed her heart. She would not endure it and hide her feelings. If she

liked something, she would bring it back home. Regardless of whether she could use it in the future, at least when

she thought of it, she would not regret it. She did not want herself to feel like she should have bought the item back

if she had known earlier.

If it was useless, then she could place it at home and scold herself for having bought it.

When Christina walked out of the building, the sky was already dark. She had stayed in the mall for an entire day,

eating and shopping. She had another bag full of spoils of war in her hands.

Coincidentally, when she came out, a taxi stopped in front of her. The driver rolled down the window and asked,

“Miss, are you leaving? I happen to have an empty car.”

After walking for a day, Christina could not wait to go back and rest. “Okay, send me to Sapphire Hotel. Thank you.”

The driver was a young man and was very straightforward. “Okay.” As he spoke, he slipped out of the car and

opened the trunk to help Christina put the things in.

After getting into the car, no one said anything. They were silent all the way until the car arrived at the hotel. The

driver helped take the things down and said goodbye and thank you.

When she arrived at the front desk, Christina asked, “Hello, I’m a customer here. Did you receive the things I sent

an errand boy to bring back?”

The receptionist replied politely, “Yes, Miss. You have a lot of things. I’ll arrange for someone to send them up for

you.”

“Thank you.”

Christina did not force herself to carry all the things up to her room. She felt that the service in this hotel was not

bad.

When she returned to her room, she looked at the pile of gifts, boxes, and various brands on the floor. Christina was

too tired and was not in the mood to tidy them up. She took off her coat, turned on the air conditioner, and casually

tied her hair up. Everything could wait until she had taken a shower.

20 minutes later, Christina came out of the bathroom wearing bright red silk pajamas. Her curly hair was tied into a

loose bun, and her face was still covered with a face mask. Her hands constantly rubbed hand cream on her hands.

With one-hand on her waist, she gently leaned against the wine cabinet, thinking about how to deal with these bags.

She seemed to have forgotten to buy a luggage. How could she have forgotten the most important thing?

At this moment, the doorbell rang. Feeling puzzled as she had not ordered room service, she walked over to open

the door. The door opened and two white suitcases were pushed in.

Without waiting for Christina to speak, the person with the hotel manager’s name tag spoke first. He also sized up

Christina. “Hello, Miss. Our hotel discovered that you bought a lot of things in the afternoon. Since it’s your first time

staying in our hotel, we’ll give you two suitcases as a token of our hotel’s appreciation. We hope you can come and

stay again next time.”

Hearing this, Christina was stunned for a moment. This was the first time she had encountered such a situation. She

asked suspiciously, “Does your hotel send suitcases to everyone? And not just one, but two?”

She emphasized on the word “two”.

As she spoke, Christina raised two fair and slender fingers and waved them in the air, full of suspicion.

The manager replied without changing his expression, “Yes, we not only sent two suitcases to you, we also sent it to

other customers today. You can investigate. You’re not the only one. You don’t have to be afraid of our hotel having

any bad intentions. If there are any, it’s our monthly performance. I hope you can continue staying in our hotel next

time.”

The door was open, but the manager did not enter. It could be said that he did not even step in. Outside the door,

another waiter delivered a suitcase. “Hello, this is a gift from our hotel today. Thank you for checking in.”

Christina had a keen eye and knew that the price of these two suitcases was already equivalent to the amount she

had paid in advance at the hotel. She was still suspicious, and the hotel’s operation puzzled her.

She had reason to suspect that this boss was a rich second-generation heir who did not know how to run a

business. How could he give things away like this?

Was this not a waste?

This should be a method to appease the customers when there was an accident in the hotel. She did not give a bad

review and had just checked in not long ago. Why would the hotel suddenly give her two branded suitcases?

In the end, when the manager continued to explain to Christina, she could not help but accept it. She even

promised to stay in this hotel in the future. The manager seemed to have completed his mission and left with a

heavy burden. Before he left, he even wiped the sweat on his forehead.

Looking at the two tall white suitcases, Christina shook her head helplessly. It was a waste not to use them. What

was there to

be pretentious about? She was already short of suitcases. Thinking of this, she squatted down and started to open

the boxes. Then she opened the suitcases and arranged everything in order inside.

Two hours later, Christina was a little thirsty. She realized that there was red wine and white wine on the wine rack.

There was mineral water, drinks, and milk on the table.

The operation of this hotel was rather abnormal. Christina, who had checked in for the first time, was wary and did

not dare drink red wine. She opened a bottle of mineral water and sat on a chair, deep in thought. For some

reason, she was a little curious about the owner of this hotel.

The next morning, when Christina woke up, it was already 8:30 am.

She hurriedly changed into a black suit and put on a white down jacket and black high heels that she had bought

yesterday. Then, she went to the company again.

When she went downstairs, the cold wind was bone-chilling. The wind in Sapphire City was quite cold.

Coincidentally, the taxi driver downstairs was the young man who had sent her back last night. He was downstairs

again this morning.

“Hey, young lady, why is it you again? Are you planning to go out?”

He sounded as if he was trying to solicit customers. This made Christina stop asking. Perhaps because this was a

hotel, the driver liked to wait here to receive customers.

After getting into the car, Christina still asked, “Do you often attract guests here?”

The driver started the car steadily and said in a normal tone, “That’s right. The quality of the customers who check

in here is especially high. I like to attract guests here.”

So that was how it was.

However, rich people did not necessarily have high standards. Poor people did not necessarily have low standards

either. It was just that Christina did not intend to debate this topic with the driver.

Perhaps the people he met were all of high quality.

The driver was a chatterbox and was very talkative today, forming a contrast to the quiet trip yesterday. “Miss,

what do you think of our city?”

Christina glanced at the scenery outside the window and said truthfully, “It’s quite good. The people here are very

enthusiastic.”

The driver was slightly proud and raised his chin like a child. “Of course. Our management here is still relatively

strict. You can rest assured about the security in our city. We have a great philanthropist here who spends a lot of

money every year to manage the security here.”

“A great philanthropist?” Christina asked,