A Crazy Night Novel

Chapter 46 Why Are You Not Running Anymore

A single glance at the cheap phone was enough for Emilia to know that it belonged to Christina.

Walking over, she snagged the phone, planning to toss it into the trash can. Out of curiosity, she took a look at the screen. Surprisingly, she saw a message from Nathaniel, who asked whether Christina had arrived at the restaurant.

Didn’t Dad say that Christina and Nathaniel’s marriage is fake? Why would they have dinner together? Ah, she must have lied to Dad because she wasn’t willing to help the Steele family out!

She keyed in Christina’s birthday and unlocked the phone. When she was done replying to the message, she threw it away.

Meanwhile, Christina went to the hospital to visit her mother after leaving the Steele residence.

Recently, her mother suffered a relapse and had been hospitalized for a few days. It was not serious, but Christina still urged her to have a full-body checkup.

They both inquired after each other’s health, and Christina told her mother about the interesting things at work lately.

Subsequently, she went to the counter and paid the hospitalization fees. There was little money left on her bank card, and she would only receive her salary next month.

She had just returned to the hospital room and sat for a while when visitation hours ended. A nurse came and requested that she leave.

When she left the hospital, she abruptly remembered Nathaniel asking her out for dinner. It was only when she planned to return a call to him did she realize that her phone was gone.

She had no idea where she had lost it. Worried about making Nathaniel wait, she hailed a taxi and rushed to the restaurant,

Upon arrival, she gave the server Nathaniel’s name. The server led her to the private room before leaving.

The decoration in the private room was incredibly romantic. All the candles were arranged into heart shapes, and the tablecloth was red. Even the furnishings were very much unique.

It’s already eight-thirty. Could Nathaniel be late because he’s busy with work?

Christina waited for him on the couch. A wave of drowsiness suddenly assailed her after she had bustled around for the entire day, and she dozed off.

By the time the server woke her up, it was already ten o’clock, and the restaurant was closing for the day.

missing. Gah! Why did I have to misplace

stepped out of the restaurant, a gust of wind hit

had little money on her then. Since she had used more than half of it to take

few people. Christina found a seat and sat down. Leaning back against the chair,

flashed past her eyes in a continuous stream, Nathaniel’s countenance inexplicably popped into her mind.

a distance before arriving at her

blue, she sensed something amiss. Huh? It sounds as though someone

head back in bewilderment. But then, there was no one behind her. In fact, the entire

more uneasy. Everyone had their own auras. When two people’s auras appeared at the

one’s surroundings were, the easier it was to

was lurking behind her, Christina quickened her pace. At the thought that someone with nefarious intentions might pop out, her heart

stepped out of the darkness. “Ahh!” she shrieked at the top of her lungs even as she began running as fast as her legs could her.

Along the terribly cold street in the dead of night, her screams were swallowed by the darkness. Practically no one heard her.

However, just two seconds after that, her long hair was yanked by a brute force from behind.

the ground hard as a result, a stabbing pain shooting

and bonny. Why’d you stop running?” The man’s face was obscured by the darkness,

her feet. Her expression remained calm and unruffled, but inwardly, she was trembling in

be gentle with you.” The man stalked closer to her, step by step. It was a narrow path, and if she wanted to escape, she needed to

swamped Christina. She had seen too many news reports of people encountering perverts while walking home alone late at night. All the hair on her body bristled with

grabbed her wrist. “This is more like it. Don’t fight

even finish his sentence, he was sent flying like a bowling pin

spewing a mouthful

had gone pale in fright.

Christina breathed a sigh of relief. Under the dim lights, Nathaniel’s jaw was clenched tightly, rendering his features exceptionally icy and flinty. His unfathomable eyes gave others a

emanating frost, he kicked the man a few times.

human anatomy would be able to tell that those were sounds

had made his way back to Christina did he notice her scraped knees and elbows. Blood dyed her shirt

on the white bedsheet after a bout of