A Crazy Night Novel

Chapter 287 A Sense Of Danger

Everyone standing around dispersed. Rayne also left while cradling her red and swollen face.

Nathaniel turned his gaze to Christina, whose eyes were slightly red. “The fashion show is over, so let’s go. home first.”

Suspicion lingered within Christina, but she did not want to ask too many questions in public. Hence, she merely grunted in acquiescence.

When the two of them had gotten in the car, a strained atmosphere hung in the air.

“Why did that woman earlier claim that the two of you are family?” The look in Christina’s eyes was grim, marred with obvious displeasure.

Nathaniel could distinctly sense that she was agitated. It was rare for him to see her in such a state, so he reached out and seized her chin, lifting her head up.

Her crystalline eyes shimmered like diamonds, beyond mesmerizing.

Perturbed by his stare, Christina urged huffily, “Well?”

A snort of laughter escaped Nathaniel, and he chuckled aloud. Well… she looks pretty adorable when she’s jealous.

“That was my paternal uncle’s daughter. They reside abroad and rarely return to the country, so you know about them.”

If she’s his paternal uncle’s daughter, that means she’s his paternal cousin,

Following that, Christina was skeptical about his claim. “Then, why isn’t her last name Hadley but Lacroix?”

This doesn’t make sense at all.

Cradling her face with a single hand, Nathaniel answered, “Because she took her mother’s family name.”

Even then, Christina was dubious. “You’ve got a lot of family members.”

“You can call and ask Mom if you don’t believe me.” Taking out his phone, Nathaniel made to ring Julia up.

However, Christina snatched the phone from him. “It’s late, so don’t disrupt their rest.”

of a trivial matter and alert her to it. That would make me look awfully

calm and unruffled. “It doesn’t matter. Nothing matters

who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and

and did not want to waste her energy on such

about to lean against the window to rest for a bit, a forceful collision hit the car without warning. Thrown out of her seat, she slammed forward against the

the heels of that, a wave of dizziness assailed her,

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

eyes over her face worriedly. He glimpsed

His imperious aura instantly pervaded the entire car, and he roared

car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier, and I couldn’t avoid it

path like a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the

resulting in a gash. He could clearly sense blood trickling down

to check on the situation in the back. “Are

as thunder. He ordered through gritted teeth, “Go

“Understood.”

the car door and climbed

both cars was severely dented. At a single glance, one could tell that the

way in the nick of time earlier, their injuries would have

is responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that the driver was

window down an inch. With the illumination of

wound

in an area that was relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around the scene in

ambulance arrived. Nathaniel

a touch dizzy. When she alighted from the car, she abruptly sensed a

feeling as when she was pushed

her eyes over the crowd, she tried to figure out who was staring at her. Alas, every single

as though someone was watching her in

the perpetrator has been arrested? Was this incident really an

head and asked

I… I’m fine.” Christina swallowed the doubt on

ambulance. A medical staff inquired about her injuries before doctoring

watching her, yet she had no idea who it