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

“It doesn’t matter. Nothing matters as long

a while since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial

dead on her feet and did not want

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

loud crash pierced the air. On the heels of that, a wave of dizziness assailed her, the

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

eyes over her

heart clenched. His imperious aura instantly pervaded the entire

voice quivering as he spoke. “A car came barreling over out

moment ago was simply horrific. The other driver hurtled into their path like a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough just now,

had also hit the corner of his forehead, resulting in a gash. He

he turned around to check on the situation in the back. “Are

as thunder. He ordered through gritted

“Understood.”

open the car door and climbed out of the

tell that the other party’s car was, driving along a secondary road

they had not gotten out of the way in the nick

reported, “The other party is responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that the driver was driving under

inch. With the illumination of the moonlight, one could

agreement, he wound the car

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

the ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over for

touch dizzy. When she alighted from the car,

exact same feeling as when she was pushed into the road

crowd, she tried to figure out who was staring at her. Alas, every single pair of eyes was unfamiliar and

someone

perpetrator has been arrested? Was this incident really an accident, or was it orchestrated by

distracted state, Nathaniel lowered his head and asked in concern.

I’m fine.” Christina swallowed the doubt

the man to the ambulance. A medical staff inquired about her injuries before

someone was watching her, yet she had no idea who it was. Such a feeling