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.”

because of a trivial matter and

and unruffled. “It doesn’t matter. Nothing

ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed it back

feet and did not want

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

heels of that, a wave of

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

into his arms, Nathaniel roamed his eyes over her face worriedly. He

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

“A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier, and I couldn’t

If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough just now, the situation at present

corner of his forehead, resulting in a gash.

check on the situation in the back. “Are you okay,

black as thunder. He ordered through gritted teeth, “Go and see

“Understood.”

open the car door and climbed

both cars was severely dented. At a single glance, one could tell that the other party’s car was, driving along a secondary road before

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

responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that the driver was driving under the influence. Let me

inch. With the illumination of the

agreement, he wound the

was relatively busy.

after, the ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina

alighted from the car, she abruptly sensed a sharp and sinister gaze

she was pushed

face promptly went deathly pale. Scanning her eyes over the crowd, she tried to figure

felt as though someone was watching her in

police say the perpetrator has been arrested? Was this

head and asked in concern. “What’s

fine.” Christina swallowed the

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

the feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had

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