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.”

not going to make a call because of a trivial matter and alert her to it. That

expression remained calm and unruffled. “It doesn’t matter. Nothing matters as long

them for a while since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone

and did not want to

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

the heels of that, a wave

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

Nathaniel roamed his eyes over her face worriedly. He glimpsed a red mark

pervaded the entire car, and he roared at

reeling, his voice quivering as he spoke. “A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier,

other driver hurtled into their path like a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough just now, the situation at

of his forehead, resulting in a gash. He could clearly sense blood trickling down his

he turned around to check on the situation in the back. “Are you okay, Mr.

as thunder. He ordered through gritted

“Understood.”

open the car door and climbed out

glance, one could tell that

in the nick of time earlier, their injuries would

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

car window down an inch. With the illumination of the moonlight, one could see the raging anger blazing in the

wound the car window back

was relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered

arrived. Nathaniel led

still feeling a touch dizzy. When she alighted from the car, she abruptly sensed a sharp and sinister

as when she was pushed into

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

someone

the perpetrator has been arrested? Was this incident

her distracted state, Nathaniel lowered his head and

Christina swallowed the doubt on the tip of her

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

could not shake off the feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had no idea who it