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.”

matter and alert her to it. That would make me look

and unruffled. “It doesn’t matter. Nothing matters as long as you believe

the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed it back into his hand. “Never

her feet and did not want to waste her energy on

window 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 that, a wave

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

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

pervaded the

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

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

resulting in

on the

was as black as thunder. He ordered

“Understood.”

the car door and

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

nick of

returned to the car and reported, “The other party is responsible for the accident.

down an inch. With the illumination of the moonlight,

agreement, he wound

busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered

arrived. Nathaniel led

was still feeling a touch dizzy. When she alighted from the car, she

when she was pushed into the road

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

though someone was watching her

the perpetrator has been arrested? Was this incident really an accident, or was

Nathaniel lowered his head and asked in concern. “What’s

Christina swallowed the doubt

man to the ambulance. A medical staff inquired

off the feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had

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