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.”

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

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

not a big deal to disrupt them for a while since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed it back into his hand. “Never mind,

did not want to waste

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

air. On the heels of that, a wave of dizziness assailed

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

over her face worriedly.

aura instantly pervaded the entire car,

he spoke. “A car came barreling

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

forehead, resulting in a gash. He could clearly

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

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

“Understood.”

the car door

tell that the other party’s car was,

had not gotten out of the way in the nick of time earlier, their injuries would have been

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

backseat, Nathaniel wound the car window down an inch. With the illumination of the moonlight, one could see the raging

wound the car window

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

Nathaniel led

When she alighted from the car, she abruptly sensed a

exact same feeling as when she was pushed into

tried to figure out who was staring at

felt as though someone was watching her

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

state, Nathaniel lowered his head and asked in

Christina swallowed the doubt on

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

the feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had no idea