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.”

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

“It doesn’t matter. Nothing matters as long

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

her feet and did not want to waste her energy on such a

for a bit, a forceful collision hit

loud crash pierced the air. On the heels of that, a wave of dizziness assailed her, the pain so excruciating that she almost passed

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

eyes over her face worriedly. He glimpsed a red

his heart clenched. His imperious aura instantly pervaded the entire car, and he roared at the front, “What

“A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier,

horrific. The other driver hurtled into their path like a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel

of his forehead, resulting in

on the situation

as thunder. He ordered through gritted teeth, “Go

“Understood.”

car door and climbed out of the

single glance, one could tell that the other party’s

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

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

With the illumination of the moonlight, one could see the raging anger blazing

wound the car window

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

arrived. Nathaniel led Christina

she alighted from the car,

same feeling as when she was pushed into the

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

though someone was watching her

this incident really an accident,

head and asked in concern. “What’s wrong,

swallowed the doubt on the tip of her

A medical staff inquired about her injuries before doctoring the bruise on

shake off the feeling that someone was watching her, yet

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