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.”

going to make a call because of a trivial matter and alert her to it. That

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

can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina

did not want to waste her energy on such

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

air. On the heels of that, a wave of dizziness assailed her, the pain so excruciating that

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

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

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

as he spoke. “A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier, and I couldn’t avoid it at

The other driver hurtled into their path like a manic wild wolf. If he had

had also hit the corner of his forehead, resulting in a gash. He could clearly sense blood

on the situation in

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

“Understood.”

open the car door and climbed out

a single glance, one could tell that the other party’s car was, driving along a secondary road before rushing out right

in the nick

to the car and reported, “The other party is responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that the driver was driving under the influence. Let me make a police report

With the illumination of the moonlight, one could see the

he wound the

busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around the scene in

after, the ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over for

the car, she abruptly

as when she was

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

though someone was watching her

police say the perpetrator has been arrested? Was this incident really an

head and asked

swallowed the doubt on the

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

off the feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had no idea who it was. Such a