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.”

a trivial matter and alert her

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

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

and did not want to waste her energy

collision hit the

of that, a wave of dizziness assailed her, the

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

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

heart clenched. His imperious aura instantly pervaded the entire

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

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

the corner of his forehead, resulting in a gash.

the stinging pain, he turned around to check on the

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

“Understood.”

swung open the car door and climbed out of

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

they had not gotten out of the way in the nick of

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

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

in agreement, he wound the car

relatively busy.

ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led

the

was the exact same feeling as when she was

tried to figure out who was

though someone

Was this incident really an accident, or was it

head and asked in concern.

I’m fine.” Christina swallowed the doubt on the tip

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

watching her, yet she had