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.”

not going to make a call because of a trivial matter and alert her to it.

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

disrupt them for a while since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship.

dead on her feet and did not want to waste her

a forceful collision hit the car without warning. Thrown out of her seat, she slammed forward against

that, a wave of dizziness

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

his eyes over her face worriedly. He

heart clenched. His imperious aura instantly pervaded the

came

a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough just now, the situation at present would likely have

of his forehead, resulting in a gash. He could clearly sense blood

stinging pain, he turned around to check on the situation in the back. “Are you

ordered through gritted teeth, “Go

“Understood.”

car door

severely dented. At a single glance, one could tell that the

in the nick of time earlier, their injuries would have been even

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

of the

in agreement, he wound the

relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered

the ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over for

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

was the exact same feeling as when she was pushed into

pale. Scanning her eyes over the crowd, she tried to figure

though someone was

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

state, Nathaniel lowered his head and

I… I’m fine.” Christina swallowed the doubt

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

that someone was watching her, yet she had no idea who it was. Such