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.”

of a trivial matter and alert her to

matter. Nothing matters as long

only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed it back into his

and did not want to waste her energy on such

to rest for a bit, a forceful collision hit the car

a wave of dizziness assailed her,

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

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

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

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

driver hurtled into their path like a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough

resulting in a

check on the situation in 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 the

glance, one could tell that the other

of the way in the nick of time earlier, their injuries would have

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

down an inch. With the illumination of the moonlight, one could see the raging anger blazing in

he wound the car window

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

Nathaniel led Christina over for

the car, she abruptly

when she was pushed into the

pale. Scanning her eyes over the crowd, she tried to figure out who was staring

though someone was watching her in

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

her distracted state, Nathaniel lowered his head

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

man to the ambulance. A medical staff inquired about her

not shake off the feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had no idea