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 to it. That would make me look awfully

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

a big deal to disrupt them for a while since they’re the only ones who can clarify this

her feet and did not want to

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

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

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

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

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

spoke. “A car came barreling over out of nowhere

wild wolf. If

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

on the situation in the back. “Are you

expression was as black as thunder. He ordered through gritted

“Understood.”

acknowledgment, Sebastian swung open the car door

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

in the nick of time earlier, their injuries would have

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

of the moonlight, one

in agreement, he wound the car window back

was relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around the

Nathaniel

a touch dizzy. When she alighted from the

when she was pushed

she tried to figure out who was staring at her. Alas,

someone was

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

head

Christina swallowed the doubt on the tip of her

A medical staff inquired about her injuries before doctoring the

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

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