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.”

because of a trivial matter and alert her to

unruffled. “It doesn’t matter. Nothing

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

did not want to waste her energy on such a

forceful collision hit the car without warning. Thrown out of her seat,

air. On the heels of that, a wave

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

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

instantly pervaded the entire car, and he roared at the front,

his voice quivering as he spoke. “A car came barreling

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

in a gash. He could clearly sense

on the situation in the back.

as black as thunder. He ordered through gritted teeth,

“Understood.”

Sebastian swung open the car door and climbed out

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

gotten out of the way in the nick of time earlier, their injuries

Sebastian returned 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

car window down an inch. With the illumination of the moonlight, one

he wound the car window back

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

ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over

alighted from the car, she abruptly sensed a sharp and

she was pushed

to figure out who was staring at her. Alas, every single pair of eyes was unfamiliar

as though someone

been arrested? Was this incident really an

lowered his head and asked

the doubt on the

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

yet she had no idea who it was. Such a feeling