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.”

make a call because of a trivial matter

matter. Nothing matters as long as

to disrupt them for a while since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed it back into his hand. “Never mind, I believe

was dead on her feet and did not want to

lean against the window to rest for a bit, a forceful collision hit the car without warning.

that, a wave of dizziness assailed her, the pain so excruciating

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

eyes over her face worriedly. He

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

spoke. “A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier, and I couldn’t

like a manic wild wolf. If

resulting in a gash. He could

around to check on the situation in the back. “Are you okay, Mr.

thunder. He ordered through gritted teeth, “Go and see what’s

“Understood.”

open the car door and

both cars was severely dented. At a single glance, one could tell that the other party’s car was, driving

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

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

an inch. With the illumination of the moonlight, one could

agreement, he wound the car window back

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

ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina

alighted from the car, she abruptly sensed a sharp

was the exact same feeling as when she was pushed into

over the crowd, she tried to figure out who was staring at her. Alas, every single

though someone was watching

arrested? Was this incident really an accident, or

lowered his head and

Christina swallowed the doubt on the tip

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

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