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.”

to make a call because of a trivial matter and alert her to it.

“It doesn’t matter. Nothing matters

a while since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed it back

dead on her feet and did not want to waste her energy on

hit

the heels of that, a wave of

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

over her face worriedly. He glimpsed a red mark on her unblemished

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

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

If he had not

the corner of his forehead, resulting in a gash. He could clearly

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

black as thunder. He ordered through gritted

“Understood.”

an acknowledgment, Sebastian swung open the car door and climbed out of

could tell that the

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

the situation, Sebastian returned to the car and reported, “The other party is responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that the driver

backseat, Nathaniel wound the car window down an inch. With the illumination of the moonlight, one could see the raging anger blazing

agreement, he wound the car window back

area that was relatively busy. Therefore, a

arrived. Nathaniel

feeling a touch dizzy. When she alighted from the car, she abruptly sensed a

she was pushed into the road

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

as though someone was watching her in

has been arrested? Was this incident really an accident, or was it orchestrated

her distracted state, Nathaniel lowered his head

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

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

the feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had no