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.”

matter and alert her to it. That

“It doesn’t matter. Nothing matters as long as

the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered

on her feet and did not want to waste her energy

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

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

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

eyes over her

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

reeling, his voice quivering as he spoke. “A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier, and I

their path like a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough just now, the situation

hit the corner of his forehead, resulting in

turned around to check on the situation in

ordered through gritted teeth, “Go and see what’s going

“Understood.”

car door and

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

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

responsible for the accident.

the backseat, Nathaniel wound the car window down an inch. With the illumination of the moonlight,

he wound the

busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around the

Nathaniel led Christina

she alighted from the car, she abruptly

feeling as when she was pushed into the road the other

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

someone was watching

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

lowered his head

Christina swallowed the

medical staff inquired about her

yet she had no

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