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.”

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

and unruffled. “It doesn’t matter.

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

did not want to

was about to lean against the 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 of

wave of dizziness assailed her,

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

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

instantly pervaded the entire car, and he roared at the

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

simply horrific. The other driver hurtled into their path like a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough just now, the situation at present

in a gash. He could clearly sense blood

check on the situation in the back. “Are

ordered

“Understood.”

Sebastian swung open the car door and climbed out

one could tell that the other

of the way in the nick of time

is responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that the driver was driving under the influence. Let

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

agreement, he wound the car

busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around the

ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over

she alighted from the car, she abruptly sensed a sharp and sinister gaze

the exact same feeling as when she was pushed into the

promptly went deathly pale. Scanning her eyes over the crowd, she tried to figure

felt as though someone was

arrested? Was this incident really an

distracted state, Nathaniel lowered his head and asked in

fine.” Christina swallowed the doubt on

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

the feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had no idea who it was. Such a feeling was exceedingly

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