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.”

not going to make a call because of a trivial matter and alert

“It doesn’t matter. Nothing

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

her feet and did not want to waste her

a bit, a forceful collision hit the car

wave of dizziness assailed her, the pain so excruciating that she almost passed

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

her face worriedly. He glimpsed a red

pervaded the entire car,

was still reeling, his voice quivering as he spoke. “A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier, and I couldn’t avoid it at

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

in a gash. He could clearly sense blood trickling

turned around to check on the situation in the

ordered through gritted teeth,

“Understood.”

open the car door

glance, one could tell that the other party’s car

not gotten out of the way in the nick of time earlier, their injuries

situation, 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

the illumination of

agreement, he wound the car window

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

after, the ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina

still feeling a touch dizzy. When she alighted from the

she

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

someone was watching her in

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

his head and

I… I’m fine.” Christina swallowed the doubt on the tip of her

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

someone was watching her, yet she had no idea