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.”

a trivial matter and alert her to it. That would make me look awfully

calm and unruffled. “It doesn’t matter. Nothing matters as long as

this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed it back into his hand.

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

forceful collision hit the car without warning. Thrown out

pierced the air. On the heels of that, a wave of dizziness assailed her,

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

his eyes over her face worriedly. He glimpsed

his heart clenched. His imperious aura instantly pervaded the entire car, and he roared at the front, “What

“A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier, and

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

forehead, resulting in a gash. He could clearly sense blood trickling

turned around to check on the

He ordered through gritted teeth,

“Understood.”

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

a single glance, one could tell that the other party’s car was, driving along a secondary road before rushing out right

had not gotten out of the way in the nick of time earlier,

other party is responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that the driver was driving under the influence. Let me make a

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

agreement, he wound the

busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around

ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over for

dizzy. When she alighted from the car, she abruptly sensed a sharp and sinister gaze watching

exact same feeling as when she was pushed into the

over the crowd, she tried to figure

as though someone was

arrested? Was this incident really an

his head

fine.” Christina swallowed the doubt on the tip of her

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

was watching her, yet she had no idea

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