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.”

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

doesn’t matter. Nothing matters as long

only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed it back into his

did not want

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

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

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

eyes over her face worriedly. He glimpsed a red mark

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

he spoke. “A car came barreling over out of nowhere

wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough just now, the situation at present

had also hit the corner of his forehead, resulting in a gash. He could clearly sense

turned around to check on

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

“Understood.”

the car door and climbed out of

was severely dented. At a single glance, one could tell that the other party’s car

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

is responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that the

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

he wound the car window

was relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around

Nathaniel led

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

same feeling as when she was pushed into

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

as though someone

Was this incident

his head and asked in concern.

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

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

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

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