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 her to it. That would make

and unruffled. “It doesn’t matter. Nothing

since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial

her feet and did not want to waste her energy on

against the window to rest for a bit, a forceful collision hit the car without warning. Thrown out of

the heels of that, a wave

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

his eyes over her face worriedly. He glimpsed a red mark on her

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

“A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier, and I couldn’t avoid

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

resulting in a gash. He could clearly sense

he turned around to check on the

expression was as black as thunder. He ordered through gritted teeth, “Go

“Understood.”

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

could tell that the other party’s

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

inquiring about the 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 make a

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

agreement, he wound the car window back

was relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd

arrived. Nathaniel led

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

same feeling as when she was pushed into the road the

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

as though someone

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

lowered his head and asked in concern. “What’s wrong,

I’m fine.” Christina swallowed the

ambulance. A medical staff inquired

feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had

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