A Crazy Night Novel

Chapter 264 Unrequited

She was greeted by a gust of cold air upon exiting the private room, dampening the warmth that had arisen in her.

Walking behind Nathaniel, Madison replayed the incident of him spurning Luke for her.

Mr. Hadley cares about me. He rejects another man’s advances toward me as soon as he sees his intentions.

Lowering her head, Madison smiled surreptitiously to herself.

As soon as they emerged from the hotel entrance, Sebastian sent Nathaniel home.

Madison stared until the black Maybach disappeared into the distance before looking away reluctantly.

It was late at night when he arrived back at Scenic Garden Manor.

Nathaniel pushed open the door and found Christina on the couch, exploring an illustration software on her tablet.

She wore her hair in a ponytail and was dressed in a long sleeping gown. She wore a pair of white socks, and the way her feet swung idly looked endearing.

Hearing the footsteps, Christina turned around. She narrowed her eyes. “Have you been smoking, Mr. Hadley?”

The stench of alcohol and burnt tobacco was especially pungent against the faint fragrance of the room.

Only when he sniffed his jacket did Nathaniel realize it stank. “I had business to discuss earlier.”

Like an agile kitten, Christina leaped off the couch and arrived before him in several quick strides. “At a karaoke lounge? Or a private room? Were there pretty girls to drink with you?”

cigarette and another to pour one’s drinks. They’re all the same. Nathaniel is handsome. Surely there will be women

feel uneasy. As there were scarcely any women by

appears to be something I should keep an

if he was comforting a small, furry creature. “There are occasions when I’m forced to be at such a place, but I will never interact with

sure that you wouldn’t

beautiful women? Even I will do a double–take when I see handsome movie

His beady eyes seemed to consume her. “I promise I wouldn’t. I’m going to take

which bobbed attractively. He had some alcohol and his skin

out from his shirt and gave a cough to mask her insecurity. “Hurry

Nathaniel

he

scent calmed him. In fact, nobody else made him feel that

to his. It

Hadley Corporation with an assistant first thing the

to any term they would go over during the meeting. As soon as the details

them spent the entire morning going over the finer points of the agreement, going through

irrelevant details contained a calculated division of benefits, which could be taken advantage of by the

finalized that night after much revision. Then,

suit. “We’ve finally

up. It’s not an unreasonable request to have a drink after completing

two men headed for the bar in the office.

gaze to linger on Madison’s

Nathaniel’s secretary was the heiress to the Taggart family, who cast aside her

smile

two glasses of a mix of her own creation, Playboy, on the table. Luke