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?”

a dime in a dozen in places like those, with one to light one’s cigarette and another to pour one’s drinks. They’re all the same. Nathaniel is handsome. Surely there will be

there were scarcely any women

I should keep

creature. “There are occasions when I’m forced to be at such a place, but

you so sure that you wouldn’t talk to them? What if you meet someone vivacious and beautiful? Wouldn’t

for men to stare at beautiful women? Even I will do a double–take when I see handsome movie stars

gaze darkened. His beady eyes seemed to consume her. “I

and exposed his Adam’s apple, which bobbed attractively. He had some alcohol and his skin was flushed pink which made him

away from his muscular chest peeking out from his shirt and gave a cough to mask

assent, Nathaniel entered

he emerged from his

calmed him. In fact, nobody

close to his. It was

with an assistant first

the computers on which they could make immediate amendments to any term they would go over during

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

war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained a calculated division of benefits, which could be taken advantage

terms, spanning several pages, were only finalized that night after much revision. Then, Sebastian left to

suit. “We’ve finally ironed out everything. Come, let’s have

too, stood up. It’s not an unreasonable request

the two men headed for the bar in the office.

to linger on Madison’s exquisite figure. “I never knew how talented your secretary

ago that Nathaniel’s secretary was the heiress to the Taggart family, who cast aside her birthright to do something so blatantly

slight smile but did

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