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?”

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 women who would throw themselves at him even without being

feel uneasy. As there were scarcely any women by his side before,

to be something I should

caressed Christina’s hair as if he was comforting a small, furry creature. “There are occasions when I’m forced to be at such a place, but I will

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

at beautiful women? Even I will do a double–take when I see handsome movie stars or models at work.

seemed to consume her. “I

he loosened his tie and exposed his Adam’s apple, which bobbed attractively. He had some alcohol

turned her gaze away from his muscular chest peeking out from his shirt and gave a cough to mask her insecurity.

assent, Nathaniel entered the

time he emerged from his shower. He lay down

In fact, nobody else made him feel that

close to his. It was in this manner the couple savored each other’s

an assistant first

which they could make immediate amendments to any term they would

meeting table, the five of them spent the entire morning going over the

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

several pages, were only finalized that night after

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

not an unreasonable request to have a drink after completing the

for the bar in the office. Madison made them

on the bar, Luke allowed his gaze to linger on Madison’s exquisite figure. “I never knew how

Taggart family, who

a slight smile

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