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?”

and another to pour one’s drinks. They’re all the same. Nathaniel is handsome. Surely

women by his side before, she had never considered

appears to be something I should keep

“There are occasions

curious child’s. “What makes you so sure that you wouldn’t talk to them? What if you meet someone vivacious and beautiful? Wouldn’t you want to speak

will do a double–take when

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

which bobbed attractively. He had some alcohol and his skin was flushed pink which made him look as if

muscular chest peeking out from his

assent, Nathaniel entered

bed by the time he

In fact, nobody else made him feel that

to his. It was in this manner the

appeared at Hadley Corporation with an assistant

the computers on which they could make immediate amendments to any term they would go over during the meeting. As soon as the details were ironed out, they could

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

juxtaposition between business and war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained a calculated division of benefits, which could

terms, spanning several pages, were only finalized that night after much revision.

seat and straightened his suit. “We’ve finally ironed out everything. Come, let’s

up. It’s not an

the two men headed for the bar

gaze to linger on Madison’s

who cast aside her birthright to do

smile

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