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?”

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

women by his side

I should

creature. “There are occasions when I’m forced to be at such

twinkled like a curious child’s. “What makes you so sure that you wouldn’t talk to them? What if you meet

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

her. “I promise I wouldn’t.

had some alcohol and his skin was

gaze away from his muscular chest peeking out from his shirt and gave

Nathaniel entered the

in bed by the time he emerged from

scent calmed him. In fact, nobody

his. It was in this manner the couple savored each other’s heartbeats until dawn

appeared at Hadley Corporation with an

freshly brewed coffee, Madison prepared the documents and the computers on which they could make immediate amendments to any term they would

table, the five of them spent the entire morning going over the finer points of

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

finalized that night after much revision. Then, Sebastian

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

up. It’s not an unreasonable request to have

men headed for the bar

his gaze to linger on Madison’s

who cast aside her birthright to do something so blatantly obvious that everybody knew

gave a slight smile but

of her own creation, Playboy, on the table.