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?”

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

there were scarcely any women by his side before, she had never

be something I should keep

comforting a small, furry creature. “There are occasions when I’m forced to be

you so sure that you wouldn’t talk to them? What if

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

to consume her. “I promise

He had some alcohol and his

muscular chest peeking out from his shirt and

assent, Nathaniel

by the time he emerged from his shower. He lay

scent calmed him. In fact, nobody else made him

Christina’s waist, pulling her tiny body close to his. It was in this manner the couple savored each other’s heartbeats until dawn

Hadley Corporation with an assistant first

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

going over the finer points of the

by only two people–exemplifying the juxtaposition between business and war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained a calculated division of benefits, which could be

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

seat and straightened his suit. “We’ve finally ironed

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

file, the two men headed for the bar in the office. Madison

linger on Madison’s exquisite figure. “I never knew how talented your secretary is, Mr. Hadley.”

the Taggart family, who cast aside her birthright to do something so blatantly obvious that

a slight smile but did

her own creation, Playboy, on the table. Luke