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?”

women are 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 women who would throw themselves at him even without being paid

there were scarcely any women by

I should keep an eye

furry creature. “There

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

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

her. “I promise I wouldn’t. I’m going to

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

muscular chest peeking out from his shirt

in assent, Nathaniel entered the

time he emerged from his shower.

body scent calmed him. In fact, nobody else made

waist, pulling her tiny body close to his. It was in this manner the couple savored each

an assistant first

Madison prepared the documents and the computers on which they could make immediate amendments to any term they would go over during the meeting. As soon as

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

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

after much revision. Then,

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

not an unreasonable request to have a drink after completing the negotiations.

the

gaze to linger on Madison’s exquisite figure.

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

slight smile but did

placed two glasses of a mix of her own creation, Playboy, on the table. Luke picked one up and took a sip. “Not