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

Christina’s hair as if he was comforting a small, furry creature. “There

her hands. Her gaze twinkled like a curious child’s. “What makes you so sure that you wouldn’t talk to them?

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

her. “I promise I

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

out from

in assent, Nathaniel

in bed by the time he emerged from his

In fact, nobody else

Christina’s waist, pulling her tiny body close to his.

at Hadley Corporation with an assistant first thing the

they could make immediate amendments to any term they would go over during the meeting. As soon as the details

morning going over the finer points of the agreement, going through several cups of

and war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained a calculated division of benefits, which

after much revision.

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

It’s not an unreasonable request to have

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

linger on Madison’s exquisite figure. “I never knew how talented

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

smile but

of her own creation, Playboy, on the table. Luke