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?”

in places like those, with one to light one’s cigarette and another to pour one’s drinks. They’re

As there were scarcely any women by

to be something I

hair as if he was comforting a small, furry creature. “There are

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

beautiful women? Even I will do a

seemed to consume her. “I promise

attractively. He had some alcohol and his skin was

turned her gaze away from his muscular chest peeking out from his shirt and gave a cough to mask

Nathaniel entered the

the time he emerged

body scent calmed him. In fact, nobody else made him feel

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

Hadley Corporation with an

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 details were ironed out, they could then print the agreement and

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

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

pages, were only finalized that night after much

and straightened his suit. “We’ve finally ironed

It’s not an unreasonable request to

two men headed for the bar in

bar, Luke allowed his gaze to linger on Madison’s exquisite figure. “I never knew how

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

a slight smile but did not

a mix of her own creation, Playboy, on the table. Luke picked