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 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

her feel uneasy. As there were scarcely any women by

I should keep an

He caressed Christina’s hair as if he was comforting a small, furry creature. “There are occasions when I’m forced to be at such a place,

so sure that you wouldn’t talk to them? What if you meet someone vivacious and beautiful? Wouldn’t you want to speak with

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

eyes seemed to consume her. “I promise I wouldn’t. I’m going

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

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

Nathaniel

the time he emerged

him. In fact, nobody else made him

tiny body close to his. It was in this manner the couple savored each

Corporation with an assistant first thing the following

amendments to any term they would go over during the meeting. As soon

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

Seemingly irrelevant details contained a calculated

were only finalized that night after much

“We’ve finally

not an unreasonable request

file, the two men headed for the bar in the

to linger on Madison’s exquisite

that Nathaniel’s secretary was the heiress to the Taggart family, who cast

gave a slight smile but did not

Playboy, on the table. Luke picked