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?”

places like those, with one to light one’s cigarette and another to pour one’s drinks. They’re all the same. Nathaniel

her feel uneasy. As there were scarcely any women by his side before,

be something I

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

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

Even I will do a double–take when I see handsome movie stars or

seemed to consume her. “I

bobbed attractively. He had some alcohol

peeking out from his shirt and

Nathaniel

time he

In fact, nobody else made him feel

pulling her tiny body close to his.

with an assistant first thing the following

brewed coffee, 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

over the finer points of the

details contained a calculated division of benefits, which could be

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

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

too, stood up. It’s not an unreasonable request to have a drink after completing

two men headed for the bar

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

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

a slight smile but did not

on the table. Luke picked one up and took