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?”

one’s drinks. They’re all the same. Nathaniel is

her feel uneasy. As there were scarcely any women by his side before, she had never considered that a

appears to be something I should keep an eye

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

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

I will do a double–take when I see handsome movie

consume her.

attractively. He had some alcohol and his skin was flushed pink which made him look as if he

muscular chest peeking out from his shirt and

in assent, Nathaniel entered the

was back in bed by the time he

scent calmed him. In fact, nobody

to his. It was

at Hadley Corporation with an assistant first thing

with freshly 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 were ironed out, they could

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

the juxtaposition between business and war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained a calculated division of benefits, which could be taken

terms, spanning several pages, were only finalized that night after much revision. Then, Sebastian left to print the

his seat and straightened his suit. “We’ve finally ironed out

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

for the bar in the

arm on the bar, Luke allowed his gaze to linger on Madison’s exquisite figure. “I never knew how talented your secretary is, Mr.

the heiress to the Taggart family, who cast aside her birthright to do something so blatantly

a slight smile

placed two glasses of a mix of her own creation, Playboy, on the table. Luke picked one up and took a sip.