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?”

and another to pour one’s drinks. They’re all the same. Nathaniel is handsome. Surely there will be women who would throw themselves at him even without

women by his side before, she had never considered that a

to be something I should keep an eye

“There are occasions when I’m forced to be at such a place,

sure that you wouldn’t talk to them? What if you meet

it human nature for men to stare at beautiful women? Even I will do a double–take when I see handsome movie stars or

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

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

from his muscular chest peeking out from his shirt and gave a

assent, Nathaniel

bed by the time he emerged from

In fact, nobody else

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

Corporation with an

Madison prepared the documents and the computers on which they could make immediate amendments to any term they

going over the finer points

discussion was conducted by only two people–exemplifying the juxtaposition between business and war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained a

only finalized that night after much revision. Then, Sebastian left to print the

“We’ve

bar in my office.” Nathaniel, too, stood up. It’s not an unreasonable request to have a drink after

the bar in the office.

to linger on Madison’s exquisite figure.

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

slight smile

on the table. Luke picked