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?”

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

her feel uneasy. As there were scarcely any women

I

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,

twinkled like a curious child’s. “What makes you so sure that you wouldn’t talk to them? What if you meet

women? Even I will do a double–take when I see handsome movie stars or models at

beady eyes seemed to consume her. “I

tie and exposed his Adam’s apple, which bobbed attractively. He had some alcohol and his skin was flushed pink which made him look as if he smelled like

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

Nathaniel entered the

in bed by the time he emerged from his shower. He lay down beside

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

to his.

at Hadley Corporation with an assistant first thing the

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 sign

over the finer points of the agreement, going through several

Seemingly irrelevant details contained a calculated division of benefits, which could be taken advantage

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

from his seat and straightened his suit. “We’ve finally ironed out everything. Come, let’s have a

not an unreasonable

the two men headed for the bar in the office.

gaze to linger on Madison’s exquisite figure. “I never knew how talented your secretary

ago that Nathaniel’s secretary was the heiress to the Taggart family, who cast aside her birthright to do something

a slight smile but

two glasses of a mix of her own creation, Playboy, on the table.