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?”

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

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

to be something I

a small, furry creature. “There are occasions when I’m forced to be

her cheeks 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 you meet someone vivacious and beautiful? Wouldn’t you want

human nature for men to stare at beautiful women? Even I will

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

tie and exposed his Adam’s apple, which bobbed attractively. He had some alcohol and his skin was flushed pink which

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

assent, Nathaniel entered the

by the time he

him. In fact,

pulling her tiny body close to his.

Hadley Corporation with an assistant first thing the following

with freshly brewed coffee, Madison prepared the documents and the computers on which they could make immediate amendments to any term they

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

two people–exemplifying the juxtaposition between business and war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained a calculated division of benefits, which could be taken advantage of by the

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

“We’ve finally

office.” Nathaniel, too, stood up. It’s not an unreasonable

the two men headed for the bar in the

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

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

slight smile but did

Playboy, on the table. Luke picked one up and took a