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?”

dime in 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 there will be women who would throw themselves at him even without

As there were scarcely any women

something I should keep an eye

darkened momentarily. He 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, but I will never interact with

child’s. “What makes you so sure that you wouldn’t talk to them? What if you meet someone

Even I will do a double–take when I

beady eyes seemed to consume her. “I promise

apple, which bobbed attractively. He had some

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

Nathaniel

he emerged from his shower.

scent calmed him. In fact, nobody else made

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

Hadley Corporation with an assistant first

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

the meeting table, the five of them spent the entire morning going over the finer points

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 opponent at the slightest lapse

several pages, were only finalized that night after much

and straightened his suit. “We’ve

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

two men headed for the bar in the office. Madison

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

that 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 but did

creation, Playboy, on the table.