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 there will be women who would throw themselves at him

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

be something I should keep an

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

“What makes you so sure that you wouldn’t

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

her. “I promise I wouldn’t. I’m going to take a

He had some alcohol and

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

assent, Nathaniel entered

was back in bed by the time he emerged from his

him. In fact, nobody else made him

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

with an assistant first thing the following

could make immediate amendments to any term they would go over during the meeting. As soon

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

people–exemplifying the juxtaposition between business and war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained a calculated

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

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

not an unreasonable request to have a drink after completing

men headed for the bar in the office. Madison made

to linger on Madison’s exquisite figure. “I never

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

smile but did not

on the