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

there were scarcely any women by his side before,

appears to be something I

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

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

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

consume her. “I promise I

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

assent, Nathaniel entered the

the time he emerged from his shower.

fact, nobody else made

waist, pulling her tiny body close to his. It was in this manner the couple savored each other’s heartbeats

an

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

of them spent the entire morning going over the finer points

only two people–exemplifying the juxtaposition between business and war. Seemingly irrelevant details contained

night after much revision. Then, Sebastian left to print the recorded

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

stood up. It’s not an unreasonable request to have a

the two men headed for the bar in the office. Madison made them

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

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 not

of a mix of her own creation, Playboy, on the table. Luke picked one up and took a sip.