A Crazy Night Novel

Rumors are often grounded in truth..

“Who brought me to her room tonight?”

Nathaniel only remembered fragments during his intoxication. He recalled losing control over his faculties after a sip of the red wine handed to him by a fellow guest and that he seemed to have met Christina when he was on his way up to the suite on the top deck.

By the time he regained his wits, the woman in his arms had transformed into somebody else..

Then, Christina caught him red–handed.

Endowed with values imparted by his parents, Nathaniel could not tolerate his spouse’s unfaithfulness.

Now, however, he had become the person he despised more than anything.

“I went through the surveillance cameras on the ship. The person who brought you to Vera’s room is a server who works on the ship, but upon closer investigation, he is no longer aboard.” Sebastian frowned. “We have not docked since setting sail, and the lifeboats are all intact, which is why I suspect it is somebody in disguise. He has accomplices on this ship and more than one at that.

Vera is perhaps one of them.

Given Nathaniel’s reputation, they could not eliminate the possibility of her having other ideas when he was delivered to her door, as they were countless women who wanted a piece of Nathaniel.

“Focus your investigative efforts on Vera.” Nathaniel’s expression was grim. “See if she had any plastic surgery in the past.”

Vera’s face was odd, like

the Ludwig family, Nathaniel had reason to believe that Vera’s

Vera claim her inheritance?” he asked

had placed his will in a safety deposit box with the bank when she turned eighteen as a coming–of–age gift. The only way to open it is with her fingerprint, which is not a match. That is why she has not been able to claim her inheritance, which is also the source of the rumor surrounding her

a way to get her fingerprint and a

was doing his best to investigate Vera’s identity, Christina was not grieving. She and Nathaniel

that Vera’s chance encounter with Christina on the ship had been by

surprise she spoke of must have been referring to her and

felt frustrated by how slow she was to realize

motives when she came and initiated the

of the bed. Her

talk about. “Cheer up, Christina. It wouldn’t do the baby any good. Perhaps there is a misunderstanding. I think that given Nathaniel’s exceptional qualities, women must flock to him before or after your marriage. He has never had scandals with any women, and

with a

other’s willingness to speak, she continued happily, “If Nathaniel is involved with that woman, he has

to meet Victoria’s indignant gaze with her placid ones, as though the crisis she was going through did

latter half of Christina’s response and gaped, wide–eyed with disbelief. “Are you thinking straight, Christina? There is no man who does not lie. You cant be so blinded by love

a helpless laugh. “I’m well

told Victoria

that woman familiar when I saw her. I remember now. I’d attended her eighteenth birthday party! During her mysterious disappearance, the other heiresses in her social circle were wondering if

was grim. “Tell me everything you know about Vera and her family,