Chapter 287 A Sense Of Danger

Everyone standing around dispersed. Rayne also left while cradling her red and swollen face.

Nathaniel turned his gaze to Christina, whose eyes were slightly red. “The fashion show is over, so let’s go. home first.”

Suspicion lingered within Christina, but she did not want to ask too many questions in public. Hence, she merely grunted in acquiescence.

When the two of them had gotten in the car, a strained atmosphere hung in the air.

“Why did that woman earlier claim that the two of you are family?” The look in Christina’s eyes was grim, marred with obvious displeasure.

Nathaniel could distinctly sense that she was agitated. It was rare for him to see her in such a state, so he reached out and seized her chin, lifting her head up.

Her crystalline eyes shimmered like diamonds, beyond mesmerizing.

Perturbed by his stare, Christina urged huffily, “Well?”

A snort of laughter escaped Nathaniel, and he chuckled aloud. Well… she looks pretty adorable when she’s jealous.

“That was my paternal uncle’s daughter. They reside abroad and rarely return to the country, so you know about them.”

If she’s his paternal uncle’s daughter, that means she’s his paternal cousin,

Following that, Christina was skeptical about his claim. “Then, why isn’t her last name Hadley but Lacroix?”

This doesn’t make sense at all.

Cradling her face with a single hand, Nathaniel answered, “Because she took her mother’s family name.”

Even then, Christina was dubious. “You’ve got a lot of family members.”

“You can call and ask Mom if you don’t believe me.” Taking out his phone, Nathaniel made to ring Julia up.

However, Christina snatched the phone from him. “It’s late, so don’t disrupt their rest.”

not going to make a call because of a trivial matter and

expression remained calm and unruffled. “It doesn’t matter. Nothing matters as long as

since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial

was dead on her feet and did not

rest for a bit, a forceful collision hit the car without warning. Thrown out of her

air. On the heels of that, a wave of dizziness assailed her, the pain so excruciating that she almost passed

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

her face worriedly. He

once, his heart clenched. His imperious aura instantly pervaded the entire car, and he roared at the front,

voice quivering as he spoke. “A car came barreling over out of

their path like a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough

his forehead, resulting in a gash. He could clearly sense blood trickling down his

the stinging pain, he turned around to check on the situation in the back. “Are you

as thunder. He ordered through

“Understood.”

an acknowledgment, Sebastian swung open the car door and climbed

one could tell that the other party’s car

of the way in the nick of time earlier, their

other party is responsible for the accident. Also,

illumination of the moonlight, one

agreement, he wound the car window back

accident transpired in an area that was relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around the scene in

arrived. Nathaniel

still feeling a touch dizzy. When she alighted from the car, she abruptly

the exact same feeling as when she was pushed into

crowd, she tried to figure out who was

as though someone was

perpetrator has been arrested? Was this incident really an accident,

lowered his head and asked in concern.

fine.” Christina swallowed the

staff inquired about

her, yet she had no idea who it was. Such a feeling was

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