Let Me Stay The Night

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.”

a call because of a trivial matter and alert her to

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

for a while since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed it back into his hand. “Never

on her feet and did not want to

lean against the window to rest for a bit, a forceful collision hit the car without warning. Thrown out of her seat, she slammed forward

that, a wave of dizziness assailed her, the pain so excruciating that she almost

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

arms, Nathaniel roamed his eyes over her face worriedly. He glimpsed a red

heart clenched. His imperious aura instantly pervaded the

car came

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

corner of his forehead, resulting in a gash. He could clearly sense

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

expression was as black as thunder. He ordered through

“Understood.”

open the car

cars was severely dented. At a single glance, one could tell that the other party’s car was, driving along a secondary

gotten out of the way in the nick of time earlier, their injuries

about the situation, Sebastian returned to the car and reported, “The other party is responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that the driver was driving under the influence. Let me

car window down an inch. With the illumination of the moonlight, one could

agreement, he wound the

relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around the scene

arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over

was still feeling a touch dizzy. When she alighted from the

the exact same feeling as when she was pushed

went deathly pale. Scanning her eyes over the crowd, she tried to figure out who was staring at

as though someone was watching her

this incident really an accident,

his head and asked in

I… I’m fine.” Christina swallowed the doubt on the tip of

followed the man to the ambulance. A medical staff inquired about

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