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 it. That would make me look awfully

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

they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed

her feet and did not

window to rest for a bit, a forceful collision hit the car without warning. Thrown

On the heels of that, a wave of

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

roamed his eyes over her

aura instantly pervaded the entire car, and he roared at the

as he spoke. “A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier, and I couldn’t avoid it

their path like a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough just now, the situation at present would likely have

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

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

expression was as black as thunder. He ordered through gritted teeth, “Go and see

“Understood.”

Sebastian swung open the car

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

not gotten out of the way in the nick of time earlier, their injuries would

party is responsible for the accident.

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

wound the car window

busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around

ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over

the car,

same feeling as when she was pushed into the road the

eyes over the crowd, she tried to figure out who was staring at

felt as though someone was

arrested? Was this incident really an accident, or

his head

swallowed the doubt on the tip of

medical staff inquired about her injuries before doctoring the bruise on her

was watching her, yet she