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

doesn’t matter. Nothing matters as

them for a while since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship.

did not want to waste her

to lean against the window to rest for a bit, a forceful collision hit the car without

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

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

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

pervaded the entire car,

“A car came barreling over

horrific. The other driver hurtled into their path like a manic wild wolf. If he

the corner of his forehead, resulting in a gash. He

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

thunder. He ordered through gritted

“Understood.”

acknowledgment, Sebastian swung open the car door and

glance, one could tell that the

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

car and reported, “The other party is responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that the driver was

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

he wound the

was relatively busy.

the ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over

When she alighted from the

feeling as when she was pushed into

figure out who was staring at her. Alas, every single pair of eyes

though someone

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

head and asked

I… I’m fine.” Christina swallowed the doubt

followed the man to the ambulance. A medical staff inquired about her injuries before doctoring

the feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had no idea who it was. Such