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 trivial matter and alert

unruffled. “It doesn’t matter. Nothing

them 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 mind, I believe

on her feet and did not want to waste her energy

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

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

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

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

His imperious aura instantly pervaded the entire car,

reeling, his voice quivering as he spoke. “A car came barreling over out

If he had not turned the steering

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

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

ordered

“Understood.”

Sebastian swung open the car door and

one could tell that the other party’s car

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

“The other party is responsible for the accident. Also, I reckon that

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

in agreement, he wound the car window back

transpired in an area that was relatively busy. Therefore,

Nathaniel led Christina over

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

as when she was pushed into the road

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

as though someone was watching her

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

lowered his head

Christina swallowed the doubt on

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

shake off the feeling that someone was watching her, yet she had no idea