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.”

going to make a call because of a trivial matter and alert her to it. That would

remained calm and unruffled. “It doesn’t matter.

them for a while since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone

did not want to

bit, a forceful collision hit the car without warning. Thrown

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

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

eyes over her face worriedly. He glimpsed a

clenched. His imperious aura instantly pervaded the entire car, and he roared at the

he spoke. “A car came barreling over

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

also hit the corner of his forehead, resulting in

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

thunder. He ordered through gritted

“Understood.”

swung open the car door and

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

gotten out of the way in the nick

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

inch. With the illumination of the

agreement, he wound the

relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around the scene in

arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over for

she alighted from the car,

the exact same feeling as when she was pushed into the

she tried to figure out who was staring

someone was watching her in

say the perpetrator has been arrested? Was this incident

lowered his head

I’m fine.” Christina swallowed the doubt on

medical staff inquired about her injuries before doctoring

not shake off the feeling that someone was watching her, yet

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