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.”

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

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

this familial relationship. Rendered speechless, Christina locked the phone and stuffed it back into his hand. “Never mind,

feet and did not

bit, a forceful collision hit the car without warning. Thrown out of her seat, she slammed forward against the back of the passenger

a wave of dizziness

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

Nathaniel roamed his eyes over her

once, his heart clenched. His imperious aura instantly pervaded the entire car, and he roared

car came barreling over out of nowhere

moment ago was simply horrific. The other driver hurtled into their path like a manic wild wolf. If he had not turned the steering wheel quickly enough just

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

on the situation in the

He ordered through gritted teeth, “Go

“Understood.”

open the car door and climbed out of

glance, one could tell that

out of the way in the nick of time earlier,

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

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

in agreement, he wound the car

accident transpired in an area that was relatively busy. Therefore,

Nathaniel led Christina over for

touch dizzy. When she alighted from the car, she abruptly sensed a sharp and sinister gaze watching

as when she was pushed into the

over the crowd, she tried to figure out who was staring at her. Alas, every single pair of eyes was unfamiliar and

someone was

the perpetrator has been arrested? Was this

her distracted state, Nathaniel lowered his head and asked

Christina swallowed the doubt on the tip of her

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

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