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.”

of a trivial matter and alert her to it. That would make me look awfully

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

dead on her feet and did not want to waste her energy on such a

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

of that, a wave of dizziness assailed her, the pain

“Are you hurt. Christina?”

eyes over her face worriedly. He glimpsed a red mark on her unblemished

aura instantly pervaded the entire car, and he roared at

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

scene a 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 now, the situation at present would

his forehead, resulting in

he turned around to check on

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

“Understood.”

open the car

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

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

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

Nathaniel wound the car window down an inch. With the illumination of

he wound

area that was relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around the

ambulance arrived. Nathaniel

touch dizzy. When she alighted from the car, she

feeling as when she

she tried to figure out who was staring at her.

though someone was

this incident really an accident, or was

state, Nathaniel lowered his head and asked in

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

the ambulance. A medical staff inquired

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