Let Me Stay The Night Novel (Christina and Nathaniel)

Chapter 287

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.

didn’t

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.”

call because of a trivial matter and alert

“It doesn’t matter. Nothing matters as long as

since they’re the only ones who can clarify this familial relationship.

you.”

not want to

rest for a

forward against the

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

hurt. Christina?”

Nathaniel roamed his eyes over her face worriedly. He glimpsed a red mark

pervaded the entire car, and he roared at the front, “What

reeling, his voice quivering as he spoke. “A car came barreling over out of nowhere earlier, and I couldn’t avoid

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

forehead, resulting in a gash. He could clearly sense blood trickling down

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

thunder. He ordered through gritted teeth,

  1. on.

“Understood.”

the car door and climbed out of

single glance, one could tell that the other party’s car

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

other party is responsible for the accident.

backseat, Nathaniel wound the car window down an inch. With the illumination of the moonlight, one could

agreement, he wound the

relatively busy. Therefore, a crowd gathered around

in no time.

the ambulance arrived. Nathaniel led Christina over for treatment.

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

same feeling as when she

went deathly pale. Scanning her eyes over the crowd, she tried to figure out

though someone was watching

the perpetrator has been arrested? Was this incident really an accident, or was it orchestrated by

someone?

lowered his head and

the doubt on the tip of

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