A Crazy Night Novel

“Nathaniel, L…” Christina felt her heart sink to the bottom of her stomach in despair, causing her immense discomfort.

Nathaniel wrapped an arm around her shoulder and massaged her brows. “It’s going to be fine. Leave this

to me.”

“But-”

“Take care of the kids. Trust me,” Nathaniel asserted.

Christina’s brows knitted together. Left with no other choice, she nodded in agreement. “Okay. Let’s keep in touch with each other.”

At that, Nathaniel spun on his heels and left with the file.

Christina felt a deep sense of remorse as she watched him walk away. She could tell that he had prepared the gifts with care, knowing the importance of their visit to the Gibson family.

Alas, all of his efforts were in vain, and it pained her to see him hurt in such a way.

Christina’s eyes were burning as she turned to look at Azure. “Grandma, you’ve disappointed me.”

Anya marched over to join Azure and gave Christina a dismissive look. “Don’t be naïve. The Hadley family is at odds with us. How could you still defend Nathaniel at this juncture?” D

“He’s my husband. Besides, that accident wasn’t his fault!” Christina protested as tears glistened in her

eyes.

She felt like she had been betrayed by her own family.

Despite that, Azure maintained a stern and cold expression, her gaze filled with an icy resolve. She remained silent, showing no signs of remorse for using the kids as leverage to threaten Nathaniel.

Biting her lip. Christina demanded, “Lucas and Camila are your grandchildren. How could you use them. as pawns to fulfill your own desires? What will happen when they discover the truth when they’re older? Won’t they be furious with you?”

Isn’t she afraid the kids will blame her when they grow up?

Azure scowled. “That’s it. We’ll talk about that later. For now, he has to fulfill the agreement.”

made up her mind, so no one could persuade her

after her.

were safe, she was

responded darkly, “Rest assured, they are safe. Just be patient and wait. I’m doing this for your own good,

I know you’re

Christina could finish her words, Anya shoved her away. “Grandma won’t

Just stay here and don’t cause

and helped her up the

arrival, she realized that the children were still inside the expansive house However,

about

have to make that investment in the project.

the entire night tirelessly searching the vast Gibson residence. However, with its numerous sections and locked

instructed not to grant her

Christina’s search proved futile.

out of exhaustion in one of the guest rooms, deciding to get

the outside. When Christina woke up around noon, she felt a pang of hunger and made her way to the door. To her

believe they locked

the door angrily. “Open the door now! Open

and pounding on the door went unanswered, echoing through the building with no one to hear or respond to her helpless

the door! I need to

lunch alone when the housekeeper reported to her, “Ms. Gibson, Ms. Steele has been locked up. She

Anya’s lips. “Why should we release her? Ignore her and don’t bring her

at the cliff, so she

her order and nodded before

house and followed a path that led to the backyard. Her

key and unlocked the door to see two kids huddled

other than

woman, let us out!” Lucas screamed in

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