A Crazy Night Novel

Nathaniel had always been independent-minded since he was a child. Nobody could ever influence his decisions.

Thus, Charlie had already gotten used to Nathaniel’s aloof response to his advice.

Nathaniel caught the ball Lucas had accidentally kicked in his direction and stood up casually.

“I will protect my family.”

He strode toward the children following that haughty declaration.

Julia appeared beside Charlie with a platter of fruits. She watched as he took a sip of tea while staring fixedly at his cup, so she asked, “Penny for your thoughts?”

Charlie sighed. “He’s become more capable than me. My son, indeed.”

Julia fell silent for a split second as she could make neither head nor tail of her husband’s remark, which came out of nowhere. She then laughed. “Well, of course. I gave birth to him, after all. I think he takes after me.”

Smiling wordlessly, Charlie wisely refrained from making a comment lest he was sentenced to spend the Tight in the study.

That night, the Hadley residence was filled with laughter and chatter while the Gibson residence was enveloped in an awful, tense gloom.

Azure had received a call from the kidnappers demanding twenty million in ransom, which was to be collected by daybreak and sent to a location of their choosing at a predetermined time.

Seized by panic, she sought Timothy and Yerek to discuss a strategy: the latter only found out about Anya’s kidnapping that night.

After Azure relayed the whole situation, Yerek raised several points of concern.

The kidnappers did not immediately demand a ransom after getting their hands on Anya. Instead, they waited almost a full day to call her family.

Yerek thought the behavior strange, as kidnappers had no other motives for committing such a risky crime aside from money.

gotten on in years, and Anya was the apple of her eye. As such, she lost her usual cool when she heard the kidnappers would kill the girl

no shape to make sense of Yerek’s concerns, he was forced

Grandma. Under ordinary circumstances, the kidnappers would not do anything rash before getting the ransom. Anya will

but. with the current predicament that

will be a way. Don’t worry.”

up, and your father’s health precludes him from helping Anya can only count on you. Yerck. I have some jewelry. Sell them and get some

amounted to only at million, which

resell the shares of Gibson Corporation, he might be able to put together that sum over

shares he was supposed to inherit were transferred to Christina, only Nigel still had some on hand.

plan appeared, fully formed, in Yerek’s mind. He dialed a number. “I need you

night, a lawyer entered a detention

looked at the lawyer as though seeing his savior. “When can I leave this godforsaken

discuss something urgent with you,” the lawyer announced impassively.

wanted to sell his

have a say in the company again if I sell

life? Mr. Yerek will take over Gibson Corporation one day. He will

onto the icy cold stool, reeling from

what Yerek promises me, it will never be as reassuring as the power remaining in my

on to those shares if he can’t manage the company. Why don’t you ask Yerek to convince him to sell his? If that isn’t enough, have him sell the properties

selfishness took the

somebody else who had assigned him the case, he would have flung the documents at the despicable man’s

enough time. There’s currently a buyer willing to pay handsomely for Gibson Corporation’s shares. If you would just

employed every tactic of persuasion up his sleeve and in half an hour,

did so. “Mr. Yerek is doing all he can to get

dejectedly. The lawyer turned to