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.

Anya was the apple of her eye. As such, she lost her usual cool when she heard the kidnappers would kill the girl if the ransom was

shape to make sense of Yerek’s concerns, he was forced to appease

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

of money in the past, but. with the current predicament that the Gibson family is in, there is no way we

be a

father’s health precludes him from helping Anya can only count on you. Yerck. I have some

amounted to

might be able to put together

the shares he was supposed to inherit were transferred to Christina, only Nigel still had some

Yerek’s mind. He dialed a number. “I need you

a lawyer entered a detention

though seeing his savior. “When

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

message. When Nigel heard that Yerek wanted to sell his shares in exchange for

say in the company again if I sell my shares.”

Mr. Gibson. Are your shares more important than your daughter’s life? Mr. Yerek will take over Gibson Corporation one day. He will not

onto the icy cold stool, reeling from the

will never be as reassuring

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 under his name. He’s relying on my child to support him until he dies, anyway. The

and selfishness took the lawyer by

and if it had been somebody else who had assigned him the case,

Gibson, there’s not enough time. There’s currently a buyer willing to pay handsomely for Gibson Corporation’s shares. If

his sleeve and in

Yerek is doing all he can to get you out

dejectedly. The lawyer turned to leave.