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.

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 to appease her first.

do anything

sum of money in the past, but. with the current predicament that the Gibson family is in, there

will be a way. Don’t worry.”

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

liquid cash he had on hand which amounted to only at million, which was still

could resell the shares of Gibson Corporation, he might be able to

supposed to inherit were transferred to Christina, only Nigel still had some

plan appeared, fully formed, in Yerek’s mind. He dialed a number. “I need you to head to Jadeborough and do something for me at once.”

a lawyer entered a detention center with

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

Yerek has sent me here to discuss something urgent with you,” the lawyer announced impassively.

relayed Yerek’s message. When Nigel heard that Yerek wanted to

a say in the company again if I

Gibson. Are your shares more important than your daughter’s life? Mr. Yerek will take over

the icy cold stool, reeling from the

it will never be as reassuring as the power remaining in my

shares if he can’t manage the company. Why don’t you

and selfishness took the lawyer

not Yerek’s right-hand man and if it had been somebody else who had assigned him the case, he would have flung the documents at the despicable man’s face back in his

the assets under his name, Mr. Gibson, there’s not enough time. There’s currently a buyer willing to pay handsomely for Gibson Corporation’s shares. If

lawyer could tell Nigel was beginning to hesitate, so he employed every tactic of persuasion up his sleeve and in half an hour, managed to convince Nigel to sign the agreement detailing the transfer

he rose, regarding Nigel as he did so. “Mr. Yerek is doing all he can to get you out of

The lawyer turned to