A Crazy Night Novel

The check of two hundred thousand on the desk seemed to be beckoning at her. Powerless to resist, Macy nodded.

“Yes. The Gibson family and the Hadley family were partners on a large project. To attain the approval of the board and become the CEO, Nigel worked hard on the project. He was the one who recommended the supplier to Timothy.”

“What is the supplier’s name?”

“That’s the third question, Christina. Up the price.”

Macy was no fool. She guessed that Christina was investigating the accident, which Nigel was inextricably linked to.

Despite a couple’s marital vows, each will save themselves when disaster strikes. Besides, Nigel was the one to throw me under the bus first. I’m only repaying the favor.

Sebastian produced a check written out for three hundred thousand and placed it on top of the earlier one. Macy reached out to grab them but could not yank them free.

“You haven’t answered Mrs. Hadley yet, Mrs. Gibson,” Sebastian reminded her.

Macy withdrew her hand sheepishly. “Nigel never shared his business dealings with me, so I can’t give you a name. What I do know is that they have formed a company together over the years, with Nigel taking the lion’s share of the profits. He’s even the largest shareholder, wielding absolute power.”

Christina could tell that Macy’s narrative largely corroborated with what Nathaniel told her.

The possibility of Nigel being the mastermind was more or less established, but without evidence, everything they knew could just as easily change.

Christina signaled Sebastian to hand over the money.

Macy could hardly conceal her greed at the sight of the checks in her hands totaling close to a million. She motioned at Christina impatiently.

“Keep going. What else do you want to know? I’ll tell you everything as long as the price is right.”

Christina realized that Nigel’s marriage was not as perfect as they made it seem to the world. She would not uncover anything important if she persisted with the line of questioning through Nigel.

have anything to do with Miranda’s and

feet and clawed madly at Christina’s chest. “Watch

haven’t told you how Miranda and Madison

She quickly suppressed it, clutching the checks in her hand as she did so. “Though I am in urgent need of money, I will not allow my daughter’s name to be dragged

Our deal is

leave, but Christina’s voice, dripping with temptation, sounded in her

all your consideration for her, she does not care whether you live or die. All you have to do to get a million on the spot is just

to?”

feet felt like lead. She could not take

this mess. She is right. The two people I care most

turned away from the snare and left without so much as a

put away the check. “Are you sure we’re just going to let her

smirked. “Don’t worry. She’ll be back. There is no such thing as a last hand for a gambler.

behind her words. “I know what to

with the children, then spoke with Nathaniel on the phone

the six hundred thousand she had taken earlier that day. More importantly, her debt. swelled from five million to over ten million.

Macy with no chance of escape. Before she could do so, he captured her and came dangerously close to skinning her.

feigned a lapse of vigilance and

to

and Yerek did not fare much better, either. After facing numerous rejections and ridicule, they still failed to gather anything despite

forced them back to

and, at most, only provided Nigel with ideas.

the other hand, was not as lucky. As the once omnipotent figure of Gibson Corporation, he had plenty of skeletons in his closet; any single crime of the myriad he was charged with was sufficient to put him away

to eliminate the obstacle and align himself with the Stone family, but Nigel was indispensable. Thus, when the following day broke, Yerek went to Gibson Corporation with a stack of documents to

nine, Yerek had been waiting for almost three hours at the