Let Me Stay The Night

Back when Azure had devised the plan of using Lucas and Camila to threaten Nathaniel, Anya had also played a part in masterminding the plot.

Nathaniel had recently discovered that the culprit behind Christina’s kidnapping had something to do with Anya too. However, he did not have sufficient evidence and no way of preventing her from causing any more trouble in the future.

On top of that, Anya was a member of the Gibson family. Hence, even though he was capable of going against the Gibsons, it would still stir up plenty of unnecessary trouble if he recklessly accused her.

It was not difficult for the five-year-old boy to answer Nathaniel’s question. Lucas had an excellent memory, and he was clever. He repeated what Anya had said to him word for word, recounting every detail to Nathaniel.

“The evil woman said Great-Granny misses Camila and me. And Mommy, too. She hoped. Camila and I could forgive them, then asked me to persuade Mommy to go back and visit Great-Granny and Granddad together. The evil woman would bring yummy food and come to look for us at the kindergarten. She even got my phone number and would send me photos of Great-Granny and Granddad. Camila and I never ate the food she However, if I didn’t reply to her messages, she said she’d let everyone know about the bad. things Mommy did so that Mommy couldn’t be a designer anymore.”

When Lucas mentioned Christina, he suddenly became anxious. His small hand clutched the hem of Nathaniel’s shirt nervously. “Daddy, you must teach that evil woman a lesson and protect Mommy.”

Nathaniel picked him up in his arms and comforted him patiently. “Could you let me have a look at the messages she sent you?”

Lucas nodded solemnly. Climbing out of Nathaniel’s arms, he ran over to h hand under the covers, and felt about for something. Then, he handed his Nathaniel, his innocent eyes shining with determination.

Nathaniel stroked his head. “Don’t tell your mommy about this for now, okay?”

“Okay. It’s our little secret. Let’s make a pinky promise, Daddy,” said Lucas, sticking out little finger.

Nathaniel hooked his pinky finger with Lucas’ and gave it a gentle shake. “There’s a good boy. Why don’t you head on downstairs and have your dinner first? I’ll be along in a short while.”

that, Lucas

eyes faded instantly, replaced by

enabled, he easily found the messages and photos Anya had sent Lucas.

was still texting Lucas persistently.

been lying to you all this time. She’s going to divorce your daddy very soon. She’ll have to leave with nothing and become a penniless pauper. Without your granny’s help. she won’t be able to provide for you and your sister. You’ll become motherless wild children. In the future. your daddy will marry someone else and bring home a stepmother for you. After they have children of their

as he read the message. Then, he typed a reply into the text box. It read: As an outsider, you’ve no right to make

Anya was about to have a sip of coffee and take a break. She planned to wait for Lucas to reply with

a message that carried a strong, intimidating tone popped up

out the coffee in

with trembling hands, she reread the message no less than ten times.

know how to type these many words. That little brat either sends typo-laden messages or emojis. Or he’ll just ghost me. I’ve been

not be sure whether the person who replied was Christina or Nathaniel. Either

the outside world. The hidden troubles within the family were enough to bring it to bankruptcy. She had lived in the lap of luxury since she was little. If something happened to the Gibson family, the

plan and attempted to

the phone to prevent the Hadleys from tracking her down. As long as

however, her other phone started ringing. It was a call from

out on the other end of the line, threatening to shatter her eardrums. “Come back to Hallsbay

deleted all of the chat history after sending that message. He set