Let Me Stay The Night

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.

and 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 not delivered, causing the entire

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

not do anything rash before

in the past, but. with the current predicament that the Gibson family is in, there is no way we can amass this

be a

Anya can only count on you. Yerck. I have some jewelry. Sell them and get some money

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

be able to

the shares he was supposed to inherit were transferred

in Yerek’s mind. He dialed a number. “I need you to head to Jadeborough and do something

entered a detention center with a briefcase.

the lawyer as though seeing his savior. “When can

discuss something urgent with you,”

wanted to sell

in the company again if I sell

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

the icy cold stool, reeling

it will never be as reassuring as

useless. There’s no point in holding 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 under his name. He’s relying on my child to support him until he dies, anyway. The money will be ours

took

him the case, he would have flung the documents at the despicable man’s face back in his

frowned. “Even if your brother agreed to sell 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 you would just say the

of persuasion up his sleeve and in half an hour, managed to convince Nigel to sign the agreement detailing the transfer of his shares.

the documents away as he rose, regarding Nigel as he did so. “Mr. Yerek is doing all

The lawyer turned