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.

cool when she heard the kidnappers would kill the girl if the ransom was not delivered, causing

to make sense of

do anything rash before getting the

but. with the current predicament that the Gibson family is in, there is no way

will be a way. Don’t worry.”

precludes him from helping Anya can only count on you. Yerck. I have some jewelry. Sell them and get some money in Turn”

cash he had on hand which amounted to only

of Gibson Corporation, he might be able to put together that sum over the next few

inherit were transferred to Christina,

mind. He dialed a number. “I need you to head to Jadeborough and do something for

lawyer entered a detention center

his

something urgent with you,”

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

never have a say in the company again if I sell my

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

cold stool, reeling from the devastating news.

never be as reassuring as the power remaining in my hands.

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 surprise.

else who had assigned him the case, he would have flung the documents at the despicable man’s face back in

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

to hesitate, so he employed every tactic of persuasion up his sleeve and in half an hour, managed to

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

lawyer turned to leave.