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.

she lost her usual cool when she heard the kidnappers would kill the girl if the ransom was not delivered, causing the entire Gibson family to descend into

no shape to make sense of Yerek’s concerns, he was

worry, Grandma. Under ordinary circumstances, the kidnappers would not do anything rash before

ransom of twenty million! It would’ve been easy for us to gather that sum of money in the past, but. with the current predicament that the Gibson family

will be a way.

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

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

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

he was supposed to inherit were transferred to Christina, only Nigel

a number. “I need you to head

night, a lawyer entered a detention center with

at the lawyer as though seeing his savior. “When

here to discuss something urgent with you,” the lawyer announced impassively.

Yerek wanted to sell his shares

say in the

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

cold stool, reeling from the devastating

Yerek promises me, it will never be as reassuring as the power remaining

subsidiary company. Besides, he’s always been 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

selfishness took

had assigned him the case, he would

buyer willing to pay handsomely for Gibson Corporation’s shares. If you would just say the word, the ransom can be put together

his sleeve and in half an hour, managed to convince Nigel to sign the

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

The lawyer turned to leave.