Let Me Stay The Night

Azure was well aware of the predicament the Gibson family was in and thought Yerek did a good job of managing to amass five million. At any rate, it was a better effort than those in their family who only sat back and watched the drama unfold.

Out of love and concern, she asked, “How did you manage to put together that much money. Yerek?”

“I sold a condominium and a car under my name,” Yerek responded calmly. “A friend gave me a good price for them.”

Azure was astonished. “How could you do that? That’s the only property under your name! And a coming- of-age gift from your father, no less.”

Yerck brushed it off. “Those are all material things. Anya is my sister. I can’t sit back and watch something happen to her.”

Yerek’s camaraderie stood in sharp contrast with Christina’s indifference. At the reminder of the latter’s. attitude. Azure scoffed. “Though you are adopted, Yerek, you’re a much more decent person. Your father and I were wrong to have thought that Christina was capable of taking the helm, and we have forsaken. you. You wouldn’t hold it against us, would you?”

Yerek’s lips curled into a smirk. Aware of what Azure liked to hear, he chose his following words carefully.

“I can’t even begin to thank you and Dad for raising me, Grandma. How could I hold it against you? Besides, these things never belonged to me. They’re not mine to take. Besides. Christina may have her own reasons. I think you should sit down and talk to her about it. She’s not unreasonable, you know.”

“Hmph! Don’t try to defend her. She no longer gives a d’mn about the Gibson family. Worse still, she’s trying to turn us against one another.”

Earlier, Azure was even considering calling Christina and demanding payment but at Yerek’s provocation, she decided against it.

“I’ll come up with something else, Grandma. We can talk about everything else later.”

“All right. I’ll await your good news.””

After hanging up, Azure flung her phone onto the couch. Then, she exited her room and knocked on the door adjacent to hers.

“Open up, Timothy. I have something to talk to you about.”

opened the door in his wheelchair. He was damp and

need to talk about at

and locked the door behind her. After sizing Timothy up, she ventured into the room only to be greeted by the sight of boxes of takeout on

been worried sick over putting together the ransom, Timothy, and here you are having supper and preparing for

mother, who usually turned in early, to drop by, so he had not

his physiotherapy, he was drenched in sweat. Due to his slight mysophobia, he had to take

rescue her if we end up falling sick because of not getting enough rest? Besides, I’m

temper and didn’t bother to choose her words as she snapped, “You’re not worried because Anya isn’t your daughter, is that it? Nigel has

his fists but loosened them immediately. He turned his wheelchair around to the desk. and produced a card from his wallet. “There’s two million

gave a mirthless laugh. She did not bother to conceal her disdain in her gaze and tone. “What good does two million do? Yerek has managed to collect more than you! He even sold the condominium and car under

“Isn’t he obligated to do so since he’s Anya’s brother?”

retorted, “And you are her uncle! How could you bear to sit and watch

“This is

flung the bank card

foreboding at how calm Timothy was. She sensed a change in

relationship to become irreparable. “You have many properties under your name, Timothy. Knowing Christina, she will never acknowledge you as her father again, so you might as well sell some of them to save

residence, all of my properties have been transferred to

make such a huge decision without first running

Now we’re left with nothing. Christina doesn’t even appreciate Timothy’s

What a waste.

from Veronica’s hard work, and she would not object to it being given to Christina. Do my wife and I not have a say over how we spend the money we

She belatedly realized she had overstepped her bounds

not what I meant,” she explained sheepishly. “I just feel sorry for you, that’s all. You saw how Christina treated you that day.