Let Me Stay The Night Novel (Christina and Nathaniel)

Chapter 599 Strategem

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.

behavior strange, as kidnappers had no other motives for committing such a risky crime aside from money.

had gotten on in years, and Anya was the apple of her eye. As such, she lost her usual cool when she heard the

of Yerek’s concerns,

kidnappers would not do anything rash before getting the ransom. Anya

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

be a way.

can only count on you. Yerck. I have

money in Turn”

hand which amounted

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

inherit were transferred to Christina, only Nigel still had some on hand.

plan appeared, fully formed, in Yerek’s mind. He dialed a number. “I need you to head to Jadeborough and do

lawyer entered a detention center with a

as though seeing his savior. “When can I leave this godforsaken place?”

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

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

in the company again if

Are your shares more important than your daughter’s life? Mr. Yerek will take over Gibson Corporation one day. He will not cast you aside.”

icy cold stool, reeling from the devastating

never be

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

and selfishness took

it had been somebody else who had assigned him the case,

Gibson, there’s not enough time. There’s currently a buyer willing to pay handsomely for Gibson Corporation’s shares. If

tactic of persuasion up his sleeve and

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