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.

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

such, she lost her usual cool when she heard the kidnappers would kill the girl if the ransom was not delivered,

sense of Yerek’s concerns,

do anything rash

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

will be a way. Don’t worry.”

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

money in Turn”

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

Corporation, he might be able to put together that

he was supposed to inherit were transferred to Christina, only

He dialed a number. “I need you to

entered a detention

lawyer as though seeing his savior. “When can I leave this godforsaken

sent me here to discuss something urgent with you,” the

Yerek wanted to sell his shares in

have a say in the company again if I sell

than your daughter’s life? Mr. Yerek will take over Gibson Corporation

onto the icy cold stool,

it will never be as reassuring as the power remaining in my

Gibson Corporation’s 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

selfishness took the lawyer by

been somebody else who had assigned him

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

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

he did so. “Mr. Yerek is doing all