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.

other motives for committing

eye. As such, she lost her usual cool when she heard the kidnappers

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

do anything rash before getting the ransom. Anya will be

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

a way. Don’t worry.”

Anya can

money in Turn”

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

might be able to put together

transferred

Yerek’s mind. He dialed a number. “I need you to head to Jadeborough and do something for me at once.”

a lawyer entered a detention center with a briefcase.

at the lawyer as though seeing his savior.

me here to discuss something urgent with

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

say in the company again if I sell my

shares more important than your daughter’s life? Mr. Yerek

icy cold stool, reeling from the devastating news.

will never be as reassuring as the power remaining in my

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 name. He’s relying on my child to support him until

greed and selfishness took the lawyer by surprise.

he were not Yerek’s right-hand man and if it had been somebody else who had assigned him the case, he would have flung the documents at the despicable man’s

There’s currently a buyer willing to pay handsomely for Gibson Corporation’s shares. If you would just say the word, the ransom can

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

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