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.

motives for committing such a risky crime

eye. As such, 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 complete

no shape to make sense of

ordinary circumstances, the kidnappers would not do anything rash

to gather that sum of money in the past, but. with

will be a way. Don’t

remains locked up, and your father’s health precludes him from helping Anya can only count on

money in Turn”

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

might be able to put together that sum over the next few hours.

he was supposed to inherit were transferred to

dialed a number. “I need you to head to Jadeborough and do

a lawyer entered a detention

though seeing his savior. “When can I leave this

Yerek has sent me here to discuss something

Yerek wanted to sell his shares

have a say in the company again if

than your daughter’s life? Mr. Yerek will take over Gibson Corporation one day. He will not cast you

stool, reeling from the devastating

it will never be

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

and selfishness took

it had been somebody else who had assigned him the case, he would have flung the documents at the despicable man’s face back in

if your brother agreed to sell the assets under his name, Mr. Gibson, there’s not enough time. There’s currently a buyer willing to

Nigel was beginning to hesitate, so he employed every tactic of persuasion up his sleeve and in half an

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