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.

had no other motives for committing such a

lost her usual cool when she heard the kidnappers

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

worry, Grandma. Under ordinary circumstances, the kidnappers would not do anything rash before getting the ransom. Anya will be safe.”

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

be a way. Don’t worry.”

Anya can only count on you. Yerck. I have

money in Turn”

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

of Gibson Corporation, he might be able to put together that sum

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

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

a lawyer entered a detention center with a

though seeing his savior. “When can I leave

something urgent with

Yerek wanted

say in

Mr. Yerek will take over Gibson Corporation one day. He will

cold stool, reeling from the devastating news.

what Yerek promises me, it will never be as reassuring as the power remaining

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

and selfishness took the lawyer by surprise.

were not Yerek’s right-hand man and if it had been somebody else who had assigned him

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

was beginning to hesitate, so he employed every tactic of persuasion up his sleeve and in half an hour, managed to convince Nigel to sign the agreement detailing the transfer

“Mr. Yerek is doing all he can to get you out of here. Be patient for a