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.

as kidnappers had no other motives for committing such a risky

when she heard the kidnappers would kill the girl if the ransom was not delivered,

to make sense of

the kidnappers would not do anything rash before

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

be a way. Don’t worry.”

can only count on

money in Turn”

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

be able to put together that sum over

inherit were transferred

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

a detention center with a

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

something urgent with

heard that Yerek wanted to sell his shares in exchange for ransom, he exploded.

never have a say in the company again if I sell my

Mr. Yerek

the icy cold stool, reeling from

be as reassuring as the power remaining

can’t manage the company. Why don’t you

and selfishness took the lawyer by

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 face back in

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

employed every tactic of persuasion up his sleeve and in half an hour, managed to

Nigel as he did so. “Mr. Yerek is doing all he can to