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.

kidnappers had no other motives for committing such a risky crime aside from money.

and Anya was the apple of her 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

in no shape to make sense of Yerek’s

not do anything rash before

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

a way.

remains locked up, and your father’s health precludes him from helping Anya can only count on you. Yerck. I have some jewelry. Sell them and

money in Turn”

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

he could resell the shares of Gibson Corporation, he might be able to put together that sum over

inherit were transferred to Christina, only Nigel

need you to head to Jadeborough and do something for me at once.”

a detention center

his savior. “When can I

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

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

a say in the

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

onto the icy cold stool, reeling

will never be as reassuring as the power remaining in

brother? He still has shares in 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 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 he dies, anyway. The money will be ours sooner

took the lawyer by

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 his

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

beginning to hesitate, so he employed every tactic of persuasion up his sleeve and

Yerek is doing all he can to get you out of