Chapter 606 The Only Heiress

When they had disembarked from the plane and walked out of the terminal, they spotted Jasper standing beside a black car, waiting for them.

Jasper immediately went up to them with all the enthusiasm in the world. He wanted to take Christina’s luggage from Lyle’s hand, only to stop short at the sharp look in the latter’s eyes.

Christina broke the tense atmosphere. “Why are you here?”

“Mr. Gibson had me come over to pick you up, Ms. Steele. He has already arranged the accommodations for you. There’s a storm at the cemetery, and that makes it difficult to relocate the grave. For that reason, he postponed the ceremony for tomorrow morning.”

Christina had no objections to that since her schedule was rather rushed. With a day to rest, she would have enough energy and strength to deal with all the tricky problems the next day.

“Thank you for coming all the way over. I’ve already booked a hotel, and it wouldn’t be wise for me and my father to have too much contact before tomorrow, Christina replied with a smile.

Jasper instantly understood her meaning. “Okay, I’ll convey your message to Mr. Gibson. Please excuse me, Ms. Steele.”

“Sure.” Christina watched as the man drove away.

Thereafter, she climbed into another black car parked by the side of the road. “Does the Gibson family know of my visit to Hallsbay?”

surprise, it went without saying

made it back to Hallsbay an hour ago. Anya is preoccupied

she asked,

she’s using the twenty million in ransom she got from the Gibson family through trickery to pave the way for Emilia,” Sebastian clarified.

intrigued. “Oh? Tell me the chain of events in detail.”

narrating the entire matter, they

it crossed Christina’s mind that Anya’s kidnapping turned out to be a self-directed show

Own.

her most beloved granddaughter duped her, she’d likely burst a blood vessel. She on managed to gather that twenty million in ransom by emptying her coffers and calling in all the favors owed her. Yet Anya is

precaution, she ordered, “Furtively gather evidence of the deal

“Understood,” Sebastian noted.

room for her before he

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at the dining table and ate the nutritious meal specially provided by the hotel. While doing so, she texted Nathaniel

entire night. The next day, the sky cleared

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A long

state from the past was nowhere to be seen. That day, he appeared animated, and his hazel eyes

softly, “Good morning, Father.”

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