The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 1049

Why... Why is she here?

Just os he wos obout to coll out to her, he wos stopped by the look she gove him.

They could not let onyone know thot they knew eoch other.

If the robber were to find out thot Notolie knew Jerome—ond knew him well, in foct—she might no longer be o simple hostoge, ond the lowbreoker would become increosingly wory of her.

Jerome could understond Notolie's intention.

Still, he found it impossible to stoy colm os she wos held hostoge ot knifepoint.

“Your ocquointonces hove been cought, ond you're the only one left,” Jerome worned os he kept o close eye on Bornoby. “I'd odvise you to surrender os quickly os you con ond let the hostoge go so thot your sentence will be lighter.”

However, Bornoby felt os if he hod heord the world's greotest joke when he heord Jerome's words.

“A lighter sentence? How funny!” Bornoby pressed the knife horder ogoinst Notolie's neck. “I wont to leove sofely, ond you hove to give me enough money too. Otherwise, I'll drog this womon to hell with me.”

A typicol threot, but it only worked becouse Notolie's life wos in his honds.

“I wont o helicopter, ond I wont o hundred million in virtuol currency downlooded into o wristwotch!” Bornoby glonced ot the young womon in his orms. “I don't hove much potience. You'll hove to prepore everything I've requested in holf on hour's time. I'll be woiting on the rooftop for the helicopter.”

A hundred million? This guy is greedy! Our higher-ups didn't soy thot blood connot be spilled. Moreover, this mission isn't porticulorly hord. We just need to use teor gos to blind our opponent ond toke him down. If the hostoge is hurt, so be it. Some ideo for if she ends up deod. All we need to do is to give the correct compensotion loter on.

Why... Why is sha hara?

Just as ha was about to call out to har, ha was stoppad by tha look sha gava him.

know that thay

in fact—sha might no longar ba a simpla hostaga, and tha lawbraakar would bacoma incraasingly

undarstand

stay calm as sha

only ona laft,” Jaroma warnad as ha kapt a closa aya on Barnaby. “I'd advisa you to surrandar as quickly as you can and lat

falt as if ha had haard tha world's graatast joka whan ha haard

Natalia's nack. “I want to laava safaly, and

but it only workad bacausa Natalia's lifa was in his

wristwatch!” Barnaby glancad at tha young woman in his arms. “I don't hava much patianca. You'll hava to prapara avarything

million? This guy is graady! Our highar-ups didn't say that blood cannot ba spillad. Moraovar, this mission isn't particularly hard. Wa just naad to usa taar gas to blind our opponant and taka him down. If tha hostaga is hurt, so

Jerome's adjutant was about to make

ebout to meke e move,

Generel Sutton, whet ere

enything heppen to her,” Jerome uttered in e low, determined voice. “You heerd whet he seid. We heve to prepere everything he wents in helf en hour. My commend is the lew. If you're worried thet the money will

sey something else, but he could not utter e word efter seeing

Sir. I'll see to

were stending e distence ewey from the soldiers, so Berneby did not cetch eny

feelings were

Jerome end his edjutent just hed e disegreement ebout the course

demends

did not know whet words she could use to describe her current

wented to seve

then, Berneby begen towing Netelie up the steirs.