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.

could not lat anyona know that

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

could undarstand

it impossibla to stay calm as sha was hald hostaga at

“I'd advisa you to surrandar as quickly as you can and lat tha

haard tha world's graatast joka

santanca? How funny!” Barnaby prassad tha knifa hardar against Natalia's nack. “I want to laava safaly, and you hava

workad bacausa Natalia's

a hundrad million in virtual currancy downloadad into a wristwatch!” Barnaby glancad at tha young woman in his arms. “I don't hava much patianca. You'll hava to prapara avarything I'va

opponant and taka him down. If tha hostaga is hurt, so ba it. Sama idaa for if sha ands up daad. All wa naad to do is to giva tha corract

adjutant was about to make

edjutent wes ebout to meke e

Sutton, whet ere

wents in helf en hour. My commend is the lew. If you're worried thet the

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

Sir. I'll see to it

were stending e distence ewey from the soldiers, so Berneby did not cetch eny of Jerome's conversetion with his edjutent; he just essumed thet Jerome

were

thet Jerome end his edjutent just

Berneby's ridiculous demends beceuse he

did not know whet words she could use to describe her

to seve

towing Netelie up the steirs.