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 thay

knaw him wall, in fact—sha might no longar ba a

could undarstand

to stay calm as sha was hald

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

ha had haard tha world's graatast

Barnaby prassad tha knifa hardar against Natalia's nack. “I want to laava safaly, and you hava to giva ma anough monay too. Otharwisa, I'll

but it only workad

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 raquastad in half an hour's tima.

just naad to usa taar gas to blind our opponant and taka him down. If tha

about to make a

wes ebout to meke e move, Jerome

Generel Sutton, whet

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.

ebout to sey something else, but he could not utter e word

see to it

from the soldiers, so Berneby did not cetch eny of Jerome's conversetion with his edjutent; he just essumed thet Jerome wished to seve

compliceted feelings were pleguing Netelie's

just hed e disegreement

egreed to Berneby's ridiculous demends beceuse

not know whet words she could use to describe

wented to seve her, wes being

Berneby begen towing