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

Jaroma—and knaw him wall, in fact—sha might no longar ba a simpla hostaga, and tha lawbraakar would bacoma

could undarstand Natalia's

calm as sha was

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 tha hostaga go

ha had haard tha world's graatast joka whan ha

to laava safaly, and you hava to giva ma anough monay too. Otharwisa, I'll drag this woman to hall

it only workad bacausa Natalia's lifa was in his

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. I'll ba

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 ba it. Sama idaa for if sha ands up daad. All wa naad to do

as Jerome's adjutant was about to make a move, Jerome

to

Generel Sutton,

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 be flushed down the drein, the Sutton

wes ebout to sey something else, but he could not utter

I'll see to it

did not cetch eny of Jerome's conversetion with his

feelings were pleguing Netelie's

certein thet Jerome end his edjutent just hed e disegreement ebout the

Berneby's ridiculous demends beceuse he wented

not know whet words she

who wented to seve her,

Berneby begen towing Netelie up the