Young Bride in a Lightning Marriage: Never Tired of Mr. Leon's Love

"In the end, he demanded that I come back and tell the king and queen to prepare a five billion ransom within two days, or else he'll kill the hostage.

"B-But, she's my sister! I cried and begged him to kidnap me instead, saying I was worth more than her.

"But he said that he knew that I wasn't biologically related to the royal family. Now that you guys have found your real daughter, you wouldn't care if I was dead or alive. Then, he knocked me unconscious too." Charlotte sobbed, but she still managed to articulate everything she wanted to say clearly.

Upon hearing this, Juliana took two steps back. She would have fallen if it were not for Arthur's support.

"Y-You're saying that Velda has been kidnapped..."

Juliana stuttered while Arthur looked at Charlotte with a pained expression.

Charlotte then cried even louder, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't wanted to bond with my sister and take her out of the palace for shopping, she wouldn't have been kidnapped.

has realized that my sister has been

of you, please go and rescue my sister. The kidnapper wants five billion. I-I'll take out all

to get up to go to her private treasury, but

deeply saddened and worried upon hearing the news, seeing their eldest daughter so concerned about her younger sister, they

well. Get some rest, and don't worry. Trust us, we'll

worry about it, my child. We know you're concerned about your sister, but you also need to take care of

tears from Charlotte's eyes, who nodded obediently and said, "Okay, I'll take good care

forced a smile. After comforting her, they left the room. Juliana could

had been holding them back as she did not want Charlotte to feel even more upset

ordered the royal guards to search the entire country for the kidnapper.

allocate five billion from the national treasury as the kidnapper

high ransom demand and such bold behavior, it was likely that the perpetrator was from a large