Chapter 1084 Silver Tongue
“Two days?” Two days seemed rather long to Zophie. “Yup,” Natalie replied in an unwavering manner. “If you are not even willing to wait two days, there’s nothing I can do. Just remember that I’ll be treating the jade key in the exact same way you treat Yumi. You can weigh the consequences yourself.”
Zophie did not find anything amiss with Natalie’s request, and given how firm the woman seemed, Zophie had no choice but to agree. “Sure. I’ll give you two days then. Two days later, I’ll send you a message with the details of our exchange.”
“No problem.” Natalie thought for a brief moment before continuing, “For the next forty-eight hours, you have to send me a video of Yumi every six hours so that I’ll know that she’s still safe. If you delay in sending the videos, our exchange shall be delayed by an equal amount of time.”
You!” Zophie did not expect Natalie to keep pushing her luck. “I think that’s a reasonable request,” Natalie said in a frosty voice. “If you can’t even do that, how am I supposed to believe that you’ll return Yumi to me safely after I’ve given you the key?”
It felt as if Natalie knew exactly what Zophie had up her sleeves. Getting the jade key was not enough for Zophie to forgive the woman for causing Gale’s death!
Although they were just speaking over the phone, Natalie had a silver tongue and was pretty much talking Zophie into agreeing to all of her requests.
Sensing that she was losing control of the situation, Zophie quickly said, “I will do as you say. I don’t think there’s anything else we need to talk about. I’m hanging up now.”
The next moment, the line went dead. Natalie slumped into her chair in exhaustion after putting down her phone.
Jerome had been beside Natalie all the while when she was speaking with Zophie. Even though he could not hear the full conversation, he had clearly heard what Natalie said and noticed that the jade key had been brought up many times during the conversation.
As such, the man could not help but ask, “Natalie, what’s the jade key that you kept mentioning? What has it got to do with Yumi?”
Yumi was Natalie’s adopted daughter, and the latter had mentioned to Jerome how she adopted the little girl previously.
However, she had not told him about the jade key, which was connected to Yumi’s background.
As Natalie trusted Jerome greatly, she decided to tell him the full story. “Back then, when I adopted Yumi, I discovered that she was wearing a unique jade key. As I was worried that she might accidentally break it while playing, I decided to keep it safe for her so that she could use it to search for her family in the future. But now, it seems like there’s indeed something special about the jade key, and that’s why Blaze has been trying so hard to get their hands on it.”
“That’s for sure.” Jerome frowned and said with a solemn expression, “Blaze has wild ambitions. If I’m not wrong, that’s probably the key to some kind of treasure. That’s why they are trying to get it at all costs! If it ends up in Blaze’s hands, the world might be in danger!”
Natalie had already considered everything the man just said.
No doubt, it would definitely be detrimental to let Blaze have the key.
“Do you really intend to give Zophie the jade key?” Jerome asked uncertainly before continuing, “And you’re going to try to get the key back after making sure that Yumi is safe?”
“That’s not the best plan,” Natalie answered while tapping her fingers on the table lightly. “Whatever we thought about, I’m sure Zophie would have thought of it as well. Once the key is with her, it would be very difficult for us to get it back. Moreover, after giving her the key, there would be more things for us to take care of, and it might put Yumi in danger too. She’s my child. I don’t really care what happens to me, but I am not going to put my daughter at risk.”
If that’s the case, it seems like there are not many options left for us.
With a deeper crease between his brows, Jerome asked, “Natalie, what do you think is the optimal solution then?”
