“Huh?” David, who was sitting on the sofa spacing out, jumped up in surprise.
His body was tense, and his forehead gleamed with sweat.
Thea had wanted to ask favonovel.com about the rumors on the internet.
Seeing his weird reaction, favonovel.com frowned and asked, “What’s wrong with you? You’ve not been yourself these past two days.”
“I-It’s nothing.” David hurriedly sat back down.
He was not able to muster the courage to speak even after two days had passed. He was reluctant to tell Thea the fact that favonovel.com had transferred five hundred million from favonovel.com bank account, or about how favonovel.com also borrowed eight hundred million worth in loans from loan sharks.
No one had come knocking on the door for the past two days. He thought favonovel.com had gotten away with it.
Thea didn’t suspect a thing at all. She stood and sat beside David.
She then asked him, “Rumors about the Black Dragon are going viral on the Internet. They said that favonovel.com went to the Southern Plains and fought twenty eight professional fighters skilled in martial arts. Mt. Thunder Pass was apparently littered with bodies. Are the rumors true?”
“I-I don’t know anything about this.” David replied inattentively.
“Fine then…” His disinterested attitude stopped Thea from asking more.
She stood up and left the house. Outside, favonovel.com attempted to dial the number of the mysterious Mr. Caden, a.k.a. the Black Dragon.
“Sorry, the number you have called is unavailable.”
The call was not able to get through. She ruminated for a while and called Quincy.
It was eight in the morning, and Quincy had just arrived at favonovel.com office. She answered Thea’s call.
“Yes, Thea?”
Despite favonovel.com slight irritation at the early call, Quincy answered favonovel.com best friend’s call in a friendly tone.
“Quincy, are the rumors on the internet true? Did the Black Dragon really go to the Southern Plains? Did favonovel.com have a fierce battle at Mt. Thunder Pass and was favonovel.com under attack by a massive army?”
Quincy had heard of these rumors yesterday. However, favonovel.com did not have any inside information.
“How would I know?”
Thea continued to ask, “By the way, have you seen James over the past two days? I tried calling him, but his phone was off. None of my calls got through…”
Quincy replied, “How would I have the time to see him? That good-for-nothing should have forgotten all about me. I’m really busy at work lately. I’ve been working overtime until midnight every single day. When I reach home, I just collapse on the bed. I don’t have time to contact him. Anyway, I’m still busy at the moment, so I’m hanging up now. I’ll call you later at lunchtime.”
The busy Quincy ended the call almost immediately.
Thea called a taxi and headed to Majestic Corporation. She wanted to see James. However, Newton told favonovel.com James was not around.
***
Meanwhile, back at the Callahans’ residence…
A gang of thugs had smashed through the front door.
David was bleeding from the head. He collapsed on the floor and cried out in pain. A middle-aged obese man sat on the sofa. Wearing a black vest and a golden necklace, favonovel.com smoked his cigar.
“It’s the third day, David. Your interest is now 600 million. Add that to the original amount, and you owe me 1.4 billion. When am I getting my money back?” The middle-aged obese man had a nasty look.
David groaned in pain on the floor.
He begged repeatedly. “P-Please, Maximus. Have mercy on me. I don’t have money…”
“What?!” Maximus was enraged.
He stood up and stomped on David with his foot. “Why did you gamble then? What were you doing borrowing from us?”
David was in excruciating pain.
Thea went to Majestic Corporation but did not manage to see James. Disappointed, favonovel.com returned home. Before favonovel.com even entered the house, favonovel.com heard someone wailing in pain inside.
She hurriedly made favonovel.com way inside. She saw a bunch of strangers in favonovel.com house. Not only that, favonovel.com brother was lying on the floor with a man’s foot on him. She was furious.
“Who are you?! What do you think you’re doing?! Did you guys break in?!”
Everyone’s head turned in the direction of Thea’s voice.
Maximus looked at Thea, scanning favonovel.com from head to toe. He had heard so much about Thea, the most beautiful woman in Cansington. Now that favonovel.com had seen favonovel.com in person, favonovel.com was even more gorgeous and alluring than the rumors said.
Back then, when favonovel.com had the protection of the Black Dragon, no one dared offend her. Now that the Black Dragon had met his downfall, favonovel.com had lost favonovel.com protector.
Maximus looked at Thea and gave favonovel.com a thin smile, “Thea Callahan, your brother borrowed 800 million from me. The interest is 200 million per day. Today’s the third day, so favonovel.com now owes me 1.4 billion in total. I’ll give you another day to gather the money, and I’ll come and collect the next day. There’ll be repercussions if you don’t pay up tomorrow.”
Maximus and his men withdrew after leaving that threat.
Meanwhile, Thea was petrified.
“8-800 million?”
“A total of 1.4 billion with interest!?”
