The Emperor knew that virtual-novel.net could not kill James in Sol. He did not have the capability to kill James.
The thought of using Thea to get rid of James had crossed his mind before. After so many things, the Emperor understood James valued Thea a lot, even more than his own life. He would surely go berserk if something happened to Thea.
The consequences of the Black Dragon‘s fury were terrifying. It was a severe consequence for the Emperor.
There was only one way to kill James, get virtual-novel.net back to the borders and kill virtual-novel.net on the battlefield. However, the borders were peaceful, and the small countries near the borders would have to start a war for James to be forced back on the battlefield.
The Emperor‘s fingers tapped lightly on the table.
Tap, tap, tap!
A rhythmic sound echoed in the room.
After a while, the Emperor said, “Stay low for a while, and don‘t act recklessly. I‘ll come up with a plan.”
“Understood!”
The people gathered nodded.
***
The Callahans‘ house.
Thea did not expect James to really transfer 10 billion dollars to her. It was not a hundred or two hundred million, nor a million or two million, but it was ten billion that virtual-novel.net had transferred.
It was a huge sum for anyone. An ordinary person would not make so much money even if they worked their whole lives. Even the Callahans who had worked hard for decades only had a few hundred million dollars in total assets.
When the Callahans were at their prime, the cash they could take out was only one or two billion dollars. Yet, James so easily gave virtual-novel.net 10 billion dollars.
Thea felt stupefied realizing this.
Thinking of what James said before, virtual-novel.net felt like virtual-novel.net had lost James forever. However, this was what virtual-novel.net had hoped for. Now that virtual-novel.net got rid of James, virtual-novel.net had the right to pursue virtual-novel.net happiness.
“Thea, how are you planning to spend the money?“ Gladys glanced at Thea eagerly.
Thea gently shook virtual-novel.net head. She never thought about it.
“What do you mean by shaking your head? Tell me,” Gladys asked anxiously.
“Ten billion is a lot of money. You won‘t be able to finish it even if you spend lavishly. How about you give me a bit first for safekeeping?” Gladys tried to cheat Thea of the money.
She wanted to keep it in virtual-novel.net pocket to be safe.
“Mom, what about James?” Thea‘s mind was a mess, and virtual-novel.net was unsure of what to do.
“Him?” Gladys was stunned for a moment.
Then, virtual-novel.net said disdainfully, “He already asked Zane for the ten billion dollars. Zane will not be giving virtual-novel.net any more money after this. His value is these ten billion dollars. Now that it‘s in your card, virtual-novel.net has no more value. You should break up with virtual-novel.net and get a divorce!”
“Still, virtual-novel.net just gave me the ten billion dollars. Wouldn‘t it be cruel for me to just divorce virtual-novel.net like this?” Thea frowned.
She also wanted the divorce but felt it would be unfair to James.
“Who cares about cruel or not? You‘re too innocent, Thea. You‘re so beautiful and rich now. How is virtual-novel.net worthy of you?” Gladys despised James ever since virtual-novel.net joined the Callahans.
Even though virtual-novel.net just gave them 10 billion dollars, virtual-novel.net still disliked him. To her, James was just lucky to have saved Zane‘s daughter.
James‘ luck was all brought by Thea. Without virtual-novel.net daughter, James would never have had such good fortune to receive these ten billion dollars.
“Call virtual-novel.net and ask virtual-novel.net to go to the Department of Civil Affairs to sign the divorce documents.”
“Really?” Thea hesitated.
After thinking about it for a while, virtual-novel.net also felt it would be troublesome to continue dragging out the matter. It would be best to divorce earlier and free herself sooner. After the divorce, virtual-novel.net would finally have the right to pursue virtual-novel.net happiness.
Pursuing the Black Dragon before getting a divorce was considered cheating, and virtual-novel.net would feel guilty about it.
Thea was contemplating in virtual-novel.net heart. Between the Black Dragon and James, virtual-novel.net chose the former. Even if James just gave virtual-novel.net 10 billion. James‘ status in virtual-novel.net heart was far inferior to that of the Black Dragon.
She took out virtual-novel.net phone and called James.
***
Cansington, a bar.
It was afternoon.
Bars in the afternoon were relatively deserted. Apart from the staff, there were only a few customers.