Chapter 138
Jerry quickly said, “That won’t do. We need him to ask for ransom.”
When he finished saying that, Tom hit him on the head. “Are you dumb? Why would you say that? Can’t you even keep a secret?
It was a surprise to Olivia. How could someone be bold enough to risk their lives by threatening Ethan for ransom?
Perhaps before they could deliver the ransom letter, Ethan’s men would’ve raided their headquarters.
“How much are you planning to ask for?” Olivia prodded.
Tom stuck out a finger. “He’s rich, so we should at least ask for one million dollars.”
Olivia looked at him in disbelief. “One million dollars?”
They were risking their lives for only one million dollars? Ethan would probably think that they were mocking him.
Noticing Olivia’s gaze, Tom instantly lost confidence. “He’s supposed to be rich, right? He should be able to fork out a million. dollars, right?
“If not… 500 thousand dollars will do.”
Olivia facepalmed herself. This was her first time feeling sympathy for a bandit.
If they asked for one million dollars, Ethan would probably let them leave in one piece.
But if Ethan saw them asking for 500 thousand dollars, he would feed them to the sharks.
Noticing that Olivia was silent, Jerry spoke up timidly, “Um, could it be that he doesn’t even have 500 thousand dollars? Well, what about 200 thousand dollars?”
Olivia sighed in exasperation when she heard them lowering their price even more.
“Oh no, Tom! I heard before that rich people may look rich on the surface, but in reality, they owe the bank a lot.
“Do you think Ethan’s broke? Did we waste our efforts by kidnapping his child?”
Olivia couldn’t stand it anymore and suggested earnestly, “Why don’t you raise the ransom a bit? If not, Ethan might think. that you’re mocking him.”
Tom stuck out two fingers. “Two million dollars, then. Are we being too greedy?”
Olivia put a hand on her chest. Goodness, where did these bandits come from?
“More!”
“F-Five million dollars.”
“Don’t be a coward; add another digit!”
“F–Fifty million dollars? Oh, my mama!” Tom couldn’t even handle uttering such a huge number.
“Five hundred million dollars.”
When Olivia spoke those words, Jerry staggered and fell onto the ground. “Tom, how much is 500 million?
“Is it even more than the number of gra*s in the mountains combined?”
“Miss, are you pulling our leg?”
Olivia was a little frustrated. “Do you know how much they spent on the fireworks last night?”
Tom thought about it earnestly. “Those were beautiful fireworks, and I looked at them for a long while,
“It’s a pity that I couldn’t bring them with me, or Mom and Grandma could’ve seen them as well.
“Jack once bought some sparklers for me for five dollars. So, the fireworks show probably cost a few thousand dollars.”
“You can add some more digits to that.”
“T–Tens of millions?” Tom fell next to Jerry, his mouth gaping. He couldn’t close his mouth for a long time.
Olivia could figure out their backgrounds after the exchange. It was obvious that the two bandits were ignorant and even a little innocent.
“I’m curious. How did the likes of you manage to get onto the ship?”
Tom hastily said, “Some time ago, Jack went ashore to buy supplies. He overheard that Ms. Carlton was spending a lot of money to hold her son’s first birthday celebration.
“So, we wanted to do something huge for once. They happened to be recruiting b*dyguards for the cruise, so Jack applied.”
Olivia was surprised. Judging by how Brent worked, he wouldn’t have hired some random person to be a b*dyguard. She asked in shock, “That’s it?”
It seems Ethan only ever married Olivia to take revenge for what happened to his little sister. While Olivia is plagued by her sickness, he holds her chin and says coldly, “This is what your family owes me.” Now, she has no family and no future.
Her father becomes comatose after a car accident, leaving her with nothing to live for. Thus, she hurls herself from a building. “The life my family owes will now be repaid.” At this, Ethan, who’s usually calm, panics while begging for Olivia to come back as if he’s in a state of frenzy …
