Marrying the Ugly Heir for Truth and Wealth novel Chapter 172

Since those thugs were greedy for money, Christina decided to use it to her advantage. “If you guys tell me who sent you, I’ll have my husband add ten million to the ransom.”

What? We can get ten million simply by answering such a simple question?

One of the thugs asked excitedly. “Really?”

“Of course! My husband is filthy rich so paying an additional ten million is nothing to him!” Christina replied confidently,

The thug’s eyes lit up with glee when he heard that. He was about to say something when the phone started ringing again.

As Xander was the man leading the group, he answered the phone, “How are things?” asked the person who hired them.

The rest of the thugs simply glanced at Christina, who was completely unharmed. None of them dared say anything.

“We’ve done what you told us to do,” Xander replied with a snort.

“Good! Send me some pictures of her! I want to see that b*tch suffer! I’ll pay you guys another fifty thousand once this is over.”

Fifty thousand? What a cheapskate!

Even so, Xander didn’t say no to her. “No problem.”

The other thugs waited until he hung up the phone before gathering around. “Are you sure it’s a good idea to lie to that person like that?”

That woman sounded incredibly arrogant and claimed to have someone powerful backing her up. On top of that, she told them to go after Christina without worrying about the repercussions.

That led them to assume she was not someone to be trifled with.

Xander narrowed his eyes and said coldly, “This woman nearly got us all killed!”

Had they abused Christina like they were instructed to, Nathaniel would probably have them all chopped into pieces.

The mere thought of that potential outcome sent shivers down their spines.

Xander was not in the mood to entertain the woman who hired them. “Just send her a few pictures.”

One of the thugs then whipped out his phone and made his way toward Christina, who was still bound in the corner.

Nathaniel had someone prepare the money immediately after ending the call.

He then dropped the money off at the designated location and walked away.

A few suspicious–looking men showed up some time later and found the black suitcases filled with cash.

“Whoa! I’ve never seen this much cash in my entire life!”

“Let’s just grab the money and get out of here! Hurry!”

The men then grabbed a suitcase each and were about to leave when bodyguards came swarming in from

all directions.

In just a matter of seconds, the bodyguards had the thugs surrounded like fishes in a net.

Nathaniel exuded a terrifying aura as he made his way through the middle.

“W–We had a deal, Mr. Hadley! You deliver us the money, and we hand your woman over to you safely, remember? You’re not going back on your word, are you?” Xander stammered in his state of panic.

The other thugs were so scared that they trembled all over while holding the suitcases.

One of the bodyguards walked up to Xander, snatched the phone from him, and handed it over to Nathaniel.

The look in Nathaniel’s eyes grew cold and vicious as he replied, “I never take back money that I give away. You guys had the audacity to kidnap my woman, so you should not expect to just get off scot–free.”

While Nathaniel did promise to pay the ransom, he did not say anything about letting them off without punishment.

The thugs‘ legs gave out beneath them as they tossed the money aside and pleaded, “Please forgive us, Mr. Hadley! We don’t want the money anymore! Please just let us go!”

This is all Emilia’s fault! She tricked us into kidnapping Nathaniel’s woman! She’ll pay for this!