Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1714

"Wire the money now! You have to! I'll count to ten, and if the money isn't here, I'll blow his head off! One, two, three…"

Watching the screen, everyone gasped.

As the countdown neared its end, a high-ranking Thyanian official quickly had another large sum of money transferred.

The kidnapper said, "It's not enough! Transfer another billion!"

One billion?

The Thyanian officials were stunned and shook their heads at Mrs. Gable.

Mrs. Gable tearfully said to the kidnapper, "We really don't have a billion dollars, we…"

The kidnapper cut her off.

"Didn't Thyania want to help you? If you don't have it, make them pay! We don't care who pays, we just want the money!"

Mrs. Gable, her eyes red, looked at the Thyanian officials again. This time, an official stepped forward to negotiate directly.

"We really can't come up with that much money on such short notice. We…" *BANG!*

Before he could finish, Evan was shot again.

Evan passed out from the pain. The kidnapper bellowed, "Wire the money! We're not listening to your excuses! I'm counting to ten again! One, two, three…"

The high-ranking Thyanian official gritted his teeth, gave a sharp look, and had another sum of money transferred.

The kidnapper looked at the amount. "Dammit! I said one billion!"

Another kidnapper said, "Boss, the Commander is already unhappy. We need to wrap this up quickly. This kid has to die tonight!"

The next second, *BANG! BANG! BANG!*

The kidnappers fired more than ten shots at Evan in quick succession. Evan collapsed in a pool of blood.

The video feed was cut.

The conference room was silent for a few seconds before Mrs. Gable let out a piercing shriek and collapsed, feigning a dead faint.

The Zhinorans were furious, but before they could erupt, the Thyanian officials spoke up.

"This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! We're going to flatten them tonight!"

Not long after, Penn's father received a call. A high-ranking Thyanian official had given the order to go to war with that bastard commander.

Penn's father was thunderstruck, his face draining of all color. He quickly contacted the commander.

After a moment of silence in the room, someone said, "…I heard that after She Kao was defeated, the Zhinoran martial artists all mocked us, calling us trash!"

"Hmph! Now that the kid is dead, let's see who they have to be smug about!"

"During the semifinals, we'll find a way to make them all lose, so none of them advance to the finals!"

"Let's give them a good dose of humiliation and see who the real trash is!"

Ever since the incident with Jake Warner, the martial artists from Zhinora and Thyania had not been on friendly terms.

They were always secretly competing.

But for years, the martial artists of the two countries had been evenly matched.

However, Evan's appearance seemed poised to shatter this balance.

That was why the Thyanian martial artists wanted Evan to disappear.

With Evan dead, they were happy.

However, fate is unpredictable, and their happiness was premature.

The next evening, their nightmare returned, alive and kicking.