Novel - Drama Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Chapter 9 “You’ll give me 20,000 dollars? For real?”
Marshall’s eyes brightened when he heard this. To him, he could gamble all he wanted if he had 20,000 dollars, and having money was everything. Oliver stated without hesitation, “I’ll give you 20,000 dollars on the spot once we get the divorce certificate!” “Okay, deal!” Marshall agreed cheerfully, grinning from ear to ear. Even though he looked like he was beaten up badly, he was not seriously injured at all. All his wounds were superficial. Anyway, his family had also pressed him to divorce Joanna, saying that she wasn’t getting pregnant. As such, this would kill two birds with one stone for him. Not only could he get a divorce, but he could even get a considerable sum of money from it. Oliver immediately helped Joanna into the Porsche 911’s front passenger seat before fastening her seat belt. Then, he got in the convertible car, opened the roof, and looked at Marshall, who was in a daze, with disdain. “Get in the back!” In a trice, Marshall came to his senses and limped to get into the vehicle.
The back seat of a Porsche 911 was only there for decoration purposes, for it was unsuitable for adults to sit on. Marshall felt very uncomfortable back there. Thus, While driving, Oliver said to Marshall, “We’ll get the marriage certificate at your place first before heading to City Hall.” “All right, all right. Hurry up!” Marshall was afraid that Oliver would go back on his word and not give the former the 20,000 dollars. Hence, he kept urging Oliver to be quick. An hour later, Marshall and Joanna got divorced at City Hall. Without saying a word, Oliver directly transferred 20,000 dollars to Marshall via a QR code. The latter looked at the amount on his phone with a beam. After leaving City Hall, Oliver walked to hisnovelbin
now ex-brother-in-law and whispered, “Marshall, I’ll also offer you a separate price. I’ll give you 50,000 dollars if you blind one of your eyes, 200 thousand dollars if you blind both of them, and 100 thousand dollars if you cut off an arm or a leg. It’s not a credit transaction, strictly cash. You know my number if you’re ever in need of money.” Taken aback, Marshall suddenly trembled and roared in anger, “You’re crazy!” Oliver simply sneered, helped Joanna get into the Porsche 911, then drove away. Looking at the divorce certificate in her quivering hands, Joanna couldn’t help but shed tears. “This one year plus of marriage with Marshall has been a hell-like memory. Is it really over that easily now, though?” she ruminated. Joanna turned her head and gazed at Oliver, who was driving, and abruptly felt that he was no longer the same as before. “Where did he get the money? Oliver used to be so cautious and timid in everything he did, but he looks so fired up and courageous now. Also, where did he get such a nice car from?” she wondered. “Oliver, did… did you…” Joanna became worried all of a sudden and asked cautiously, “Did you… do something illegal to make money?” She had just escaped from Marshall’s grasp, so she didn’t want Oliver to face unnecessary troubles as well. Oliver smiled and replied, “Don’t worry, Jo. I won’t do bad things that violate the law. My boss insisted I drive this car, and she gave me 10,000 dollars as my base salary plus commission. I can now earn approximately 20,000 dollars a month. In addition, I made 800 thousand dollars from selling jadeites today, so Dad’s medical expenses are completely covered!” He was afraid that Joanna wouldn’t understand the term “stone gambling,” so he simply said he was selling jadeites, which sounded better. Joanna was so surprised that she gaped, saying, “Y-Your base salary is 10,000 dollars, and you can make 20,000 dollars a month?”
‘Is this for real? Oliver used to only make less than 1,000 dollars a month in the se…