The Man’s Decree

However, the moment he reached out, Kai grabbed his hand.

“I’ll pay what she owes you, so keep your hands away from her,” Kai warned him calmly.

“You?” The leader scrutinized Kai briefly. When he saw that Kai’s outfit didn’t cost more than two hundred, he sneered, “Do you know how much she owes us?”

“One million,” Kai replied.

“Hmph! More than that,” the leader scoffed.

“How can that be? Last week, you told me that I only needed to repay one million,” Hilda questioned in shock.

“That was last week. Have you forgotten about the interest? It’s now one million three hundred thousand, and not a penny less,” the despicable man declared with a smirk.

Hilda was stupefied that her debt had jumped by three hundred thousand in one week. Even if she was a money printing machine, she wouldn’t be able to keep up with its pace.

“Fine, I’ll pay you one million three hundred thousand,” Kai remarked plainly.

The leader was stunned at how readily Kai agreed to it. Hilda, too, couldn’t believe her ears as she looked at Kai in disbelief.

where are you going

given that he had

sure you have the money? Do you

as he spoke, the

dagger, Hilda

my word. All you have to do is to come with me to the bank

by the threats, Kai was a

he couldn’t help but admire his courage. “Fine. You’ve got guts, kid. So, I’ll believe you this once and go with

stepped aside to make way. After giving his men a

go. Get in.” The leader

softly, “Hilda, you should head home now. Don’t tell your mom or my parents about this. I’ll be back

“Kai…”

arm, Hilda gave him

I’ll be

her, he turned and

could feel her tears running down her