Kapitel 47: The bloody angel (3)

"What!? 8 million credits!? Are you out of your mind? That's more than my entire company makes in a year!"

She lazily rested her head on her palm, a playful smirk tugging at her lips. "Oh? But didn't you say you'd pay four times what I was offered? And now you're crying about a meager 8 million credits?"

The man's face flushed red with rage. "Gah! Fine! I'll pay it! Just give me your bank number!" His trembling hands fumbled for the device on his wrist.

"Heh, here it is," Ys grinned, her voice dripping with mockery. "And don't you dare send one credit less and call it a 'mistake.'"

With fingers shaking, the Black Horizon CEO transferred the 8 million credits, his breath coming in short gasps as if each zero added weight to his chest. "There! I've paid you. Now, keep your end of the deal... and let me go!" He jabbed a finger in her direction, his voice cracking with desperation.