Nolan was one year older than James. But James was already married while Nolan was still single. Nolan could only tease himself like this.
Although Nolan was very busy, he had thought about this thing. But he only wanted the right woman.
And it was very difficult to find one.
“Hasn’t that fortuneteller told you that you’ll meet a sugar mommy? So it’ll be alright that you become a cripple.”
Nolan glared at James.
Nolan didn’t feel comforted at all but offended.
Just then, James’ phone buzzed. The two looked at each other and then stared at the phone.
James sneered. He picked up his phone and answered the call.
“James, open the door!”
James raised his eyebrows. He got up and walked to the door. As expected, he saw Corey on the phone through the peephole.
James hung up the phone, licked his lower lip, and cracked his knuckles. After he opened the door, he punched Corey in the face without hesitation.
Corey saw his movement but didn’t dodge. Corey just let him.
Corey knew that James would not talk to him nicely before he vented his anger.
However, it was not enough for James to just beat Corey up. James raised his fist again, but this time, Corey dodged.
Immediately, James went all out in attacking while Corey kept dodging agilely. The two wrestled.
When Donald heard the noise, he hurriedly came out. But when he saw Corey, he was also angry.
If Corey hadn’t worked together with Roger and taken Kara away, Kara would still be there, safe and sound.
After Donald joined in, Corey was a bit out of his depths.
“Enough!”
Corey grabbed James’ fist and dodged Donald’s attack. He stared at the two with a gloomy expression.
“How is that enough? Corey, you’re such a good actor!” James said sarcastically.
Corey shook off James’ hand, licked the corner of his lips that had been beaten by James, knocked the two out of his way, and walked into the apartment.
James clenched his jaw. After turning around and walking into the living room, James saw Corey sitting there and rinsing his mouth with cold tea. James sneered.
“Mr. Corey, that was a really good scheme. You planned everything since Kara came to Country R. Together with Roger, you made the awarding ceremony of the competition happen in B City.
“But you knew that this thing could not be hidden from me forever and that I would definitely come to B City. So you came up with this training idea and made Kara stay here. And in these few days, you have been looking for opportunities to take Kara away.
“Last time, my wife found out the people who were following her were not Roger’s men. So they were yours.
“Corey, you put in so much effort to use Simon’s matter to divert my attention and take away my wife.
“Unfortunately, she is missing now. You guessed that she might be taken away by Kason, so you came to me.
“Corey, I even want to kill you. How can a few punches be enough?”
Hearing James, who had always been reticent, suddenly talk so much, both Donald and Nolan were shocked.
If James’ words were the truth, then they had been played by Corey from the beginning, but they knew nothing about Corey.
Corey spat the cold tea that was used to rinse his mouth. There was blood in his spit, but Corey did not care.
“I’m not here to quarrel with you. Kason has taken Kara away. You must get her out.”
“Stop pretending to be a good guy!” Donald roared.
They treated Corey as a friend, but Corey plotted against them behind their backs. Now Corey acted like a good person, but who would believe him?
Corey unclenched his fists and clenched them again. “Kara is pregnant.”
The rest were shocked.
James’ eyes turned red. He stared daggers at Corey.
Kara was pregnant.
He was going to be a father.
This was supposed to be good news. But James remembered Will’s warning. Will told him pregnancy was fatal to Kara.
Before James could feel any joy, he felt great pain in his heart, as if it was pierced by needles, cut by knives, and stuffed with broken glass.
It was so painful that James felt short of breath, and his mind went blank.
“Things are a little special with Kara. In order to save her life, I had to take her away as soon as possible and abort the baby. That was why I took her away,” Corey continued.
“Corey, how dare you!”
James walked up to Corey and said through gritted teeth. His expression was cold.
It was his child. If Corey dared to kill it, he, James, would definitely send Corey to hell!
Corey, on the other hand, was not afraid at all. Corey looked straight back into James’ eyes.
Then, every word that Corey said hit home.
“James, I have already warned you that she is not fit to get pregnant for the time being.
“As you know, Kara would definitely not kill her own child. So if I don’t kill that child secretly, are you going to watch her die?
James fell silent.
James clenched his fists. He had been very careful when they had sex. But it seemed he had not been careful enough.
James scratched his head in frustration. This child came at a bad time.
“Donald, how many people do you have?”
“There are more than twenty people who can fight,” Donald said.
“John, how many people can we use in B City?”
John frowned and thought for a moment, “Mr. James, fifteen people can come here tomorrow, so there is a total of thirty-four.”
Then, James turned to look at Corey. “How many people do you need?” Corey said after thinking.
“It’s not about quantity. I need two elites. Nolan is now injured and can’t work. I need a top hacker.”
It was not the right time to be angry with Corey. Although James was unhappy with Corey, he would tolerate Corey for now for Kara’s sake.
“Okay.” Corey nodded.
“Since we can’t locate Kara, I have to risk going to Kason’s research base. It is tightly guarded, so I need someone to cover me.”
“Sure.”
Corey felt that it was his fault that Kara was captured by Kason, so he would fully cooperate with James.
After they discussed and rested for a few hours, James went to case the joint with two men.
It was because James needed to get familiar with Kason’s research base’s surroundings before they acted to increase the chances of success.
After Corey left, Donald saw James standing alone by the window, looking lonely and desolate.
Today, James learned that he was going to be a father, and this should be something to be happy about.
Donald went to the refrigerator to take out two bottles of wine, walked to James’ side, and patted him on the shoulder.
“Are you thinking about Kara?”
James turned to look at him and scoffed coldly, not replying.
“Come, congratulations on becoming a father.” Donald held the wine bottle to him.
James looked at the wine in front of him, the corners of his eyes a little red.
A father. It sounded so unreal.
James rarely said this word since he was a child. But James did not expect that when he had his own child, he would have to kill it like it was a virus.
James took the bottle and took a sip. “Thank you.”
“James, let’s be optimistic. I’ve even seen Nicole’s autopsy back then. But I just didn’t believe it. See, I finally see hope,” Donald comforted him.
James glanced at him and smiled, “That was not optimism but madness.”
Donald was lost for words.
Donald felt James was so unthankful.
“However, I really like that kind of madness of yours. Perhaps, things are not that bad, right?”
James was not religious. But for the first time, he prayed in his heart.
He prayed that nothing would happen to Kara. He was willing to exchange a few years of his life for Kara’s safety.
“Don’t worry. Kara is a lucky person. She will be fine.” Donald told James. He was also telling this to himself.
Kara must be fine. If Kara died, James would lose both Kara and the baby, and he would definitely go crazy.