Chapter 1421

Yates arched a skeptical brow, seemingly caught off guard by Bernard’s offer.

Was it sheer desperation to save Eleanor, or did he have an ulterior motive?

Yates didn’t trust Bernard all that much, yet he was dying to know who the founder of the Siren Organization really was. His eyes, seasoned by years of life’s trials, spun with the complexity of human nature.

“If you’re playing me, you’ll never see Eleanor again.” The cunning and shrewd always overthink, resorting to threats.

That was what made Yates detestable, and Bernard found it utterly contemptible.

“What right do you have to threaten me now?”

Bernard’s voice, deep and clear, flowed through the intercom into Yates’ ears.

“I’m only negotiating because of my wife.”

The unspoken message was clear: if Eleanor wasn’t in Yates’ clutches, would Bernard even bother with negotiations?

He would have stormed the biozone like he had other territories, capturing Yates without a second thought, not patiently hashing

out terms.

Now, a thoroughly defeated Yates truly had no ground to stand on. He couldn’t possibly harm Eleanor, could he?

After all, how could Yates harm Eleanor, the granddaughter he had finally-found?

But Yates suspected Bernard’s offer was a ruse.

finally pressed the intercom button

is first, then

the indifference in Bernard’s eyes.

without releasing her? Do you

come and get

and composed, gave Bernard the location of the escape

corridor, behind the square white wall, you’ll find the escape room. The console code is 794203. Come alone.”

defeated

shaking their heads at Bernard, signaling him not to

at them, his gaze drifting past the 48 corpses

I’ll say it again, you’re in

as winter frost, shone with an unearthly glow, hinting

you’ll get no information, and your people will

full well that Bernard had the upper hand, whether

own right, was loath to be dictated to by a younger man

claim to love Eleanor, yet you’re unwilling to come for her yourself. How

suggest that if Bernard didn’t personally retrieve Eleanor, his love was

her grandfather/why

turned into a contest of who could be

win

unable to argue further, simply broadcasted the surveillance footage of Eleanor to

Yates changed his mind the instant he saw Eleanor.

on the bed, fragile as a leaf despite

to the world around her,

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