Chapter 1426

Bernard’s hand moved with lightning speed, the gun in his grip barking death as he dropped a goon in black with a single shot.

Just as he was about to pivot and target another, red laser dots danced across Eleanor’s body.

At the same moment, the gun in the hand of the black-clad assailant pressed coldly against Eleanor’s temple.

“Mr. Law.”

Three controllers, cradling their rifles, emerged slowly from the panic room within the safehouse.

“The terms laid out by Sector 2-5, Mr. Law. Comply, and your wife goes free. Otherwise…”

One of the controllers hadn’t even finished speaking when the goon pushed the gun harder against Eleanor’s head.

“Don’t hurt her!”

Bernard’s heart raced with fear at the mere posturing of the thug. It was clear now that his concern for Eleanor surpassed even his own life.

Even the slightest scratch on her, and he would be beside himself with anxiety.

at me, leave her

melted away, replaced by desperation. The

spare her, but you have to atone

like a death sentence. She gazed at Bernard’s handsome face, shaking her

He’d been hurt too many times for her. already; she couldn’t stand to see him play

love and concern that shone in Eleanor’s clear

fears, he shifted his intense gaze from

I won’t be your

their quest to cleanse the corporate world, like when Gianna sent Teresa Hyde to fend for herself in the wilds of Montana, or when Bernard himself had Josef Caporal thrown in jail to be taught a harsh lesson. But since he

but not to the extent that it

he knew a price must

fire a shot in penance, then you

his gun, turning it on himself, and without flinching, fired into

Bang-

shattering the silence of the safehouse and piercing Eleanor’s ears and heart in

head as she looked on, dazed, at the man standing

tears as she saw the crimson blood flowing down his shoulder, soaking his pristine white shirt beneath the

hammered a

“Bernard!”

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