Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

It was a premeditated act of revenge.

"Chief Taylor, we've got bad news!" Another policeman rushed over, covered in sweat. "The killer is at the rooftop with a hostage! He threatened to jump to his death with the hostage if we refused to release him."

Then, he handed a phone to Cyrus. Cyrus took the phone and saw the scene of Denver bellowing at the policemen with a female hostage in his arms.

His eyes widened in shock as he recognized a pale-looking and tear-stricken Lauren in Denver's grip. His heart sank, and panic surged through his veins.

How could Lauren be the hostage?

Cyrus, who had always dealt with the toughest armed criminals with calm, found himself breathing unevenly. He immediately dashed toward the rooftop.

At the same time, Angelina rushed toward him with fury in her eyes, holding Lauren's teddy bear.

"Is the hostage... Madam Lauren? Is that true?" She sounded teary.

like she

"I'll

but your presence will only worsen the situation. You know nothing about the criminal, and you don't have the negotiation skills. If you provoke the criminal, he might

her misty eyes. His tone softened. "Have faith in the

it takes!" Angelina had no choice but to plead with Cyrus and placed all her

to save Lauren because it's my duty as a policeman,"

that, he warned Angelina, "Do not alert Landon Harper just yet. He's a hot-tempered man. I fear he might show up with his men to blow

to race up the rooftop from the first floor and

structure the negotiation and construct various scenarios to rescue the hostage.

rescue countless times. He had even faced criminals armed with

his face turned white from shock and his mind went blank before he opened the door to the rooftop, perhaps because Lauren

a remark from his earset.