Chapter 183: At The Headquarters III

Cole was speechless momentarily at Athena’s question.

What was her crime? Her crime was disrupting their plans at every turn! Wasn’t that obvious?!

"Are you speechless now? Tell me, Cole..." Athena continued, stepping closer to the male, who glared at her hatefully. "What is my crime?"

Cole bit his lips. If he dared mention what was on his mind, he might be electrocuted to death like Heronica had been!

Athena, as if reading his thoughts, smirked devilishly. "Oh, don’t worry, Cole. Your dear Heronica is still alive. Just a bit... burnt on the inside."

As if on cue, Heronica’s head began to rise from its earlier droopy state.

Cole’s eyes widened as he watched Heronica struggle to keep her head erect and steady.

"What...what... happened?" She muttered, her voice barely audible.

Cole swallowed and looked at Athena.

"You see, she is alive. Now answer my question."

Cole took his lips in, but hurriedly opening his mouth when Athena tapped the small black object in her hand, which could be used to manually electrocute them if they chose to remain silent.

"Your crime is upsetting my boss. You have given him sleepless nights for the past few weeks. But rest assured, that won’t be the case for long."

to hear that Morgan was in a hot seat. "That’s huge

clamped his

upsetting your boss? That’s a stupid statement. Well, I wouldn’t expect

lift her head, her eyes still disoriented, to

asked, gesturing to Aiden to bring one of the metal seats by the door. She would need

a reasonable steady gaze on Athena, while wondering for the umpteenth time

the cell for the tenth time since being dumped in there, yet she couldn’t decipher which operation ran this unit,

her tongue which had gone dry during the

her boss was unaware of this operation, but he kept most of the information to himself. Their only job was to listen and take his orders. Why wouldn’t they when he had saved their lives from penury and given

"Heronica?"

having no choice. When the electricity zapped through her, she thought she had finally landed in hell, considering the pain that had come with it. She didn’t know electricity could be

she got out of here, she would tell the boss to incorporate it into the torture techniques of the gang. Maybe, if she was lucky, she would be able to use it on Athena.

she tortured her—brought a stupid smile to her face, one that even surprised

Heronica," Athena began, taking a seat. Beside her, Aiden took a seat too and crossed his legs. "So, let’s continue with the questioning. I’d like to believe that you have learned your lesson,

and Cole nodded

with a smile. "Now answer my first question. Who is really behind my kidnapping? Who wants me dead? I know you people are just the hired guns

glances. "We don’t know," Heronica finally admitted,

noticing that there was no

Aiden, who shrugged his shoulders. "It would mean there is a

be different with her. She looked like

wondered why the boss was so damn secretive. But now, observing her current situation, she

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