The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 146

Arabella lay motionless on the hospital bed with her eyes wide open. The steady stream of tears from her eyes told a tale of sheer terror.

Thankfully, Vivienne was masked at the moment because if Arabella let Vivienne see the fear reflected in her own eyes, she might have wished for death right there.

Vivienne squinted slightly at Brody, silently questioning his intentions.

“Two miniature bombs have been forcefully lodged into her body, one on either side of her abdomen.”

Upon seeing Vivienne’s eyes harden, a smug smile appeared on Brody’s face. “Relax. At most, she’d be the only one to blow up; we’d be safe. I value my life, after all.”

Vivienne’s eyes turned frostier.

This damn psychopath!

“We compete on who performs the surgery faster and more precisely. Whoever can extract the bomb first with an endoscope wins. By the way, I’ve set the bombs to detonate in one minute. Be careful; a slight mishap could trigger an early explosion.”

“Right here?” Vivienne surveyed the hall with a furrowed brow.

“Don’t worry, a sterilized operating room and sanitized equipment have all been prepared.” Brody responded while gesturing for Vivienne to proceed.

Upon Brody’s signal, the chubby man grasped Arabella’s bed and wheeled her into an operating room.

Two endoscope apparatuses were ready in the operating room.

This was a mental institution. They wouldn’t normally have such surgical equipment. This was clearly Brody’s doing.

room, the chubby man, following Brody’s instructions, used the straps typically used to restrain patients to secure Arabella to the

he exited the room under

he left, Vivienne and

glasses, brimmed with malicious intent. He looked at Arabella, who was lying on the operating table, and spoke in a soft tone, “Although the drug I gave you has rendered you immobile, you can still feel pain. So, we’ll try to be gentle during

eyes widened in fear. Yet she couldn’t move her

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she could do was cry

Brody had just said. She had no sympathy for Arabella, who had brought this upon

was still bedridden in the hospital. Recalling his torment in the detention center and the

no intention of administering

Vivienne

at Vivienne, and gently pressed it. “The bombs

side, uncovered her abdomen,

endoscopic surgery was not a challenge for them. The real challenge was extracting

endoscopes entered Arabella’s abdomen, her face turned deathly pale.

small incisions made in her abdomen and the objects inserted into her. The pain was unbearable,

her not to faint since she knew that bombs were inside her

N&S Psychiatric Hospital, she had witnessed the

followed his orders, and he had access to all kinds of

he said there were bombs inside her, there must

afraid that if she did, Vivienne and Brody might accidentally trigger the bombs, and she

about Arabella’s thoughts or her

intentionally enlarge the incisions

on the screen, and in less than thirty seconds, she successfully extracted the bomb

again.” Vivienne said to Brody while holding the bomb. I’ve

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don’t think there’s a need for a

made a rough incision in Arabella’s abdomen, then quickly