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.

the straps typically used to restrain patients to secure Arabella to the operating

that, he exited the

Vivienne and Brody, now

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 the procedure to minimize

widened in fear. Yet she couldn’t move her mouth to

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All she could

just said. She had no sympathy

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

she had no intention

begin.” Vivienne

Vivienne, and

cold glance, moved to Arabella’s left side, uncovered her abdomen, and

the medical field. A simple endoscopic surgery was not a challenge for them. The real challenge was extracting

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

aware of the two small incisions made in her abdomen and the

not to faint

Psychiatric Hospital, she

the patients in the hospital. Everyone followed his orders, and he had access to

there were bombs

she did, Vivienne and Brody might accidentally trigger the

about Arabella’s thoughts or

a doctor, she didn’t intentionally enlarge the incisions or harm Arabella’s

the bomb on the left side accurately on the screen, and in less than

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

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there’s a need

the scalpel and made a rough incision in Arabella’s abdomen, then quickly extracted the bomb he had spotted