The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan
Chapter 433
This bomb was nothing like the cutting-edge devices they’d encountered before.
This time, it was more intricate, more cunning, with an arrangement that was both deceptive and, upon closer inspection, almost childish.
Yes, that was the word—childish.
Atop the delicate balance lay a common spherical dog toy, the kind that shouldn’t be nudged in the slightest. A mere touch could set the whole thing off.
But who the heck puts a dog toy on a bomb? Especially one that squeaks.
“Vivienne, what’s the situation in there?” Percival could only peer through the crack in the door, unable to see the full picture.
Vivienne held a pair of scissors in her hands, the familiar sight of the wiring giving her a sense of déjà vu.
Percival, getting no response, called out again, “Vivienne?”
Vivienne shook the scissors, “All good.”
She got down on her knees, scanning the rainbow of wires before snipping one decisively.
Tick!
The toy fell off the balance, rolling across the floor and ending up under the desk with a soft thunk.
“Come on in,” Vivienne said, placing the scissors on the table.
The bomb wasn’t inherently difficult; it just appeared dazzlingly complex. In reality, it was still the red wire.
Percival entered, realizing he was sweating bullets. He had defused a thirty-second countdown bomb in his heyday without breaking a sweat, but this had unnerved him.
It wasn’t until he heard Vivienne’s voice that he understood just how frightened he’d been.
“It’s not a new type of bomb, just an ordinary one with a fancy setup. Looks tough, but it’s just a smoke and mirrors act.”
in his eyes and subconsciously suppressing a smirk. She looped her arms around Percival’s neck, her alluring gaze warming him like
pulled her into an embrace, burying his face in her neck, inhaling
Percival was
like we haven’t
the students from Class Eighteen had been far
flashed in
your fault.” Vivienne gently patted his back, “This is the enemy’s tactic. I’ve defused it,
well that Vivienne was the most intelligent woman on earth. And if anyone wanted to take her life, they’d have to
his belief wavered with fear. This fear was instinctual, an innate
held each other tightly, their heartbeats slowly
Tick-tock… tick-tock…
ticking broke the silence in
eyes narrowed as
spherical dog toy beneath the desk. It was now pressing on the actual
a countdown, rapidly ticking
were caught off guard, with no time to
her towards the door and quickly locked the office behind
door, “Percival, open
that instant, she knew what he intended
with his body,
kicked at the lock
and lock of the TCL lab were made of
the bomb in the far corner, using his
to buy Vivienne
took a deep breath and kicked
Bang!
cloud of smoke enveloped the office, followed by a sound akin to a popping balloon. Vivienne’s mighty kick had obliterated
from the momentum, charging through the haze towards
“Mr. Wolf!”
shirt torn at the chest, his hair sticking up in
looked downright comical for
Yes, comical.
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