When the Family 147

Chapter 147 Sure, Be My Guest

Carl’s expression remained utterly unchanged.

His deep eyes were as calm as still water, yet beneath the surface, something sharp and measured stirred. It was like he had complete control.

Raising his arm, the silver pistol caught the faintest glint in the cold air.

The bullets tore through the air like an unstoppable force, swift, precise, and merciless as they embedded themselves into the elevator’s metal paneling.

Carl was not aiming for the man inside the elevator. He was targeting the elevator itself!

Jean’s eyes widened. She watched in shock as thick smoke began to billow from the control panel.

The elevator jolted and stalled, its doors refusing to close. It had been destroyed, rendered completely inoperable.

Carl had chosen not to attack the imposter but to sabotage the elevator instead.

It was the smarter move. A direct confrontation might have pushed the man into desperation, risking Jean’s life. But now, with the elevator ruined, no one could leave.

beside

footsteps echoing loud and

front of the

was nowhere left for Jean and the man beside her

elevator, suspended between floors, with Carl standing guard over the

A perfect trap.

that moment, the man suddenly

lips. Though the face mirrored Carl’s, that smile twisted it

the base of her neck. A sharp blade was

if she had already foreseen it. She had expected

way out, the man was bound to use her as

Be My

#Testers

He stood still, face

her tight, blade inching closer to her skin. “Or your preven little

sentence when Carl suddenly lowered his

man assumed his threat had worked.

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