Married At First Sight By Gu Lingfei

Marco and his companions finally heard footsteps. Instinctively, they turned their heads-only to see a group of people closing in fast, surrounding them.

"Police! Hands up! Don't move!"

As soon as Marco spotted the officers, the lead policeman shouted the command, immediately drawing his pistol and aiming it at them.

The police had been tipped off by Shiloh's brother, who informed them that the kidnappers were armed. Meanwhile, the detectives pursuing Pedro were also carrying firearms.

Sage's mind went blank. His head felt like it was about to explode.

Why were the police after them?

They had scoped out this location in advance. It was remote and desolate-practically abandoned even during the day, let alone at night. No one was supposed to come here.

Marco was the first to react. Without hesitation, he bent down, grabbed a kitchen knife, and lunged toward Kathryn. If he was going down, he was determined to take her with him.

If she died and he paid for her life with his own, it would all be worth it.

He snatched up the knife just as Kathryn, writhing in pain from her injured arm, rolled across the ground. Watching her suffer filled him with twisted satisfaction.

But then-he cursed under his breath.

had rolled too

at her, knife raised

A gunshot rang out.

police fired, hitting him in the right hand. The knife clattered

didn't dare resist. They immediately dropped to the

rushed in, pinning all three brothers down and

"Miss!"

to the side, her right arm

second, he hurried over, squatted down, and quickly untied the ropes binding her wrists and ankles. Then he took off his coat, wrapped it around

He had also led them here. Now,

only priority was getting Kathryn to a

wait for the ambulance?" the lead officer asked. "It'll be here

the eldest daughter of the Farrett family had been kidnapped, the police had notified emergency services in advance, anticipating possible injuries Pedro wanted to

her to

ambulances pulled up. Relieved, he followed them, making sure Kathryn got immediate medical

loaded into an ambulance, escorted by two

his wound or the crushing weight of his failure,

into the back of a police car. Cold steel bound their wrists as they sat there, completely