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.

rolled too

Marco charged at her, knife raised

A gunshot rang out.

right hand. The knife clattered to the ground. Marco

didn't dare resist. They immediately dropped to the ground,

pinning all three brothers down

"Miss!"

lying to the side,

quickly untied the ropes binding her wrists and ankles. Then he took off his coat, wrapped it around her, and lifted her into

police. He

his only priority was getting Kathryn

the lead officer asked. "It'll be here any

that the eldest daughter of the Farrett family had been kidnapped, the police had notified emergency services in advance, anticipating possible injuries Pedro wanted to refuse-he was too anxious to wait. He saw Kathryn's bloodied arm, her trembling lips turning pale from the

wanted to get her to the

move, two ambulances pulled up. Relieved, he followed them, making sure Kathryn got

was also loaded into an ambulance, escorted by two officers. The moment

the pain of his wound or

they were handcuffed and shoved into the back of a police car. Cold steel bound their wrists as they sat there,