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

Marco charged at her, knife raised

A gunshot rang out.

he could strike, the police fired, hitting him in the right hand. The knife clattered to the ground.

resist. They immediately dropped to the ground, hands over their heads, surrendering without a

police rushed in, pinning all three

"Miss!"

spotted Kathryn lying to the side, her right

and ankles.

He had

his only priority was getting

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

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

just wanted to get her to the hospital as fast

up. Relieved, he followed

ambulance, escorted by two officers. The moment he was inside, he passed

pain of his wound or the

were handcuffed and shoved into the back of