Chapter 157

When Herman arrived at Leandro’s apartment, he was dead set against Leandro’s decision to personally deliver the ransom.

But nobody, including Herman, could change Leandro’s decision

As he helped Leandro put on his bulletproof vest and tracker, he muttered under his breath, Who the hell is this Seraphina? She’s a real trouble magnet. It wasn’t long ago that we had that Balch incident, and now you’re risking your neck for her again

Leandro gave him a sideeye, Do you think that’s appropriate talk for a cop?*

Herman looked back at him, then at his own actions, saying. Do you think this is appropriate? You’d better come back in one piece this time. If anything happens to you, I’ll pay for it with my future.

With all the preparations complete, Leandro didn’t respond, but turned to leave.

Leandro Herman was still worried, we’re not sure if the kidnapper has any other motives. Be careful. I’ll be right behind you. If anything goes wrong, you have to let me know asap

Leandro nodded, turned to leave, but suddenly looked back

Up on the second floor, Valerio was sitting on the floor, hands gripping the railing, watching him with hopeful eyes.

After a brief eye contact between the father and son, Leandro finally left.

Valerio’s grip on the railing tightened, but he remained sitting quietly

Leaving the apartment, Leandro met up with Keen at a nearby bank, collected the prepared money, said a few words to Keen, and then drove off.

Keen watched the car leave nervously. A minute later, Herman’s car stopped in front of him and Keen immediately got in.”

the outskirts. It was desolate, making it easy to hide and observe the surroundings, and also easy

the moment he received the call to driving alone here, Leandro had almost no hesitation.

attachments, but this situation just came at

in front of the building, then got out.

quiet, with no sound other than the

stood by the car for a few seconds, saw no sign of

made of steel and concrete was equally deserted, with no safety measures at doors,

was a lone chair, and on that chair sat Seraphina She was bound to it, yet her face remained uncovered–no blindfold or gag in sight. Her demeanor was eerily calm, almost as if she thought

gaze. Spotting Leandro, she chuckled, “You really showed up?”

locked eyes with her briefly. Without a word, he dropped a bag of money

warning, her face steady, “There’s a bomb strapped to my hand. I have no idea when it’ll detonate. I’d hate for you to get

hearing her words, but continued moving

out again, “This is not

her safety, and

was a simple homemade bomb, remotely controlled, meaning it could explode at

down next to

a small set of tools from his clothes–originally intended for emergencies, but now, was he going to defuse the

don’t mess around! These people are obviously targeting you. As long as you leave, I’ll be fine! What are you trying to defuse? It

vest. A bomb this

Seraphina was speechless

while, she said, “Can you at least remove the bomb from my hand before you defuse it?”

was, after all, not wearing a bulletproof vest!

you say you’re not afraid

“But dying for your sake, I don’t think it’s worth it, and I don’t want to.”

defusing the bomb, then said, “Even if you don’t want to, suck it up”

left speechless.

and defusing it was a breeze. In less than two minutes, he had disarmed the remote control on the bomb.

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