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 side–eye, “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.”
site in the outskirts. It was desolate, making it easy to hide and observe the surroundings,
he received the call to driving alone here,
his attachments, but this situation just came at him,
in front of the building, then got
surrounding was eerily quiet, with no sound other than the wind.
seconds, saw no sign of anyone,
was equally deserted, with no safety measures at
of doors and windows. In the midst of this space 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
her gaze. Spotting Leandro, she chuckled,
locked eyes with her briefly. Without a word, he dropped a bag of money and
I have no idea
for a moment after hearing her words,
called out again, “This is
her, checked her safety, and
bomb, remotely controlled, meaning
down next to the chair.
her neck and saw him taking out a small set of tools from his
obviously targeting you. As long as you leave, I’ll be
vest. A bomb this small won’t kill
Seraphina was speechless
at least remove the bomb from
was, after all, not wearing a
you say you’re not afraid to
I want to die, of course I’m not afraid, Seraphina replied, “But dying for your sake, I don’t think it’s worth it, and I don’t
bomb, then said, “Even if you don’t want to, suck
left speechless.
was too simple. He understood all the mechanisms at a glance, and
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