Dexter’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he gazed at her.

She firmly reiterated, “I want to restore my pure, unblemished self. I choose white, Dexter.”

Their eyes met, with life and death hanging in the balance of a single moment.

“You’re willing to die with me, aren’t you?”

As he slowly nodded, Josie closed her eyes in peace.

With only one minute left, Dexter moved the scissors from the red line to the white line. If one were to observe closely, they could see that Dexter’s blood-covered hand was trembling slightly.

When he applied some force, the white line snapped. Without any hesitation, he tossed the scissors aside, stood up, and embraced Josie, shielding her beneath him.

Josie held her breath, closing her eyes as she awaited the impending explosion.

Scott also immediately dove away to avoid the blast.

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

The anticipated thunderous sound never came.

heartbeat, Josie slowly opened her eyes from within his arms. “We’re

it before she did. He held

insane to have played this deadly

Dexter’s waist. She couldn’t hold back her tears any longer now that all the pressure

Outside, chaos ensued.

her, holding her hand with

that they were unharmed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He

on his lips.

she made eye contact with him, her cheeks

professional,

everyone present was taken to

someone keeping an eye on Arnold all along. That’s how I found out

did Josie remember she

gratitude, then asked,

was only when we arrived that we learned about it. Initially, we didn’t dare to act for fear of causing alarm, but you were already in trouble, so we had

of Arnold and sighed.

find

would be that simple. Arnold was as cunning as a fox, capable of surviving

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