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.

Josie slowly opened her eyes from within his arms. “We’re not

held

played

clutching Dexter’s waist. She couldn’t hold back her

Outside, chaos ensued.

to her, holding her hand with no intention of

Seeing that they were unharmed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He said to Dexter, “I

on his lips. “It wasn’t my choice.

When she made eye contact with

a while, the bomb disposal experts arrived. Their equipment was highly professional, and they easily removed Josie’s handcuffs, allowing her to exit

incident, everyone present was taken to the police station to

Josie a cup of hot water. “Fortunately, I had someone keeping an eye on Arnold all along. That’s how I found out you were kidnapped. I sensed something was off and immediately gathered

did Josie remember

expressed her gratitude, then asked, “Do you know

we arrived that we learned about it. Initially, we didn’t dare to act for fear of causing alarm, but

Arnold and sighed. “What should we

can to find Arnold. Once we

it would be that simple. Arnold was as cunning

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