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

before she did. He held her even tighter, panting heavily in her

have played

back her

Outside, chaos ensued.

down next to her, holding

stepped forward. Seeing that they were unharmed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He said to

smirk appearing on his lips. “It wasn’t my choice. It

crying her heart out, Josie trembled slightly. When she made eye contact with him, her cheeks unexpectedly

professional, and they easily removed Josie’s handcuffs, allowing her to exit the

incident, everyone present was taken to the police station

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

remember she hadn’t

expressed her gratitude, then asked, “Do you

when we arrived that we learned about it. Initially, we didn’t dare to act for fear

and sighed.

find

was as cunning as a fox, capable of surviving against

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