The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 146

Arabella lay motionless on the hospital bed with her eyes wide open. The steady stream of tears from her eyes told a tale of sheer terror.

Thankfully, Vivienne was masked at the moment because if Arabella let Vivienne see the fear reflected in her own eyes, she might have wished for death right there.

Vivienne squinted slightly at Brody, silently questioning his intentions.

“Two miniature bombs have been forcefully lodged into her body, one on either side of her abdomen.”

Upon seeing Vivienne’s eyes harden, a smug smile appeared on Brody’s face. “Relax. At most, she’d be the only one to blow up; we’d be safe. I value my life, after all.”

Vivienne’s eyes turned frostier.

This damn psychopath!

“We compete on who performs the surgery faster and more precisely. Whoever can extract the bomb first with an endoscope wins. By the way, I’ve set the bombs to detonate in one minute. Be careful; a slight mishap could trigger an early explosion.”

“Right here?” Vivienne surveyed the hall with a furrowed brow.

“Don’t worry, a sterilized operating room and sanitized equipment have all been prepared.” Brody responded while gesturing for Vivienne to proceed.

Upon Brody’s signal, the chubby man grasped Arabella’s bed and wheeled her into an operating room.

Two endoscope apparatuses were ready in the operating room.

They wouldn’t normally have such surgical equipment.

instructions, used the straps typically used to restrain patients to secure Arabella to the operating table. He gave

the

and Brody, now fully

malicious intent. He looked at Arabella, who was lying on the operating table, and spoke in a soft tone, “Although the drug I gave you has rendered you immobile, you can still feel pain. So, we’ll try to be gentle during the

hearing this, Arabella’s eyes widened in fear. Yet she

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could

Arabella a glance, with no reaction to what Brody had just said. She had no sympathy for Arabella, who

in the detention center and the twenty-three needles extracted from his body, Vivienne felt Arabella’s current suffering was

she had no intention

Vivienne said

out a switch, smiled at Vivienne, and gently pressed it. “The bombs are

him a cold glance, moved to Arabella’s left side, uncovered her abdomen, and quickly started

not a challenge for them. The real challenge was extracting the bombs

endoscopes entered Arabella’s abdomen,

small incisions made in her abdomen and the objects inserted into her.

her instincts were screaming for her not to

Psychiatric Hospital, she had witnessed the depths of Brody’s

the hospital. Everyone followed his orders, and he had

were bombs inside her, there must

was afraid that if she did, Vivienne and Brody might accidentally trigger the bombs, and

care about Arabella’s thoughts

didn’t intentionally enlarge the incisions or harm

the screen, and in less than thirty seconds, she successfully extracted the bomb before Brody did and stopped

lost again.” Vivienne said to Brody while holding the bomb. I’ve already

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