The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 433

This bomb was nothing like the cutting-edge devices they'd encountered before.

This time, it was more intricate, more cunning, with an arrangement that was both deceptive and, upon closer inspection, almost childish.

Yes, that was the word-childish.

Atop the delicate balance lay a common spherical dog toy, the kind that shouldn't be nudged in the slightest. A mere touch could set the whole thing off.

But who the heck puts a dog toy on a bomb? Especially one that squeaks.

"Vivienne, what's the situation in there?" Percival could only peer through the crack in the door, unable to see the full picture.

Vivienne held a pair of scissors in her hands, the familiar sight of the wiring giving her a sense of déjà vu.

Percival, getting no response, called out again, "Vivienne?"

Vivienne shook the scissors, "All good."

She got down on her knees, scanning the rainbow of wires before snipping one decisively.

Tick!

The toy fell off the balance, rolling across the floor and ending up under the desk with a soft thunk.

"Come on in," Vivienne said, placing the scissors on the table.

The bomb wasn't inherently difficult; it just appeared dazzlingly complex. In reality, it was still the red wire.

Percival entered, realizing he was sweating bullets. He had defused a thirty-second countdown bomb in his heyday without breaking a sweat, but this had unnerved him.

It wasn't until he heard Vivienne's voice that he understood just how frightened he'd been.

"It's not a new type of bomb, just an ordinary one with a fancy setup. Looks tough, but it's just a smoke and mirrors act."

smirk. She looped her arms around Percival's neck, her alluring gaze warming him

his face in

Percival was

like we haven't been through

kidnapped the students from Class Eighteen had been far

in Percival's eyes,

is the enemy's tactic. I've defused it, and

knew all too well that Vivienne was the most intelligent woman on earth. And if anyone wanted to take her life, they'd have to get

danger, his belief wavered with

held each other tightly, their heartbeats slowly

Tick-tock... tick-tock...

ticking broke the silence in the

eyes narrowed as she

down, eyeing the spherical dog toy beneath the desk. It was now

activated a countdown, rapidly ticking

caught off guard, with no

towards the door and quickly locked the

door, "Percival,

that instant, she knew

to shield the blast with his body, buying

the damn door!" Vivienne kicked

lab were made of top-grade materials, impervious to brute

the bomb in the far corner, using his body as

he wanted was to buy Vivienne a few

kicked at the door with all her

Bang!

followed by a sound akin to a popping balloon. Vivienne's mighty kick had obliterated

on the floor from the momentum, charging through the haze

"Mr. Wolf!"

with dust, his shirt torn at the chest, his hair sticking up in wild

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