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."

a smirk. She looped her arms around Percival's neck, her alluring gaze warming him like the first ray of sun on a winter's day,

pulled her into an embrace, burying his face in her

knew Percival

we haven't been through

from Class Eighteen had been far

chill flashed in

"This is the enemy's tactic. I've defused it, and this little trick wasn't going to take

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

in danger, his belief wavered with fear. This fear was instinctual, an

tightly, their heartbeats slowly

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

broke the

eyes narrowed as she

beneath the desk. It was now pressing on

the supposedly defunct bomb activated a countdown, rapidly ticking down to single

and Percival were caught off

Percival shoved her towards the door and quickly locked the

door, "Percival, open

she knew what

planned to shield the blast with his body,

door!" Vivienne kicked at

and lock of the TCL lab were made of

cradled the bomb in the far corner, using his body as a

was to buy Vivienne a

and kicked at the

Bang!

cloud of smoke enveloped the office, followed by a sound akin to

the floor from the momentum, charging through the haze

"Mr. Wolf!"

smeared with dust, his shirt torn at the chest, his

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