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."

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

pulled her into an embrace, burying his face in her neck, inhaling her reassuring

Percival

like we haven't

time Felix kidnapped the students from Class Eighteen had been

in Percival's eyes, "I'm

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

that Vivienne was the most intelligent woman on earth. And if anyone wanted to

belief wavered with fear. This fear

other tightly, their

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

eerie ticking broke the silence in

narrowed as she located the

spherical dog toy beneath the desk. It

activated a countdown, rapidly ticking down to single

were caught off guard, with no time to

shoved her towards the door and quickly

pounded on the door, "Percival, open up, OPEN

instant, she knew what

blast with his body,

open the damn door!" Vivienne kicked at the

door and lock of the TCL lab

the far corner,

wanted was to buy Vivienne a few precious

kicked at the door

Bang!

office, followed by a sound akin to a popping balloon. Vivienne's mighty

from the momentum, charging

"Mr. Wolf!"

shirt torn at

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