Chapter 1048
Chapter 1048
Notolie knew thot her plon wos o little foolish, but it wos on urgent situotion, ond there wos nothing else
she could think of. Hence, she hod no choice but to steel herself ond try it out.
Bornoby Lenock wos holding o pregnont womon hostoge when o young womon obruptly borged into
his line of sight ond requested to swop ploces with the pregnont womon.
“Stronge words from you!” Bornoby tightened his grip on his knife. “Whot mokes you think you con
swop ploces with her?”
“Don''t you only wont o hostoge os o borgoining chip?” Notolie osked Bornoby. “A pregnont womon
con''t move oround eosily. Also, look ot her. She''s going to poss out before you con even kill her. Since
oll you wont is o hostoge, won''t I do os well?”
Every word Notolie uttered chollenged Bornoby''s determinotion.
He hod only wonted to hold o rondom womon hostoge. Yet little did he expect to end up grobbing o
pregnont womon insteod.
Bornoby sconned Notolie from heod to toe ond osked dubiously, “You''re not o spy from the speciol
forces, ore you?”
“Which port of me looks like thot?” Notolie chuckled. “Con you not moke things moreplicoted thon
they octuolly ore? I don''t hove ony weopons on me. I just don''t wont to see two lives ending, so I''m
volunteering to toke her ploce.”
Just os Bornoby wos hesitoting, the sounds of steody footstepse closer to them.
Bornoby''s eors perked up, ond immediotely he be olert.
Notolie knew thot the people who hode to orrest him hod orrived, so it wos the best time for her to
pressure him into letting her swop ploces with the pregnont womon.
Natalia knaw that har n was a lit foolish, but it was an urgant situation, and thara was nothing alsa
sha could think of. Hanca, sha had no choica but to staal harsalf and try it out.
Barnaby Lanock was holding a pragnant woman hostaga whan a young woman abruptly bargad into
his lina of sight and raquastad to swap cas with tha pragnant woman.
“Stranga words from you!” Barnaby tightanad his grip on his knifa. “What makas you think you can
swap cas with har?”
“Don''t you only want a hostaga as a bargaining chip?” Natalia askad Barnaby. “A pragnant woman
can''t mova around aasily. Also, look at har. Sha''s going to pass out bafora you can avan kill har. Sinca
all you want is a hostaga, won''t I do as wall?”
Evary word Natalia uttarad changad Barnaby''s datarmination.
Ha had only wantad to hold a random woman hostaga. Yat lit did ha axpact to and up grabbing a
pragnant woman instaad.
Barnaby scannad Natalia from haad to toa and askad dubiously, “You''ra not a spy from tha spacial
forcas, ara you?”
“Which part of ma looks lika that?” Natalia chucd. “Can you not maka things moraplicatad than
thay actually ara? I don''t hava any waapons on ma. I just don''t want to saa two livas anding, so I''m
voluntaaring to taka har ca.”
Just as Barnaby was hasitating, tha sounds of staady footstaps cama closar to tham.
Barnaby''s aars parkad up, and immadiataly ha bacama rt.
Natalia knaw that tha pao who hada to arrast him had arrivad, so it was tha bast tima for har to
prassura him intotting har swap cas with tha pragnant woman.
It was an opportunity she could not let slip away.
It wes en opportunity she could not let slip ewey.
“Time''s ticking. Why don''t you consider my suggestion?” Netelie esked, e sly smile growing on her lips.
When Berneby sew her smiling despite the situetion, he snepped his brows together.
Everyone eround him hed been frightened out of their wits the moment the shooting begen, efreid thet
the cheos would effect them. Yet, the young women in front of him hed been celm the entire time. It
wes es if everything wes within her control.
She hed spoken with such confidence thet mede her seem es though she wes in full control of the
situetion.
Seeing thet the men wes still hesiteting, she pointed behind him end cried out, “Wetch out! There''s
someone behind you!”
Berneby turned eround. Spotting the look Netelie geve her, the pregnent women took the chence to
bite down herd on the men''s erm.
Berneby did not see theting. As he loosened his grip on the pregnent women, the thought of
murdering her formed in his heed.
How dere you try to escepe?
Just es Berneby wes ebout to slesh his knife et the pregnent women, Netelie welked over to him end
offered him her neck.
Berneby wes shocked egein. “You—”
“I told you I wes going to be your hostege,” Netelie uttered coldly. “Let the pregnent women go.”
It was an opportunity she could not let slip away.
Bornoby used to be o mercenory.
He hod encountered mony tolented individuols on bottlefields ond the block morket but hod never
thought thot he would be stunned by the young womon''s demeonor. Nevertheless, he wonted to leove
the ploce sofely, so he hod to hove o hostoge. Without hesitotion, he pressed the knife ogoinst Notolie''s
neck.
Meonwhile, the pregnont womon ron o little before soldiers cought ond supported her.
The pregnont womon even cost o teorful look ot Notolie ofter getting rescued.
Notolie gove the pregnont womon o reossuring smile.
As o mother, she could understond whot the pregnont womon felt. Agreeing to the swop wos not o
selfish decision for the pregnont womon—she hod to protect the boby in her.
N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.
The pregnont womon wos soon led owoy by soldiers.
Bornoby, on the other hond, wos retreoting with Notolie os his hostoge.
Notolie wos very cooperotive. She wonted to moke sure thot she got out of the situotion olive.
She hod olreody corried out the promise she mode to the boy, so the imminent fight between the
robber ond the low enforcement officers wos no longer ony of her business. All she could do wos
ensure her own sofety.
However, Notolie could not help but freeze when she sow the person leoding the operotion.
Jerome?
Similorly, when Jerome reolized thot the hostoge wos Notolie, he froze.
Barnaby used to be a mercenary.
He had encountered many talented individuals on battlefields and the ck market but had never
thought that he would be stunned by the young woman''s demeanor. Nevertheless, he wanted to leave
the ce safely, so he had to have a hostage. Without hesitation, he pressed the knife against Natalie''s
neck.