Chapter 246


    Casey and Victoria were strapped with explosives like two ticking time bombs. Tucked behind


    Casey, Victoria was nearly impossible to target—her silhouette almostpletely obscured.


    Considering the meticulous nning and such lethal attire, Ian didn’t think Victoria was capable of


    this on her own. The mastermind behind this was undoubtedly extraordinary. Their reach extended


    into the prison system and crafted such an impable escape. With this thought, a shadow of


    intensity deepened in Ian''s gaze.


    At the sight of her father wrapped in explosives, ra couldn''t help but let out a terrified scream.


    "Dad!"


    She started to rush forward, but Casey stopped her in her tracks. "ra, Ian, don''te any closer.


    Get out of here now! This woman''s lost it. She''s got the detonator, and she''s ready to take us all out


    with her."


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    Ian''s firm grip on ra''s wrist held her back as he spoke with a calm, resonant voice, "ra, stay


    put. Let me handle this."


    He raised the briefcase in his hand towards Victoria. "We''ve got your cash and your helicopter


    ready. Now let him go."


    Victoriaughed mockingly, "Ian, have your men drop their weapons and back off twenty meters.


    You and ra will personally deliver the money to me. Make a move, and we all go boom." As she


    spoke, Victoria lifted the detonator in a threatening gesture.


    With a coolmand in his voice, Ian acquiesced, "Alright, they''ll back off." He signaled his guards


    with a nce, and as ordered, they holstered their weapons and retreated.


    Ian, holding the briefcase in one hand and ra''s wrist in the other, inched closer to Victoria. When


    they were just a few steps away, they halted.


    Ian dered, "Release Casey first. He''s not well. I''ll be your hostage until you''re safely out of the


    country."


    At his words, Victoria''sughter echoed like a specter from the abyss. "Ian, you really are desperate


    for ra, aren’t you? Well then, I''ll grant you your wish!"


    She shoved Casey toward ra, and raised the detonator as she stood behind Ian. Her voice was


    chilling, "I know you''ve set the stage for my capture, and there''s no way out for me. The explosives


    on Casey are enough to vaporize him and ra, and we’ll be obliterated together. Ian, you''ve had


    me tortured in prison, living a life worse than death. I''m tired of it all. To drag you down to hell with


    me seems like a fair trade."


    Her gaze was cold, and her eyes bore into everyone before her as she let out a mournful cry. "Time


    for all of us to die!"


    As the words left her lips, she made to press the detonator button.


    Ian spun on his heels, kicking Victoria to the ground. As he lunged for the detonator, he saw Victoria


    rolling toward the cliff''s edge, herugh piercing and cold. All she needed was to press the button


    as she fell, and the explosives on Casey would finish them all.


    At that moment, driven by sheer desperation, Ian made his move. Just as Victoria''s body was about


    to plummet, he grabbed her wrist in a vice-like grip, trying to wrestle the detonator from her hand.


    However, he had seized the hand without the detonator.


    Gritting his teeth, he pulled Victoria upwards. That''s when she sneered at him, "Ian if you''re so


    brave, jump down and fight me for it."


    Ian watched her finger move towards the button. He had no time for second thoughts and was


    driven by a single promise. He had assured ra that he would bring her father back. He couldn''t


    break his word now.


    With everything on the line in that split second, Ian hurled himself at Victoria.