It's Love That Blinds Him
It’s Love That Blinds Him – Chapter 169

‘Damn…’

Lowell thought to himself. Now he knew the principle of this bomb. No wonder Malcolm said that. Lowell didn’t think too much but quickly sat down in the chair. When he sat down in the chair, the timer stopped working like it was magic. The previous calm returned.

“What’s wrong? Lowell…” Lucia felt something was wrong. She turned around and looked at Lowell, who was now sitting in the chair, with confusion in his eyes.

Lowell didn’t know how to answer Lucia’s question. He was thinking about how to solve the problem quickly. He had been careless. This bomb was insoluble. Malcolm put them in a bind. Even though he removed the bomb from Lucia’s body, there were still problems afterward.

This kind of bomb was extremely rare. It was rare for even Douglas to design such a bomb with such precision. It was a carrying bomb. It appears the crisis was resolved after the bomb was removed from the hostage’s body. Normally, people would think the same way as Lowell. They thought that even if the bomb under the chair exploded, they would still have enough time to get out of here.

But such thinking put them in the current situation. Once Lucia left the chair, the bomb under the chair began to work. And the time left was so short. It would explode in 3 seconds. Because it was a load-bearing bomb, it had to support some weight above it. If the weight was lighter, the bomb would automatically explode, and if the weight was heavier, the bomb would stop working.

The endless loop caused them to have no way out. To be exact, they could survive, but they have to abandon one of them. They couldn’t survive together. Additionally, the weight on the chair could only come from people, which could not be replaced by something as heavy as a human body. The bomb could detect human temperature, pulse and heart rate. It wouldn’t go away because the bomb on the hostage’s body was removed. He would only become more and more sensitive.

In other words, the bomb would explode if the human body were replaced by something else. Lowell closed his eyes. He had underestimated Malcolm’s abilities. The power of this kind of bomb was enough to destroy the entire warehouse, not just this room. Malcolm did not allow him to have any avenue of retreat.

It was a trap with Lucia as the victim. Malcolm took advantage of her weakness and easily made her fall into the trap. Malcolm had cut off all his avenues of retreat.

However, Lowell was not at all reconciled. Lucia didn’t have to be involved in their grudges, but she had no choice but to be deeply involved. If he had the choice, Lowell would give Lucia the chance of survival.

Now the only thing Lowell wanted to think about was how to persuade Lucia to leave here. He looked at Lucia anxiously in front of him. Lucia was an intelligent woman. How could he persuade her to leave with just a few words? Lowell sighed silently in his heart. Even if there was only a slim chance, he couldn’t give up. Malcolm wouldn’t give him too much time to hesitate.

If he was not mistaken, the bomb would automatically explode within twenty minutes at most after the hostage changed hands, regardless of whether there was still a person sitting in the chair or not.

“Lowell…Say something. What happened?” Lucia asked anxiously to Lowell, who was lost in thought.

“Lucie…Listen to me…” Lowell opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Lucia.

“Lowell, I want to hear the truth. You can’t hide anything from me. If there is only one person who can survive, I won’t go alone. At least I don’t want to live the rest of my life feeling guilty for you and missing you. Never.” Lucia’s tone was firm. She said word for word, like a strong warning.

Lowell’s expression, the rapid change of position, and the timer that had already sounded stopped ringing in an instant… These strange things made Lucia think of the worst. She wasn’t stupid. These comforting words were useless to him. After being with Lowell for so long, she could read his thoughts without difficulty. Lucia even saw an almost invisible trace of despair in Lowell’s eyes.

Staring at Lucia for a long moment, Lowell sighed silently. He hid part of the situation and told Lucia the general truth. He would only give up at the last moment. At least he had to make sure that Lucia could leave here safe and sound.

“Lowell, swear you’re not lying to me. If you lie to me, I will disappear forever.” Lucia looked at Lowell with a rare stubbornness in her eyes. Her stubbornness was fully demonstrated at this moment. “Lucie…” Lowell called helplessly. It seemed that

he had thought carefully before saying lightly: “If there is only one chance to survive, I will give it to you. Whether you were here or not, the hard feelings between him and I needed to be settled. If the white family’s prophecy is true, in fact, my fate has already been decided. Then it makes no sense to resist.” There was compromise and helplessness in Lowell’s tone.

“If only I can survive this way, I’d rather give up. Is there no possibility of turning the tide?” Lucia looked at Lowell seriously.

Staring at Lucia, Lowell said nothing. His attitude had given Lucia the answer. Tears streamed down Lucia’s face. She sobbed silently . At this moment, she looked so helpless, and the air was vaguely filled with sadness. The two people looked at each other in silence. After a long time, Lowell said lightly: “Lucia, I can’t be without you , whether I am alive or dead.

Suddenly, there was a noise outside the door. Lowell and Lucia couldn’t help but look towards the door. When a person appeared in front of their eyes, Lucia looked at him in shock and couldn’t help but say: “Kathryn…Why are you here?”

In the surveillance room, through the screen, they saw the mercenaries quickly killing the daredevils of the Evans family without wasting any time. Seeing this, Enoch and Byron looked at each other. It was no wonder that these mercenaries only accepted high-level missions. They could see that they were gaining time so early. However, Malcolm stared at the screen in silence.

“Malcolm… should we send more people?” Enoch asked.

“No. It will be too late even if they leave,” Malcolm said coldly.

Following his words, everyone turned their eyes to the screen that was monitoring the warehouse. Everyone could only see the images while only Malcolm wore headphones. What happened in the video caused Enoch to look at his brother. However, there was no emotion on Malcolm’s expressionless face. He clenched his fist, revealing his emotions

. screen, Lucia did not refuse Lowell’s k**s at all. She was joyful from the bottom of her heart when she saw Lowell. And her tears could not be faked. Every word of their conversation reached Malcolm’s ears without any hindrance They seemed to love each other very much, which made Malcolm extremely angry.

Lowell’s k**s made Malcolm extremely tense. The following interaction between Lowell and Lucia made him unable to restrain the jealousy in his heart. After speaking to them indifferently, he subconsciously pressed the remote control in his hand and watched the bomb’s timer begin to work. The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

When Enoch saw this scene, he looked at Malcolm in surprise. No matter how Malcolm and Lowell would end their grudges, Enoch believed that Malcolm never really wanted to kill Lucia. He even agreed that Byron would bring Lucia back. If he had another choice, Malcolm would never let Lucia face such an embarrassing situation.

But now he pressed the button himself. This meant that he no longer cared about Lucia’s life or death. Was it like this? There was confusion in Enoch’s eyes. But Malcolm didn’t look at Enoch.

He bet Lowell’s heart wasn’t like what it looked like. He bet Lowell was the same kind of person as him. As long as Lowell left Lucia alone, Lucia was always under his control. But…

things always inadvertently went beyond Malcolm’s control. Although he rarely made an error in judgment, he made a mistake in judging Lowell’s determination. He never thought that Lowell, who was the same kind of person as him, could love a woman so deeply. Even when he knew there was danger, he would still stay.

“Is love that important to you?” » There seemed to be a smile at the corner of Malcolm’s mouth. The smile was full of self-deprecation and indifference. For a moment, Malcolm understood the difference between him and Lowell and what exactly Lucia wanted. However, it was too late.

He had gradually distanced Lucia from him and had gradually withdrawn her love for him. There was a slight pain in Malcolm’s heart, which made him feel the pain of suffocation. Suddenly his mind was drawn to what was happening before his eyes. He could no longer hear the conversation between Lucia and Lowell in the headsets. Lowell had destroyed the surveillance equipment.

“Sir. Malcolm, shall we…” Byron asked.

“No… They don’t know how to play tricks,” Malcolm said coldly.

Everyone present held their breath and watched as Lowell made a choice from the four lines. This bomb was developed by their scientific research team with the wisdom of all members. It was named “Dead End” by Enoch. Yes, it felt like a dead end. Everyone knew what would happen next even if Lowell removed the bomb from Lucia’s body.

It seemed Malcolm was still waiting for the final result. As long as Lowell left before the time of the explosion, there would be a turning point. Enoch glanced at Malcolm. There was a trace of anxiety, and even panic, that Enoch had never seen in him, in his originally calm eyes.

When Lowell finally managed to remove the bomb from Lucia’s body, everyone in the surveillance room gasped. In an instant, the temperature in the monitoring room dropped to zero, and even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard. The air was frozen. Everyone was waiting for what he was going to do. Everyone knew what was going to happen next.

As long as Lucia didn’t get up, there was one last resort. They had many convicts who could replace Lucia. However, contrary to their wishes, Lucia left the chair. The other bomb’s timer immediately began a three-second countdown. It was as if the world stopped running in that moment. Time stood still here and did not move forward.

Before the people who were holding their breath could blink, Lowell sat in the chair to replace Lucia, and the timer stopped instantly. The people in the monitoring room felt a little relieved. There was an unusual relief on Malcolm’s face. ‘If Lucia goes, then…’ Malcolm was thinking of the best ending.

But suddenly the screen went blank. It was unclear whether it was Lowell or Lucia who destroyed the camera. Enoch quickly looked at the surveillance videos from the cameras outside the warehouse, and there seemed to be nothing wrong from start to finish. The mercenaries were still where they were and none of them came to support Lowell.

Although the bomb was named “Dead End”, if there was a replacement, there would always be someone who could leave alive. The mercenaries were loyal to Lowell. If one of them voluntarily replaced Lowell, Lowell and Lucia could leave. But they were nowhere to be found in the surveillance video.

As time passed, everyone’s hearts hung in their throats. Whether it was the people in the monitoring room or the mercenaries waiting anxiously outside. There was a faint sense of death in the solemn atmosphere.

“Sir. Malcolm, I will send people to…” Byron suggested.

“No… Wait a little longer.” After hesitating for a moment, Malcolm chose to remain silent.

In the same space, Tandy exchanged information with the mercenaries hidden nearby with special symbols. There was a trace of anxiety in everyone’s eyes. Everyone present felt a little uncomfortable because they wanted to know the situation but couldn’t get an answer. However, it was in the nature of soldiers to follow the highest order. Without the order, they were not allowed to act rashly.

“Scott shouted into the communications device.

“Wait a little longer… Kathryn’s communications device is on. She found the Commander and Ms. Lucie.” After thinking for a moment, Tandy gave the order.

“I got it,” Scott agreed.

A few minutes were extremely short in a person’s life. But sometimes countless things could happen in a matter of minutes, and things could be over before people knew it.