You Hit My Heart
Chapter 1682: Restrained

Chapter 1682: Restrained

After a moment of dullness, Athena let out a scream of pain, "Ah! It'shot, it hurts!"

In an instant, the pain brought tears to her eyes. She tried to endure it,but eventually couldn't hold back and quietly cried.

The two black-clad individuals panicked and quickly handed Athenasome tissues to wipe her hands. One of them hurried to get an icepack.

Luther pretended not to notice and apologized, "I'm sorry. I didn't knowyou were behind me."

A chilling sensation ran through his heart. He couldn't trust the tea shebrewed, suspecting that she might have added something to it. Burningher hand was already letting her off easy.

Athena's hands were red from the burn, and she dared not move due tothe pain. The black-clad person brought the ice pack and applied it toher burned hand. She gritted her teeth, trembling all over.

The tea was ruined, and she had even added some aphrodisiac. Shecouldn't accept it. It all felt too coincidental, but she didn't think hewould intentionally burn her. She felt a mix of displeasure, pain, andanger.

“It's okay, I'm fine. It'll be better in a little while," she gritted her teethand said.

Luther averted his gaze, no longer looking at her, and continuedplaying with Iris.

After applying the ice pack for a while, the black-clad individuals helpedAthena apply a burn ointment and wrapped her hand in gauze.

After playing for a while, Alisha felt a bit hot and asked, "Mommy, can Itake off my jacket?"

Athena's anger seethed inside her, but she forced herself to speakkindly, "Yes, you can, but you're only wearing a little vest inside. Put thejacket back on when you feel cool again, okay?"

"Okay, Mommy."

Alisha took off her jacket, revealing a little vest underneath. Her tenderarms were pink and delicate, with skin as smooth and glossy as ababy's.

Luther's gaze fell on Iris’ chest, and he noticed a scar about twocentimeters long. It wasn't an ordinary scar; it appeared to be fromsome kind of precise thoracoscopic surgery.

How could this be? He had inquired in detail at Mufron MandersonHospital before. Although Iris had relied on a ventilator for three years,she hadn't undergone any major surgeries. Why did she have such ascar near her heart? And it seemed relatively recent, indicating a newinjury.

With this doubt in mind, his gaze scanned the exposed areas of Iris’skin.

On Iris’ arm, he discovered a cross-shaped mark.

He recognized this mark; it was a subcutaneous tracking device. Hehad considered injecting it into Anderson before, but later, due toconcerns about potential side effects on a child, he and Joyce hadgiven up on the idea.

Unexpectedly, Athena, without any regard, had implanted a trackingdevice under the skin of such a young child. She didn't care about theharm it caused.

His anger intensified.

Her arm had a tracker, so what was the scar on Iris’ chest?

Since he had doubts, he had to replace out.

Seeing that Athena had finished treating her burn, he raised his eyesand asked, "What's the scar on Iris’ chest? Did she undergo heartsurgery before?"

At this moment, Athena slowly raised her exquisite face, revealing aninnocent smile. Although she smiled, her smile was chilling.

"She doesn't have a heart condition, so why would she undergo heartsurgery? Brother Luther, have you ever heard of a miniature explosivedevice?"

Her smile grew even more, her tone light and casual as if discussingthe weather.

But in reality, it was bone-chilling.

It seemed that everything she had done was child's play, not worthmentioning.

“In the position close to the heart, it can be remotely controlled and hasa small blast radius,” she mimicked a "boom" sound. "It can't be seenfrom the outside, but it's enough to make the heart stop beating forever.Just press the remote control, control it through a remote network, orset a timer. Isn't it advanced?"

After saying that, she laughed arrogantly, her smile radiant but alsoghostly.

In that instant, as Luther listened, he felt as if his whole body had beensubmerged in icy water, completely frozen.

He never dreamed that, in addition to having explosive devices in thehouse, Athena had left such a sinister trap.

She had actually installed a detonator near Iris’ heart!

Oh my god. He couldn't even imagine that even if Iris left this house,even if she escaped Athena's sight and control, Athena could stillcontrol Iris’ life and death at any time. He wouldn't have enough time,not even if he found someone to perform surgery on Irisimmediatelyand remove the explosive device.

Before that, Iris would likely lose her life.

Even if he killed Athena, the forces behind her would definitely kill Iris.He couldn't bear to see Iris die along with Athena. Athena's death wasnot a great loss, but Iris- he absolutely couldn't tolerate any harmcoming to her.

Damn it.

She had firmly grasped his weakness.

Not to mention that she possessed the antidote, just Iris alone wasenough to restrain him.

Athena saw that he remained silent and approached him again, herweak and boneless hands climbing onto his shoulders.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to her. We're a family of three. I lookforward to the beautiful days we'll spend together.”

Since he didn't refuse, her slender fingers traced the resolute lines shehad yearned for.

Her nails, painted white, glided across the side of his face.

Her gaze became increasingly greedy, as if she wanted to pounce onhim right then and there.

Luther didn't avoid her. At this moment, his personal feelings seemedinsignificant.

Alisha focused on playing with her nine-link rings. Suddenly, she finallysolved it and excitedly hugged Luther's neck. "Daddy, I solved it!"Luther lowered his head, pouring all his tenderness onto her.

She was Joyce and his daughter, his flesh and blood. He would protecther.

Just like how Joyce had protected Anderson.

It was something he had to do for her.

For that, he would pay any price.