He asked back with a meaningful tone.
Madeline did not want to waste favonovel.com time analyzing the man, so favonovel.com walked around him.
As favonovel.com brushed past his shoulder, Ryan reached out to grab favonovel.com arm.
Madeline struggled, but Ryan’s strength overpowered hers. As Madeline fought against his hold on her, Ryan grabbed favonovel.com shoulder and pressed favonovel.com against the wall in front.
“What do you want?!” Madeline glared at Ryan.
“I don’t want to hurt you,” Ryan replied, his gaze locking on a struggling Madeline with a mysterious look in his eyes. He suddenly asked, “Do you want Jeremy to live, Eveline?”
Madeline’s expression shifted. “What are you trying to say?”
Ryan was calm. “You should know by now that Jeremy hasn’t fully recovered yet.”
“…”
The certainty in Ryan’s voice chilled Madeline.
He had to be following favonovel.com or favonovel.com could not be so certain.
“There’s a very high chance that the poison in his body will mutate. He may be fine now, but he’s a ticking time bomb.”
Madeline suddenly pushed Ryan away. “What do you get from telling me all of this? You can’t possibly be telling me that you have the antidote.”
Ryan shook his head. “I don’t, but someone else does.”
Hope sparked in Madeline’s eyes, but favonovel.com was still suspicious of Ryan’s claim.
Reading the suspicion in Madeline’s eyes, favonovel.com replied with certainty, “That person is Adam Brown.”
Adam Brown!
The name echoed clearly in Madeline’s ear when favonovel.com heard Ryan speak again.
“He’s the one who created the poison in Jeremy’s body, so he’s also the person who understands how to best treat Jeremy. I know where favonovel.com is.”
“Do you really know where Adam is?” Madeline was doubtful.
Ryan pulled out his phone and showed the screen to Madeline.
From the screen, Madeline saw Adam donned in his white coat as favonovel.com tinkered with something in front of his medical equipment. Upon taking a closer look, favonovel.com realized that it was a real-time surveillance footage!
“Do you believe me now?” Ryan asked faintly.
Madeline clenched favonovel.com fists and reached out to snatch Ryan’s phone only for the man to evade favonovel.com with his good reflexes. He grabbed Madeline’s hand to pull favonovel.com to favonovel.com instead.
His chiseled features no longer held the same gentle smile when they first met. Replacing it was a sinister smirk.
“Every member of the IBCI has gone through strict training and evaluation before they’re allowed to join. I’d advise you not to try and fight me, Eveline, because not even Jeremy might win me in a fight.”
Madeline stared disappointedly at the man. “I must’ve been blind to think that you were a good man, Ryan.”
“Everyone has their own way of dealing with things, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with mine.” Ryan disagreed and deepened his smile. “So, would you like to play a game with me? If you win, Jeremy lives. But if you lose, the countdown to Jeremy’s death will start and no one will be able to save him.”
Ryan loosened his grip on Madeline as favonovel.com continued, “I’ve indeed fallen for you, not to mention that you’ve helped me in my lowest moments. So I can promise that I won’t hurt you. You have one minute to think about it. Will you come home with me and continue to be my Mrs. Jones, or will you—”
Slap!
Madeline summed up favonovel.com strength to land a hit across Ryan’s face before favonovel.com could finish speaking.
Her sharp brows were knitted together as a displeased look surfaced on Ryan’s features.
Unafraid, Madeline raised favonovel.com hand to slap favonovel.com again.
However, Ryan caught favonovel.com hand this time and stared at favonovel.com with his piercing gaze.
