A Cue for Love novel Chapter 1048

Chapter 1048 Swap Places

Natalie knew that her plan was a little foolish, but it was an urgent situation, and there was nothing else she could think of. Hence, she had no choice but to steel herself and try it out.

Barnaby Lenock was holding a pregnant woman hostage when a young woman abruptly barged into his line of sight and requested to swap places with the pregnant woman.

“Strange words from you!” Barnaby tightened his grip on his knife. “What makes you think you can swap places with her?”

“Don’t you only want a hostage as a bargaining chip?” Natalie asked Barnaby. “A pregnant woman can’t move around easily. Also, look at her. She’s going to pass out before you can even kill her. Since all you want is a hostage, won’t I do as well?”

Every word Natalie uttered challenged Barnaby’s determination.

He had only wanted to hold a random woman hostage. Yet little did he expect to end up grabbing a pregnant woman instead.

Barnaby scanned Natalie from head to toe and asked dubiously, “You’re not a spy from the special forces, are you?”

“Which part of me looks like that?” Natalie chuckled. “Can you not make things more complicated than they actually are? I don’t have any weapons on me. I just don’t want to see two lives ending, so I’m volunteering to take her place.”

Just as Barnaby was hesitating, the sounds of steady footsteps came closer to them.

Barnaby’s ears perked up, and immediately he became alert.

Natalie knew that the people who had come to arrest him had arrived, so it was the best time for her to pressure him into letting her swap places with the pregnant woman.

It was an opportunity she could not let slip away.

“Time’s ticking. Why don’t you consider my suggestion?” Natalie asked, a sly smile growing on her lips.

When Barnaby saw her smiling despite the situation, he snapped his brows together.

Everyone around him had been frightened out of their wits the moment the shooting began, afraid that the chaos would affect them. Yet, the young woman in front of him had been calm the entire time. It was as if everything was within her control.

She had spoken with such confidence that made her seem as though she was in full control of the situation.

Seeing that the man was still hesitating, she pointed behind him and cried out, “Watch out! There’s someone behind you!”