Billionaire And His Son Betrayed Me: Brothers Back Me Up novel Chapter 172

Chapter 172

Xylia felt this year was her unlucky year, a year full of adversity.

Kidnapped three times already.

This time, however, it was she who took the initiative to get in the car.

After she saw the figure in the rearview mirror give her a sinister smile, her mind became dazed.

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Only now did she realize that the unusual fragrance in the car was capable of inducing unconsciousness.

However, she realized it too late; in just two seconds, she completely lost consciousness.

Upon awakening once more, a ticking sound echoed around her.

Xylia slowly opened her eyes, her heart seemingly under pressure, making her almost unable to breathe.

The air was damp, and thunder rumbled in the distance.

The wind rushed in from all directions, making her slender figure look as if she were about to fall.

The place was an industrial ruin exposed on all sides.

Dense fog shrouded the outdoors, yet the natural landscape remained faintly visible.

The tree branches, tossed by wind and rain, resembled ghostly shadows, baring their teeth and claws as if poised to lunge and tear at her at any moment.

Xylia lowered her head, shielding herself from the wind as she took several breaths until she gradually relaxed. Yet her body shook violently from the cold. Worse, her arms and legs were bound to a chair. She couldn’t move.

Beep… beep….

Amidst cold winds and heavy rain, she heard a strange sound.

She looked at her abdomen and, to her surprise, found it encircled by a ring of explosives.

She stared wide–eyed in terror, unable to believe what she was witnessing.

“Help! Is anyone there?” she screamed.

The storm swallowed her voice. No one came. She was alone, trapped between life and death.

Meanwhile, Joshua was watching the scene on the surveillance screen. His eyes were bloodshot.

He seized Burke’s collar and glared at him fiercely.

“Don’t you dare touch her!”

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With a smile, Burke tried to pull Joshua’s hand away from his collar. However, Joshua increased his grip; his hand suddenly clenched, causing Burke to be unable to breathe.

“M–Mr. Garcia, are you sure you want to make an enemy of me here?” Burke wheezed.

He smiled, but his eyes, venomous as serpents, tightly seized Joshua’s eyes.

The people around moved from the shadows into the light, each of them tall and robust, their hands full of firearms

Another man smiled warmly at Joshua.

Joshua, don’t be angry. As long as our agreement remains valid, your girlfriend will not be harmed.”

The man wore an eyepatch over his left eye, leaving only his right eye exposed–sharp with killing intent.

He has regular features and an upright physique, exuding an aura that commands respect.

Joshua released Burke, who stumbled to the ground.

Joshua didn’t look at him. His gaze, however, remained fixed on the one–eyed man–Dexter Smert. Hatred burned beneath his calm exterior.

“Old grudges and new ones,” Joshua said coldly. “We’ll settle them all tonight.”

Dexter’s lips curved into a bloodthirsty smile.

Joshua, to be honest, it was truly beyond my expectations that you found me so quickly.”

He gazed at Joshua with apparent longing. “You are still so clever… clever enough to make me want to silence you forever.”

Joshua’s expression was icy; he sneered.

“You’re as vile as ever. You deserve to be shut up for good.”

As he looked at Dexter’s repulsive face, his memory suddenly returned to the place engulfed in the smoke and flames of war ten years ago.

That was the battlefield of Kregonia.

The bullet seemed to fly past, brushing by the car.

He was injured and protected by his close friend Nelson Lomas as they attempted to break out.

However, just as they were about to succeed, Dexter stopped them..

To save Joshua, Nelson lost his life, but he only injured one of Dexter’s eyes.

The blood feud would be repaid tonight.

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Dexter let out a derisive laugh. “You’re still as young and impetuous as ever.

He pointed at the group of people who had formed a circle nearby and spoke to Joshua.

“At this point, you don’t think you can emerge unscathed, do you?”

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His expression suddenly turned ruthless. “If you don’t sign the contract today, neither you nor your girlfriend will survive.”

Joshua looked at the screen, where Xylia appeared on the verge of collapse in the wind and rain; his hand hanging at his side was clenched tightly into a fist.

If he signed, the entire Garcia Group would be implicated. Once the truth parents would end well.

If he didn’t sign. he could leave unharmed, but what about Xylia?

me out, neither he nor his

The hall fell silent but for the echoes of Dexter and Burke’s malicious laughter, as piercing as that of demons.

Back in Norhill, despair gnawed at Xylia.

She boarded the wrong vehicle, was restrained here by unknown criminals, and had explosives strapped to her body.

As if her life was about to come to an end at this very moment.

But she didn’t want to die.

Her career had only just begun. Her life was only just starting again.

She still needed to wait for Joshua to return and respond to his parting words.

Facing the cold wind, she lowered her head to look at the bomb on her abdomen. Ten minutes left on the

timer.

Her wrists were bound with thin wire, but one finger brushed against the wheelchair’s control button.

She moved her wheelchair to the wall of the abandoned building and sheltered there from the cold wind.

Meanwhile, in the Golden Castle, all eyes remained on Joshua. No one noticed that the figure on the screen. had vanished.

When he looked up again, an expression of incredulity appeared on Dexter’s face.

‘Where’s she?‘ he wondered. ‘She was tied up there a moment ago, yet disappeared in less than a second?”

The surveillance footage only captured the spot where Xylia had paused. Now the spot was empty.

Joshua noticed Dexter’s gaze and tilted his head toward the screen.

As soon as he turned his head, the screen was switched off.

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Dexter deliberately feigned indifference as he coldly threatened Joshua.

You’ve seen enough. Sign the contract, and she’ll be released.”

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