He Never Noticed Me Until I Loved Someone Else novel Chapter 394

Silas's thumb pressed the remote control. The pulley mechanism unlocked, and Stella instantly plummeted in a freefall. The friction from the grinding metal threatened to strike a spark at any second—

"No!" Jarrod completely lost control, violently tackling Silas to the ground. "Don't do it!"

The pulley screeched to a halt. No sparks flew. Stella hadn't smashed into the ground; she had dropped about three feet and was now violently swinging in the air.

Jarrod pinned Silas's arm down, his hands trembling violently. Terrified of triggering the detonator, he didn't dare wrench it away. With bloodshot eyes, he pleaded, "I'll sign over total control of the company! I'll walk away from everything! Let Stella go! If you hate me, take it out on me!"

"You're delusional, you little bastard."

Silas smiled with the chilling calm of a victor. "I went through hell to get her here. Do you honestly think I'd let her walk out alive? Her death is the only thing that will guarantee you suffer for the rest of your miserable life!"

"You disgrace of a son! How much more blood do you need!"

Suddenly, the warehouse doors were obliterated from the outside by SWAT. Arthur Fuller Sr. stepped through the wreckage!

Leaning heavily on his cane, the elderly patriarch forced his spine straight. His weathered face was etched with profound grief and towering fury. "Put Stella down and end this madness right now!"

Stella had been suspended for so long that her limbs were completely numb, her mind swimming in a haze of vertigo. She looked down at Arthur, desperately trying to speak, but her throat couldn't produce a sound.

Jarrod had no idea his grandfather was coming. He wanted to scream at him to run, but terrified that Silas would trigger the explosives, Jarrod remained frozen, fiercely gripping his uncle's arm.

Silas stared at his father, a twisted, maniacal grin spreading across his face. "Dad? So you didn't drown at sea? Did you come all this way just to die alongside this little bastard?"

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