Substitute Wife, Genius CEO novel Chapter 553

The subordinate stumbled back into the warehouse, breathless and terrified. "Boss! Things have gone completely south!"

Captain Jax glared at him fiercely. "What the hell are you screaming about?"

Trembling, the man pointed wildly at the entrance. "Outside... the whole place is surrounded by cops!"

"What?!" The mercenary leader spun around, murder in his eyes as he aimed at Summer. "You called the police?!"

Lilith's eyes went bloodshot with panic. She had literally just transferred fifty million to the cartel. If the police breached the building now, she would be caught red-handed.

Combined with Tessa's testimony as the victim, she would be rotting in a prison cell for the rest of her natural life.

No!

No way!

Absolutely not!

If that was her fate, she might as well risk everything right here.

Steeling her resolve, Lilith shrieked, "Shoot her! Kill her right now, and let's get out of here! I have the money! We can escape anywhere!"

Captain Jax grabbed Lilith by the arm and sprinted toward the warehouse's rear exit, shouting over his shoulder. "Vinnie, take her out!"

The rest of the crew blindly followed their captain into the shadows, leaving only Vinnie behind.

Vinnie raised his assault rifle, leveling the barrel squarely at Summer's chest.

Bang!

The echoing crack of a gunshot ripped through the dusty air behind her. Lilith faltered mid-step. A hollow, breathless euphoria surged violently through her chest, spreading deep into her bones.

Her eyes stung with manic tears as an uncontrollable, triumphant grin split her face.

That vile bitch Summer was finally dead!

Unable to contain herself, Lilith let out a shrill burst of laughter.

"You've still got the nerve to laugh? You're definitely paying extra for this mess!" Captain Jax growled, hauling her forward in a dead sprint.

"Fine! I'll pay!" As she yelled back, Lilith couldn't resist looking over her shoulder.

She desperately needed to witness Summer's lifeless, bloody corpse with her own two eyes.

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