The Billionaire Twins Need A New Mommy! novel Chapter 536

Chapter 536: Sipping Some Booze

[Haji’s Team]

Chuck clicked his tongue, his face clearly displaying his irritability. He glanced up as something thick dripped down onto his cheek.

"Damn it," he hissed, clicking his tongue again as he followed the group. "Hey, are you sure this is the right path?"

No one answered him, which only made him more irritated.

"Why are we moving so slowly?" he complained again. "We’re not going anywhere at this pace."

"Didn’t you read the manual?" Scarlet looked back at him. "Or at least, didn’t you listen back at the camp?"

Chuck was a last-minute addition, and they hadn’t had time to brief him. They trusted that he’d read the manual. After all, this guy had traveled with Atlas and Lola for most of the time.

He frowned. "I did, but all I’m saying is we could’ve moved a little—"

"Backs on the wall!"

Before anyone could think, they obeyed Haji’s sharp command. Everyone pressed their backs against the wall, Scarlet stretching her arm across Chuck’s chest and forcefully pinning him back.

"Ack—!"

Chuck’s breath hitched as three massive arrows flew past him in the blink of an eye. One narrowly grazed the tip of his long nose, the rush of air brushing his skin.

"What the... fuck?" he gasped, his chest rising and falling heavily against Scarlet’s arm.

"You didn’t read the manual, Chuck," she hissed, her eyes burning. "Otherwise, you’d know these underground paths are rigged with traps."

He paled, wide eyes shifting to her.

"Tsk." Scarlet clicked her tongue. "This is why I like working alone."

She turned to one of the members and jerked her chin. "Watch him. And make sure he understands that if he dies, this group isn’t stopping."

With that, Scarlet pushed off the wall the moment she saw Haji—who was leading, with another member right behind him—move forward. She followed stealthily, stepping exactly where Haji stepped.

"Stop stalling," she warned under her breath, glancing over her shoulder at Chuck.

He gulped and nodded quickly, pulling the bag he was dragging to his arms.

Meanwhile, Haji moved carefully, holding his flashlight ahead. His focus was entirely on the tunnel, ignoring everything behind him.

"There’s only one trap here before we reach our next point," he said quietly, though everyone heard him clearly. "Be careful. There are more arrows on the second one—from what I know. Focus."

The group reacted differently. Scarlet and the others nodded in understanding. As for Chuck, he still hadn’t recovered from nearly dying seconds ago.

As they moved, Haji scanned every corner with each step. His grandfather had worked on these tunnels when Haji was a child, and Haji had helped him more than once. Because of that, he knew there were markings left behind.

Markings that warned of nearby traps, and markings only he knew about.

Another step, and Haji spotted a familiar marking etched above.

"Stay on the wall!" he shouted. "Don’t follow me!"

As he moved ahead, everyone else flattened themselves against the wall. Scarlet took a deep breath and turned her head toward Chuck.

Chuck was hugging a massive backpack.

"Put that down," she said. "There’ll be more arrows here."

She’d just seen him almost die. One wrong movement, one bulge out of place, and it could become a death sentence for all of them.

"Huh?" Chuck blanked, still shaken.

"Put it down," she repeated. "Now."

I didn’t want to be here in the first place!

"Let’s go," Haji said, kinder than the others. "Forget the bag. We were told to pack light for this reason."

He clicked his tongue and didn’t dwell on it. "Come on. We have several towns to search for the missing people."

"But our stuff!" Chuck’s breath hitched, his thoughts racing. "That—that bag... we needed it to establish our underground signal, didn’t we?"

This time, everyone stopped. They stared at him in silence.

Each of them carried their own communication devices and earpieces. The extras were backups, but still necessary.

"You... you put them in that damn bag?!" Scarlet roared, grabbing Chuck by the collar. Her eyes burned as if he were the enemy.

"I—I’m sorry!" Chuck panicked. "It was a last-minute change! I didn’t have time to reorganize, so I just put everything in the bag!"

After all, Chuck wasn’t supposed to be here. Baby had shoved the bag into his hands to help the tech team.

The man responsible for the devices stared at him, eyes wide.

"What did you say?!" the tech guy roared. "You mean everything was in that bag?!"

Chuck clenched his teeth, certain Scarlet would kill him—if Haji didn’t intervene first.

Haji massaged his brow and raised a hand. "Let’s just get it back."

"Is that even possible?" the tech asked. "It flew back."

"Well, yeah. There’s a way," Haji sighed, clearly tired. "But that means we’ll be staying underground longer than planned."

And just like that, the team that was supposed to reach the town first emerged from the tunnels last.

Meanwhile, Lola’s team was already above ground — a few towns away from them — sipping some booze.