The dagger on her neck was Tasha's death warrant. Although she worked for Jett, she was unprepared to stake her life on her loyalty to her boss.
"Relax, Mr. Ye. Let's talk this over," Tasha said, forcing a smile despite her fear.
John replied, "You're in no position to bargain with me."
Hearing the man speak, Tasha widened her eyes. "Your voice sounds so familiar. Sean? Is that you?"
John did not say anything.
Tasha's eyes were full of surprise. She had always suspected that Sean might not be that simple, but she did not expect that he was one of Vicente's men. They had worked at the same cinema without knowing that they belonged to two opposing camps.
'Is it fate?' Tasha wondered.
Demi didn't know whether it was destiny or not. She just knew Tasha screwed everything.
None of this would have happened had she been careful to begin with. She had just mindlessly showed herself to the people Vicente trusted.
Demi thought that Tasha was so stupid. And now she had to put on another act.
She clenched her teeth and pretended to be grateful. "Thank goodness you arrived just in time, Sean! Otherwise, we would have been dead."
Demi looked at Tasha; what she just said was to remind her.
One of Demi's subordinates quickly reacted, pulled out a dagger, and put it on her neck. He threatened, "You move, she dies."
Demi's face turned deathly pale. "What the hell are you doing, Gene? You work for Tasha?"
"Congratulations, Demi. You got it right." Tasha chuckled and touched the dagger on her neck. "Let's make a deal, shall we, Sean? You release me, and Gene releases Demi."
"Sean, help me! Please!" Demi looked at John with tearful eyes. "I don't want to die. Please."
However, John kept his face neutral. He did not care at all. Demi had to turn to Noah for help. "Mr. Ye, please. I...I don't want to die."
Noah had always been soft-hearted to people he thought were innocent. "Sean, let her go."
"Yes. Yes, please let her go." Demi nodded in agreement.
Thinking that this standoff was a monumental waste of time, John took a deep breath and thought about his children. He had to get a move on. After a few moments, he finally nodded and said, "On three, we release at the same time."
Tasha replied, "Okay. Let her go, Gene."
"Yes." Gene Li nodded.
"One, two, three," John counted in a low voice.
As soon as he finished counting, he and Gene released their hostages. Tasha walked toward Gene while Demi staggered toward another one of her subordinates who caught her.
She took the opportunity to whisper in his ear, "Glen, when you get a clear shot, kill Sean."
Hearing this, Glen Zhang nodded.
Tasha returned to her men and bellowed, "Let's go!"
They all turned around and ran away. They had to find Cali and the children before the other party did.
Seeing this, John thought, 'You want to run away?
It's not that easy!'
John immediately chased after them. Someone covered Tasha and rushed forward to stop him.
Noah also joined the chase. Demi stood aside and said to her men, "What are you all looking at? Go and help!"
Demi's men then sprinted after John and Noah, but they were knocked down so easily by Tasha's thugs. Noah then sensed that something bad was about to happen.
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