Chapter 12
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Bang. The door was kicked open.
Marco rushed in, pressing his gun against the back of my head. Sophia limped in behind him, gripping a crucifix dagger, her face twisted.
"Freeze! Elena, if you make a sound, I'll blow your brains out!" Marco roared, his eyes filled with a manic thrill.
I turned around slowly, my expression completely indifferent. There wasn't a trace of panic.
"Marco, you're three minutes late." I casually unzipped the bag on the table.
It wasn't filled with gold bars. Instead, it contained several lead weights topped with a printed screenshot from a surveillance camera—showing Marco and Sophia fighting over cash in that rundown shack.
Marco froze, his expression stiffening. "What... what is this?"
"It means your little scheme isn't worth shit." I leaned back in my chair, looking at him. "That bottle Abu was drinking? Leonardo prepared it specifically so he would 'slip up' and feed you the info."
"No! That's impossible!" Sophia screamed. She brandished the dagger and tried to lunge at me. "You bitch, you're about to die and you're still trying to trick us!"
However, the moment Sophia took a step forward, the floorboards beneath her feet suddenly clicked with a mechanical sound.
The marble floor tile beneath Sophia’s feet tilted sharply, dumping her onto the conveyor belt behind the desk.
"Ah—!" Sophia screamed as she hit the belt, which instantly roared to life.
Marco pulled the trigger in panic, but the gun didn't fire.
"I had the firing pin removed before you even found that gun."
Leonardo pushed open the side door and walked to my side, wrapping his arm around my shoulder. He looked at Marco like he was garbage.
"Marco, the most sophisticated move a guy like you can come up with is nothing but a cheap hustle." Leonardo chuckled, his voice dripping with disdain.
He snapped his fingers, and the entire slaughterhouse was flooded with light.
Marco realized the high ground was swarming with Leonardo's bodyguards. Dozens of gun barrels were aimed directly at his head.
Marco collapsed to the floor.
