True Love Deserves a Second Chance

The old man sitting there was none other than Sebastian's grandpa, Randall.

But wait, wasn't Randall locked up by Kevin in Snowpeakia? And wasn't he poisoned and in a coma?

Yet here he was, chilling at the table, reading a book like it was no big deal.

Joyce didn't have time to process it all. She hit a switch nearby, opened the door, and rushed in.

As soon as they stepped inside, the glass door shut automatically.

The whole room started to descend slowly, heading right towards the turning gears.

Joyce looked at Ryan, panic in her eyes. "I think we've been tricked."

Ryan glanced at a control panel in the room and said, "Don't freak out. This is the control panel. If we find the right button to stop the gears, we'll be fine."

He then focused on the control panel, examining it closely.

Just then, Dakota's laughter filled the room again. "Joyce, there are eighty-one buttons on that panel. Each one triggers a different mechanism. Press the wrong one, and all of you, including that old man, will die instantly. If you don't believe me, go ahead and try."

Joyce stared at the maze of buttons, cold sweat forming on her forehead.

With so many buttons, finding the right one seemed impossible.

They were stuck between getting crushed by the gears or falling into a trap.

It looked like they were doomed.

Joyce's voice shook, "Mr. Ward, this is all my fault."

Ryan didn't seem as panicked. Instead, he smiled calmly.

"Ms. Blackwood, I'd be honored to die alongside you."novelbin

"But I don't want to die yet. There are still people waiting for me to come back."

Like Benjamin, Sebastian, and Paxon.

If she died, would they be sad?

The thought of never seeing Paxon again made her heart ache.

The pain was like when she lost her baby.

As she clenched her fists nervously, Ryan's calm voice reached her ears.

"Don't worry, I won't let you die."

His tone reminded her of Sebastian.

She looked at Ryan in surprise, who was still studying the control panel.

Joyce gathered her courage and walked over to Randall.

She softly called, "Mr. Guise."

Randall slowly lifted his eyelids, looking at her calmly.

He didn't seem panicked at all.

He placed the book on the table and smiled, pulling out a piece of paper from his pocket. "This is for you. It might help."

Joyce took it and saw it was a circuit diagram, packed with complex lines.

She immediately understood what it was.

Joyce handed the diagram to Ryan. "This is the control panel blueprint, but the circuits are too complicated. Finding the right button is almost impossible."

Ryan took the diagram and started studying it with a frown.

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"Joyce, the gears are getting closer. If we don't find the button soon, we're all dead."

Joyce glanced nervously at Ryan, who was still calmly examining the diagram.

She didn't dare disturb him and could only stand by, waiting anxiously.

Five seconds ticked by, and the gears rolled another three feet closer.

Ten seconds passed, and the gears inched even nearer.

Just as the gears, like a giant shark with its jaws wide open, were about to swallow them whole, Ryan suddenly pulled Joyce into his arms.

His voice was hoarse, filled with suppressed emotion. "Joyce," he whispered softly, holding her tightly as if trying to merge her into his embrace.

At the same time, his other hand pressed a yellow button.

Everyone stared wide-eyed in fear, watching the gears' direction.

If he pressed the wrong button, not only would the gears not stop, but other traps in the room would also be triggered, doubling the danger. They were doomed.

At the critical moment, the loud sound of the rolling gears gradually weakened until it disappeared.

The gears stopped less than three feet away from them.

Joyce looked up at Ryan in astonishment, her voice trembling. "Ryan, we are saved."

Ryan smiled and brushed her hair. "I told you, before you become my girlfriend, I won't let anything dangerous happen to you."

Joyce, hearing his reassuring words, was momentarily transported back to her moments with Sebastian from two years ago. Sebastian always comforted her in the same way.

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At that moment, Maxwell rushed over, looking around the room. "We need to get out of here quickly. I'm worried that woman has other tricks up her sleeve. I'll carry the old man."

He then walked towards Randall, bending down to carry him.

But Randall pushed him away.

He pointed to his butt and said, "If I leave here, this room will explode instantly, and we'll all die. Don't worry about me, just go."

Maxwell looked closely and saw a pressure bomb under Randall.

Once he got up, the bomb would explode.

Maxwell cursed angrily, "That damn woman, one trap after another. She really wants to kill us."

At that moment, Dakota's voice echoed again.

"You're right, I want you all to die here. Joyce, you know who this old man is, and you know our boss Mr. Hayes's secret. Do you think I'll let you go back alive?"

Joyce looked calmly at the room's camera and said coldly, "You and Cordelia both work for that person, just to find your father, Charles, right?"

Hearing this, Dakota was stunned for a moment, then asked, "How do you know?"

"Over twenty years ago, several employees of the Winters Group mysteriously disappeared and have been missing ever since. Those employees had committed serious mistakes, and there were rumors that Derek had secretly killed them." "Their families reported it together, but nothing came of it. Your mother's original name was also Cordelia, the same as the Winters Group's president's wife, and they looked very similar. So that person proposed the shocking plan to replace the Winters Group president's wife with your mother."

"He claimed it was to avenge Cordelia, but in reality, he was using her to carry out his own schemes. In a recent case I handled, a deceased person had a photo of your mother in his pocket."

"That person should be your father, Charles. He didn't disappear but was imprisoned in a basement, subjected to human experiments, with seven or eight toxins in his body. His corpse was entirely black."

"And the person conducting these experiments was the one you call 'Mr. Hayes.""