Instinctively, Brian edged forward.

"Antonette, let her go."

Antonette laughs wildly. "My dear brother, you are late!"

She pushed the edge of the knife harder into Diana's skin, and it began to bleed.

"Antonette! Antonette! Don't mess things up!"

Antonette looked cold and said without emotion, "I told you, if you are late, I will kill her."

"Wait, let me take her place. You can kill me!" Brian said desperately.

This is what Antonette had been waiting to hear. She released her grip to let Diana fall to the floor, the impact of which brought Diana abruptly out of her daze.

"Why? Why do you only love Diana? Is she better than me?" Antonette shouted. She looked like she was losing her mind.

Diana opened her eyes. When she saw Brian stood opposite Antonette, she was anxious.

"Brian, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to save you."

"I don't need you to save me. Leave. Right now!" Diana cried.

"Enough," Antonette broke in, "There is no need to rub your love in my face. Neither of you will leave here safely."

When Ken walked into the room, he was shocked by the scene before him. It was dark inside, so he hit the light switch on in the main room.

"Don't turn on the light," Antonette shouted. "You are all coming to hell with me. All of you!"

She put the knife again to Diana's neck.

"Diana!" Brian shouted with worry.

Diana calmed herself down and looked at Brian peacefully.

"What do you want?" Brian asked Antonette coldly.

"I want what's mine. I want half of the empire."

Ken replied in a deep voice, "You're going too far…"

"Too far? Am I going too far? Simon William never took care of my mother and me. He should pay for it!" Antonette screamed louder still.

She was so agitated that the knife scr.a.p.ed Diana's neck again. Diana grimaced hard, trying her best not to make a sound.

"You owe me that. The William family owns me a lot. I deserve it!"

"Fine. I promise. I promise I will give you your share."

Right now, Brian simply wanted to calm Antonette down.

Finally, Antonette let Diana go slightly. She pushed her to the floor and said ferociously to Brian, "Go to the company now and write me the contract!"

"Ken, go, and do as she said."

"But…" Ken hesitated.

Brian broke in, "Don't waste time. Just go."

Ken sighed and left. When he came out onto the street, he ran into Detective Shields.

"How is everything in there?" Mr. Shields asked nervously.

Ken explained to him the general situation. The detective was somewhat relieved to learn there was only one female suspect. Since Brian had behaved so nervously before, the detective had arrived with plenty of back-ups.

As for Brian, he said nervously to Antonette, "I let Ken go to the company. Now you can let Diana go."

"No, I won't let her go until I receive the contract."

Antonette held Diana tightly.

Making sure Antonette didn't notice, Diana gave Brian a glance and lowered her head. Brian took a second to get her meaning, and then without warning, he pounced on Antonette and knocked her down.

"F.u.c.k!" Antonette shouted out.

Brian put himself in front of Diana and said in a cold voice, "Give in, Antonette! You're done!"

"Brian, are you ready to go to hell with me?!" Antonette shouted.

Brian turned to look and was shocked to find that Antonette was holding a remote control.

Without warning, she pressed the button. Immediately, a sinister ticking sound could be heard in the dark room.

Right away, Brian knew that things had just got far more serious.

Antonette laughed wildly and shouted, "Let's go to hell together."

Just at that moment, Ken burst into the room.

"Brian, are you okay?"

Brian tried not to convey his worry and calmly warned Ken, "Go. There is a bomb in here."

"What?"

In fact, Brian was most worried about Diana's condition; he noticed that she was bleeding from the right side of her head, and she looked very weak. He called out to her, but she could only manage a tired look back at him.

And all the while, the ticking sound of the bomb could be heard loud and clear.

Antonette really seemed to be losing the plot, chanting to herself over and over, "Go to hell. All of you will go to hell together."

It wasn't until she heard the police sirens' wail as they arrived outside the building that Antonette snapped out of it. Now she was angry.

"How dare you call the police?" she yelled.

"You have no choice. Give in!" Ken said coldly.

"Impossible!" Antonette roared and rushed towards Ken.

Ken dodged her attack with ease.

"She has lost her mind," Diana murmured.

Since Ken successfully moved out of her way, Antonette became angrier. She pressed another button on the device in her hand, and the ticking sound of the bomb suddenly became faster.

"You have no time. We only have three minutes left," Antonette laughed.

Ken was about to make a break for it to get help, but just before he did, Detective Shields entered, his gun in hand and pointing straight at Antonette.

When he heard the ticking sound, he realized what kind of sound it was.

"Is there a bomb?"

Ken nodded glumly.

Detective Shields looked over his shoulder and beckoned to a fellow policeman behind him. The man walked forward with a machine in his hand.

Detective Shields pointed the gun at Antonette's head and said sternly, "Where is the bomb?"

However, Antonette didn't give in.

"I won't tell you anything."

"I found it!" the policeman shouted.

Detective Shields was initially relieved, however, this was short-lived.

"Detective Shields, there are only two minutes left on this!"

"What?" He was shocked. This was worse than he thought!

"Detective, there are three lines," the policeman continued.