Chapter 2893


    Deep down, Nicole knew that letting the bomb go off would be much more ideal than defusing it.


    This would trick Damien into thinking that his n had seeded.


    The flip side to allowing the st to ur, however, was that Nicole''s family would be in for a shock of


    their lives.


    And since she did not want her family to think that the st had affected her, she decided to defuse it.


    "I trust that you know what you''re doing, but we don''t have any tools to work with.Can you do it?" Jared


    asked.


    After all, Nicole was once the Turmann family''s chief weapons designer.


    Thus, defusing a simple bomb would be a piece of cake for her.


    However, Nicole did not have the tools she needed at the moment, prompting Jared to wonder how it


    would be possible.


    Resourceful as always, Nicole smirked at the look of doubt on him.


    Then, she pulled a bobby pin out of her hair, and with a slight twist, the pin transformed into a long


    needle, one end with a sharp, jagged tip.


    Pleasantly surprised by what she just did, Jared smiled, shook his head, and asked, "When did you


    design that?"


    "Quite some time ago.Originally, it was meant for self- defense.I didn''t expect that I can finally put it to


    good use today," Nicole answered.


    Then, she lowered her head to examine the bomb structure, during which she began thinking about


    how to defuse it safely and properly.She had less than a minute left on the clock, and so, she had to


    hurry up.


    And as expected, with her brain on overdrive, she discovered what she needed to do less than fifteen


    secondster.


    Smirking, Nicole gave Jared a nod of confidence.


    "So that''s how it is."


    On the surface, the bomb structure seemedplicated, but it was all just a cover-up.


    The bomb was constructed with the most basic wiring principles.


    The wires in question were primed to a charge which would set off once the countdown ended,


    detonating the block of C4 at the base.


    Therefore, the solution was simple: severe the wire.


    After carefully inspecting the wiring structure of the bomb, Nicole positioned the de of her makeshift


    knife near the green wire and severed it.


    Tick! Following a distinct, signature beep, the timer stopped, and the green light on top of the


    contraption faded into nothing.


    "Phew!"


    Nicole sighed in relief, wiping away the beads of sweat on her forehead.


    Thankfully, Nicole''s n worked as intended.


    If she failed to defuse the bomb, this could very well be Nicole''s and Jared''s undoing should they not


    be able to sprint away in time.


    Sighing in relief, Jared patted Nicole on the shoulder.


    "It''s over now.Let''s go home."


    Nodding with a smile, Nicole proceeded to repackage the bomb and followed Jared back to the Riddle


    residence.


    In the dining room, everyone began bombarding the couple with questions the instant they saw them


    walking in.


    "What on earth happened?"


    "Nothing, really.It was sent to the wrong person."


    Nicole casually brushed their concerns off, not wanting to disclose the truth to her family.


    "I see," Lulu yed along, understanding that it was just an excuse.


    "Since you''re fine, let''s have dinner."


    "Yeah, sure," Nicole replied, and sat down beside Jared.


    Nobody else in the family had noticed anything wrong with the couple, so they continued their meal


    without so much as a mention of the incident.


    Meanwhile, Nicole and Lulu exchanged nces, knowing what each other were thinking.


    Lulu was relieved to know that Nicole had dealt with the problem.


    As this was neither the time nor ce to discuss it, Lulu maintained her silence.


    However, Nicole and Lulu''s gestures did not escape June''s notice.


    She, too, had noticed that there was something odd about the situation, but she opted to keep her


    mouth shut, for she did not want the dinner to devolve into a panicky mess.


    After dinner was over, Stanley and Tia proceeded to wheel Mrs.Wace Sr.home.


    Following Spencer and Samuel''s crafty words of persuasion, Daniel and Gloria returned to their rooms


    too.


    "I''ll go check on the kids,"


    Jared notified her, not wanting to be a part of their conversation.


    Then, he went to the second floor.


    With only five of them left in the living room, Nicole looked at the other four who were waiting in


    anticipation.


    "Yeap.You''ve guessed it already, so I won''t lie to you.In that package was a homemade, improvised


    explosive.I bet that Damien was the one who sent it to us."


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    "Is he out of his mind?!" the others eximed, furious and in disbelief.


    Their entire family would have lost their lives if Nicole had not discovered the bomb on time.It was clear


    that Damien was trying to kill them all by sending an explosive to their doorstep.


    "He was sure that he would escape this time," Nicole exined, her voice heavy and harsh.


    Indeed, Damien wanted to take them all down before fleeing the country.


    "He can keep dreaming! Not only will he not escape this time! We will also put him behind bars


    forever!" Lulu cried.