Forced to Marry the Sickly Billionaire-Chapter 294: Being Held Hostage

"Yes," Serena Summers admitted candidly.

A flicker of surprise passed through Professor Parker’s eyes. "When exactly?"

Serena pondered for a moment, then said, "Let me think... Right after Lucas and I got off the plane and were being followed? Or maybe even earlier, like when I first arrived in Imperial Capital?"

Professor Parker’s expression stiffened for an instant, but he quickly composed himself and retorted stubbornly, "How can you be so sure that the people following you were arranged by me?"

"The number of people who knew Lucas’s and my whereabouts is very limited. Among them, you were the only one who appeared during that time frame." Serena’s lips curved slightly, her bright eyes flashing with a touch of coldness.

Professor Parker laughed out loud, his eyes brimming with admiration as he looked at Serena, "You really are very smart. Why don’t you join us? With your abilities, you’ll definitely make significant achievements within two years."

"Why would I want to join you?" Serena countered. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

A fiery light burst from Professor Parker’s eyes. "For the optimization of human genes, of course, to make everyone talented!"

"Talented people..."

Serena murmured these words under her breath, and couldn’t help but laugh, "My master taught me that things will develop in the opposite direction when they become extreme. The disastrous calamity seventeen years ago—isn’t that the best proof?"

Seventeen years ago, the laboratory was completely destroyed, and all data and materials were lost.

Only a few people who were not in the laboratory at the time managed to survive by luck.

Professor Parker was one of them.

"If the world is unjust, then I will create a fair world for all to see! Serena, I thought you were different from those people. Join us, and whatever you want, I can give it to you."

Serena remained calm, her gaze undisturbed, "Whatever I want, I can fight for it myself. I’m not like you, who would play with human lives just to satisfy your own desires."

"Hahaha..." Professor Parker laughed maniacally, "Their sacrifices are all worthwhile! Once I develop the serum, many people will thank me."

He stepped forward and snatched up the data report Serena had placed on the lab table, his eyes full of excitement.

He was close to success!

After waiting for seventeen years, his time had finally come!

It was all worth it!

Serena lowered her eyes and slowly shook her head, "Do you really think I would be foolish enough to give you the real data report?"

Professor Parker was taken aback, "This is fake? Impossible! I watched the whole process with my own eyes!"

"Have you ever considered why, after those children were injected with the serum, they only showed signs of poisoning and no other data changed?"

The data report Professor Parker had from the beginning was a fake.

How could anything developed from false data produce the results they desired?

"Impossible! This can’t be!" Professor Parker’s eyes widened in disbelief, almost on the verge of snapping.

Just then, the doors to the laboratory were suddenly burst open.

A group of people in SWAT gear entered, holding guns, and surrounded Professor Parker.

"Freeze!"

Claire Lane and Dean Carter walked in from outside, looking at him incredulously.

Dean Carter, trembling with rage, pointed at Professor Parker and cursed, "I never dreamt that you could do something like this!"

He had known Professor Parker for over twenty years and had never imagined that Professor Parker was a member of that illegal organization seventeen years ago.

He had hidden it too well.

Professor Parker stepped back in panic. "You—you stay away!"

"Mason Parker, give it up. You are surrounded by us."

The SWAT maintained their guns aimed as they tentatively stepped forward.

This move deeply provoked Professor Parker.

He hastily grabbed a syringe from the lab bench and with lightning speed, clutched Serena Summers’s throat.

He looked down at Serena Summers, his eyes filled with mockery and anger, "So, you lured me here on purpose?"

"Yes." Serena Summers answered candidly.

Professor Parker was cautious; she had to be very careful.

Eventually, after weighing the pros and cons, she decisively chose the laboratory.

Before leaving the hospital, Serena Summers quietly told Claire Lane to call the police and also gave her the address of the laboratory.

Claire Lane was fairly reliable, and the police arrived quickly.

But the laboratory was too cramped, and before Serena Summers could escape, she was held at syringe-point.

The glinting silver tip of the syringe was barely a millimeter away from the skin of Serena Summers’s neck.

Inside the syringe was a chemical agent; one injection, she supposed, would kill her.

Serena Summers felt an icy chill throughout her body, and her heart rose to her throat.

Her body was slightly rigid, but her gaze was remarkably calm, "Professor Parker, there’s no point in resisting now that we’ve come this far."

"You’re talking nonsense!" Professor Parker’s eyes were about to split with fury as he glared at Serena Summers.

"Professor Mason Parker, let go of Serena," Lucas Shaw called out anxiously, fearing for her safety.

"Make them all step back! I want to get out of here; otherwise, I’ll die together with Serena Summers!" Professor Parker was beyond caring now; his only thought was survival.

Lucas Shaw’s heart leapt to his throat, his voice tight as he gestured to the SWAT officers beside him, "Step back."

The officers hesitated for a moment, then slowly took a half-step back.

The safety of the hostage had to be considered.

Suddenly, Serena Summers let out a light chuckle, "Mason Parker, do you really think you can escape?"

"Shut up!" Professor Parker snarled at Serena Summers, choking her neck as he tried to move forward warily, glancing at the SWAT officers.

All the guns were aimed at him, and the officers’ eyes were cold and severe, as if they would shoot without hesitation if he dared to harm Serena Summers.

He laughed too, "Don’t worry, I won’t kill her. Once I leave successfully, I will let her go."

He had secretly searched for so many years to find someone so talented.

It would really be a pity if she died just like that.

Serena Summers had also figured he wouldn’t kill her, so her stiff body gradually relaxed.

But the others weren’t as optimistic as she was.

The SWAT officers followed step by step, their eyes fixed intently on Professor Parker.

Professor Parker reached his car with Serena Summers, shoved her in, and then got into the driver’s seat himself.

He started the engine hurriedly and drove off as quickly as possible.

Before the SWAT team arrived, Dean Carter had been notified and had sent all the students back to their classrooms and dormitories.

So the school was empty at this moment.

The SWAT officers hurriedly drove after them, with Lucas Shaw and Claire Lane also getting into a car.

Lucas Shaw accelerated relentlessly, his eyes glued to the car ahead, worry and an intense killing intent flickering through his deep eyes.

Serena, you must be safe...

Inside Professor Parker’s car, Serena Summers’s hands were cuffed with handcuffs from who knows where.

She glared at Professor Parker, "You think that by kidnapping me, you can make me work for you? Dream on!"