My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

Chapter 552: Countdown to the Explosion

In an instant, the earth was shaking.

Half of the church collapsed.

In conditional reflex, Stanford ran in the other direction to dodge. However, Benjamin ran to the explosion like crazy.

The flying stones smashed on him and he trembled. He was almost smashed.

However, he kept running forward without any fear.

Stanford’s expression changed dramatically. With a bad hunch, he wanted to go after him.

“Listen! What’s the sound?”

Suddenly, Florence, who was standing at the church gate, screamed.

She finally managed to keep balance in the shock wave, and then she heard clicks on her body.

It made her hair stand on the end.

She immediately lowered her head and looked toward the shawl. In a panic, she found the bomb that didn’t work earlier started to countdown.

Only fifty-nine seconds left.

In less than a minute, it would explode.

She wondered why it would happen. Hadn’t the remote control been broken? Hadn’t the bomb lost effect already?

With a cold look, Ernest looked at the bomb on Florence with a solemn face.

“Benjamin Turner has set up a dual system. This is a water balance bomb. Once it hits or shakes violently, the bomb will restart and turn on the mod of a time bomb.”

Upon hearing it, Florence paled.

Stanford couldn’t go after Benjamin who escaped anymore. He strode over and looked sharply at the bomb on Florence.

“Can you remove it?”

“I need some time,” Ernest answered in a deep tone.

Suddenly, he pulled Florence to sit down on a bench next to them. He knelt before her on one knee, reached out, and carefully separated the bomb from the shawl, holding it in his hands gently.

The countdown showed only forty-five seconds left.

Florence looked at the countdown, and her heart was tightened.

She couldn’t help trembling in fear, afraid that Ernest would be killed as well. “Ernest, please don’t...”

“Don’t speak. Trust me!” Ernest’s deep voice interrupted her words.

Squinting, he held the whole bomb with his hands, looking at the transparent tubes inside it, and tried to balance the shaking water in there.

“Beep. Beep---”

The countdown continued.

Only forty seconds left.

Florence tightened her body in nervousness, looking at Earnest with fear.

He was right in front of her, and they were so close. However, there was a bomb between them as well. Once it exploded, they both would die.

“Florence, trust me. I can remove it.”

Ernest suddenly used one of his hands to grab Florence’s frozen hand.

He gripped her tightly, trying his best to making her easy.

The countdown continued with the beeps. Looking at the man in front of her, Florence trusted him for some reason.

She believed that he was too capable to fail.

“Okay.” Florence nodded solemnly. Her slightly trembling body finally calmed down a bit.

Stanford stood next to them with a serious look, gazing at the countdown on the bomb without a blink.

He asked, “Are you going to cut the wires?”

“Yes,” Ernest answered without any hesitation.

He quickly picked up a dagger on the floor.

He said solemnly, “Mr. Fraser, please go out and retreat all your men first.”

No matter how certain he would be when cutting the wire, he might make a mistake that would cause the explosion.

If there was a mistake, the victim and the bomb remover would be dead.

It was a matter of death.

“Retreat at least fifty meters away from here,” Stanford gave an order to the earphone.

His tall and strong figure still stood motionlessly, staring at Ernest determinedly. “I’ll stay here and watch. I want you to be a hundred percent sure to save Flory!”

Ernest frowned. Generally speaking, there shouldn’t be anyone next to the bomb remover.

However, he didn’t speak.

He fully concentrated on the bomb in his hand. The sharp dagger approached the three most critical wires in side the bomb.

Once he cut them off, it was a matter of life or death.

It would happen all in the nick of time.

Florence almost couldn’t breathe because of nervousness. Her twinkled eyes focused on Ernest. Before he started to cut, she reached her hand to grip his.

She whispered in a trembling but determined tone, “Go out with Stanford. Tell me which one to cut. I’ll cut it myself.”

No matter what it would end up to, and no matter if she would be rescued or the bomb would explode, she wanted to bear it herself instead of pulling them both into the mere.

She had seen it and the bomb was quite small. She could hold it in one of her hands.

Ernest griped her hand back.

He said in a deep and determined tone, “Trust me.”

He stressed each syllable as if the words were smashed onto her heart.

Her uneasy heart that was hammering almost calmed down in an instant.

At the crucial moment of life or death, she trusted him.

She believed that he would resolve it perfectly.

Florence nodded, withdrew her hand obediently.

“Beep. Beep. Beep--”

The countdown showed that they only had thirty seconds.

Ernest held his breath, acted quick, and cut off both the red and the green wires with the sharp dagger.

Stanford gaped and blurted out, “Why did you cut two wires?”

Usually, only one wire was used to countdown. Since Ernest had cut two wires, he wondered if Ernest was seeking death.

“Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep--”

Suddenly, the counter that used to beat one second at a time sped up the countdown.

They watched the number dropped rapidly.

In an instant, only a dozen seconds left.

Florence widened her eyes, feeling that the blood in her body was solidified.

She believed that they were doomed.

Ernest had failed.

The bomb was about to explode.

At the critical moment, she couldn’t think too much.

By instinct, she pushed Ernest and yelled, “Run!”

Ernest, however, had expected her reaction long ago. He tossed the dagger away and grabbed Florence’s hands.

His body was tightened and kept himself motionlessly use all his strength.

“Beep--”

After a long beep, the counter suddenly stopped when the number reached eight.

Florence gaped at the stopped number with a pale face. She was still too frightened to believe what was going on.

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Why did it suddenly stop?

Ernest didn’t look quite surprised. He still kept tightened and kept holding the bomb motionlessly.

He lowered his voice and explained, “This is a water balance device. I’ve cut the right wires. As long as the balance is maintained, the countdown will stop. Now, we just need to keep the balance and remove this water balance device. The bomb will be completely removed.”

Florence realized that it turned out that she had escaped.

Were they no longer in danger now?

Florence’s mind was still messy. She was still frightened and hadn’t returned to her sense completely.

Stanford reacted quickly. His heart finally fell back into his chest.

With a surprise, he said, “Benjamin Turner is way too vicious! He even uses such a water balance device with a duel system!”