บททั้งหมดของ Love and pain : บทที่ 141 - บทที่ 150

Rain poured through the broken edges of the station entrance while the voice outside repeated calmly:“Step outside alone.”Oliver moved closer to the shattered window carefully and looked through the darkness.Six vehicles.Armed personnel.Professional formation.Not local security.Not police.Cross Biotech.Daniel stared beside him in disbelief.“Why does a biotech company have tactical teams?!”“Because they aren’t just a biotech company,” Elias answered quietly.Another voice echoed outside.“You have thirty seconds.”Ariana’s pulse quickened immediately.“They came prepared.”Elias’s expression darkened.“They always do.”Oliver looked toward him sharply.“You knew they’d react fast.”“Yes.”“You should’ve warned us.”Elias met his gaze evenly.“I underestimated how closely they monitored the archive.”Daniel threw his hands upward dramatically.“Fantastic. The emotionally damaged genius underestimated the evil corporation. Amazing development.”Nobody had energy to respond.Cl

Red emergency lights flooded the underground tunnel endlessly.Cold.Artificial.Dangerous.The mechanical voice repeated through hidden speakers overhead:“Containment protocol activated.”“Sector Nine sealed.”“Unauthorized personnel will be detained.”Daniel looked around immediately.“I deeply hate the word containment.”Nobody disagreed.Lyra moved toward a security panel embedded into the tunnel wall, fingers flying quickly across the cracked interface.“Come on…”Oliver stepped beside her.“How bad is lockdown protocol?”Lyra didn’t look up.“The facility becomes isolated from the surface.”Another pause.“All exits seal automatically.”Ariana felt cold instantly.“And us?”Lyra finally looked at her.“We become trapped inside with Cross security teams.”Daniel stared in disbelief.“That’s somehow worse than death.”The panel flashed red violently.ACCESS DENIED.Lyra cursed softly under her breath.Elias stepped forward immediately.“They revoked your credentials.”“Yes,” Lyra

The moment the drive touched Oliver’s hand—everything changed.Not physically.Not immediately.But emotionally.Because Elias Mercer had just done something none of them thought possible.He trusted someone else with control.And judging from the look on his face—it terrified him.The underground tunnel remained soaked in red emergency light while distant security teams closed in fast.Daniel looked between both men dramatically.“Wow.”Nobody responded.Mostly because the moment felt heavier than words.Oliver looked down briefly at the black drive resting in his palm.Small object.Massive consequences.Years of hidden truth sitting inside something smaller than a phone charger.Ariana stepped beside him carefully.“What now?”Before Oliver could answer—Lyra suddenly looked sharply toward the tunnel ceiling.“They found our signal.”Elias’s expression hardened instantly.“How close?”“Too close.”Almost immediately—the sound of rapid footsteps exploded through the tunnel behind

The underground chamber felt impossibly still.Red warning lights reflected across steel walkways and dark floodwater below while emergency alarms echoed endlessly through Sector Nine.But nobody moved.Because the three figures near the vault entrance carried a different kind of danger.Not soldiers.Not operatives.Authority.Real authority.The older man standing in front adjusted his gloves calmly while studying Elias.Disappointed.Not angry.Which somehow felt worse.“You disappeared from surveillance for six months,” he said evenly.Another pause.“And this is what you chose to do with your freedom.”Elias’s expression hardened instantly.“You shouldn’t have come personally.”The man almost smiled faintly.“And leave years of work vulnerable to emotional instability?”His gaze shifted briefly toward Oliver.Then Ariana.Then Clara.“You already know how inefficient attachment becomes.”Oliver stepped forward immediately.“You manipulated people’s lives.”The man looked toward h

Gunfire erupted across Sector Nine.The sound echoed violently through the underground chamber while red emergency lights flashed endlessly across steel walkways and server towers below.“MOVE!” Oliver shouted instantly.Security teams spread across the upper platforms with terrifying coordination.Not random guards.Trained tactical units.Daniel ducked behind a steel support beam immediately.“I miss NORMAL college problems!”Bullets shattered metal above his head.Ariana pulled him lower just before another round struck the railing behind them.“Less talking. More surviving.”“Trying!”Oliver sprinted toward the overhead maintenance controls with Daniel beside him while Elias and Lyra covered the rear walkway.Clara stayed close to Ariana near the central platform.The older Cross executive watched everything calmly from below.Like this was still part of an experiment.And honestly—that made Oliver angrier than the gunfire.“Cooling systems are connected to the upper pressure lin