Mike stared at her without saying a word.
Rhea tilted her head. “Have you thought about how to explain it to the boss if you kill me?”
“Are you important to him?” Mike finally spoke and mocked her.
Rhea let out a calm smile. “Perhaps you could try killing me.”
“You think | don’t dare?”
“Then do it!”
A dead silence ensued. All that could be heard was their breathing as they glowered at one another, seeing hatred and anger in
each other's eyes.
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“If the experiment succeeds, what would it lead to?” After a long while, Mike asked.
Rhea laughed. “You're the biggest investor, and you have no idea what it will lead to? You're not much of a businessman, are you?”
Ignoring her ridicule, he asked further, “If Austin is R18, then there must be an R1, R2... R17. Where are the other test subjects?
I've never seen them before!”
“You have a good imagination, don’t you?” Rhea rolled her eyes and did not answer him.
“| bet you know!” He pressed his arm against her neck, and she could hardly breathe. Her face flushing, she stared at him
sideways. “If you want to know about it, why don’t you ask the boss? He will surely tell you everything! Perhaps he might even tell
you your son’s whereabouts.”
“How did you know about it?” Mike was shocked.
No one except him and the mysterious boss knew his son had been kidnapped. As he had failed to locate the boy despite his
capabilities, he didn’t go to the police, thinking they were not up to the task.
Besides, he had seen what the boss was capable of, and, worrying that he would harm his son using these means, he could only
yield to his threats. Yet she knew.
“Do you know where my son is?” Thinking so, he got agitated and exerted more strength.
Choked, Rhea could not breathe and started to roll her eyes. She struggled vigorously but was futile against his vice-like grip.
He probably knew he was using too much force, so he relaxed his arm while keeping his grip.
Rhea gasped eagerly for air and coughed despite herself.
“Do you know where my son is or not?” Mike was so eager that the flesh on his face was twitching.
Although restrained, Rhea burst out laughing as if she were the biggest winner. “You're scared, huh? But | might as well tell you
that I've no idea! | only know that the boss has arranged to keep your son in a hard-to-find place, somewhere you couldn't go in
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Mike was shocked but did not doubt her words.
‘If it isn't, why couldn’t | find my son after so long? | have spies all over the world, and I'm ready to give everything I've got to find
him, but | failed in the end.”
“Where the hell is it?” He was about to break down, and his eyes were bloodshot.
“Is your son so important to you?” Cocking her head, Rhea asked curiously. “It's only a son. What's the big deal? You're so rich, and
you could easily get a woman to give birth to eight to ten sons for you!”
“Shut your mouth!” Mike roared.
“I'm telling the truth. Human beings are selfish, and children are just the products of reproduction. Why should we care so much for
them? If you don’t mind about your son, you wouldn't be in such agony, and you don’t have to yield to the boss. Isn't that so?” She
thought she was being reasonable.