Chapter 1582

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But Claire’s medical skills were undeniably extraordinary.

Her performance during the impromptu surgery on the driver had proven that.

Still, even if Claire was a genius, what did that have to do with Zachary?

He could barely save his own skin right now; they couldn’t seriously expect him to play hero, could they?

Rather than risk his neck, he was more than happy to throw in his lot with the Sundara operatives!

“A medical genius, you say?” Zane’s eyes lit up with interest. “Where is she?”

He stepped forward, clearly intent on seeing her for himself.

“Passed out in the car,” Zachary replied honestly.

Reese immediately went on the defensive. “Why do you care about our cargo?”

“We’ve already paid you.”

“We had a deal. You get us across the border!”

Reese was sharp, always on guard.

Too bad Zane couldn’t care less about her attitude.

He had agreed to the job because the payout was astronomical.

If it weren’t for the cash, he would never have agreed to smuggle operatives from Sundara out of the country!

As a Solenian, even with a basic education, he knew the bloody history between their nations.

In the face of national pride, personal disputes meant nothing.

But he needed the money, and that had tipped the scales.

Truthfully, Zane still looked down on the Sundara crew.

This foreign girl acting so brazen in his territory seriously pissed him off.

“You paid, and I never said I wasn’t letting you go.”

Zane’s expression hardened.

“But the deal was to get your people across the border. Nobody said anything about taking one of our country’s medical geniuses with you!”

“Now that there’s an extra passenger, you either pay a premium, or she stays here.”

Zane drew a hard line.

Reese hadn’t anticipated this kind of extortion.

It was all Zachary’s fault for running his mouth about the medical genius!

This local boss obviously wanted to keep the girl for himself!

Zachary was completely useless!

“Are you backing out of our deal?” Reese challenged, recalling the rumors she’d heard about Zane.

“Word on the street is that Mr.

Brooks values his reputation above all else. If you pull a stunt like this, arent you worried about losing face?

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Hearing Reese’s accusation, he didn’t even flinch. Instead, he smiled pleasantly. “Are you threatening me?”

Reese didn’t want to provoke the local kingpin, but he was clearly treating them like a joke.

He was ready to confiscate their target just because he felt like it.

If he took Claire, what was the point of everything they had sacrificed to kidnap her in the first place?

Word was that The Daybreak Syndicate had already lost several elite operatives back in Cabinda over this.

The illegal human testing facility in Montara had been completely dismantled, too.

Things were so desperate that deep-cover agents like her and the driver had been activated.

The driver had been captured, and if she couldn’t even deliver Claire after all that….. The Syndicate’s higher-ups would lose their minds.

None of them would survive the fallout.

Reese remembered the brutal punishments from her childhood training, and her face went pale.

She forced herself to negotiate. “That’s not what I meant. I just hope Mr. Brooks will honor his word.”

“Why don’t you tell me how much extra you want?”

Beggars couldn’t be choosers.

Reese’s first instinct to resolve a crisis was to throw money at it.

She had saved up a substantial nest egg over the years. If his price wasn’t

astronomical, she could front the cash.

As for contacting Quinton Graves,

Reese

had already tried. He was completely unreachable, and she had no idea what he was playing at.

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