Chapter 640

"Just kill me, will you? Please, Kirk! Just kill me!"

Kirk watched as Howard begged for mercy. He felt as though he were watching a lowlife squirm and wail in agony, and he sneered at Howard.

Just then, they heard the sounds of police sirens coming from outside. Howard's eyes shone with hope.

"Caroline must've called the police," he said.

"You deserved it! It's all because you didn't tell her the truth about your identity. She didn't know that you were the one who abducted me. So now, the police are here."

Despite Howard's taunts, Kirk merely stared down at him as if he were a pathetic person. Slowly, he said, "Those are my men."

His words shattered Howard's illusion of hope. Howard's eyes turned wide in disbelief as he stared at Kirk. How could Kirk do something like this just so Caroline would believe in him?

"Aren't you … afraid of retri—" Howard coughed up blood.

"No," came Kirk's reply.

"You'd better think it through. Will you be good so you can go to a better plac