Jack’s jaw fell upon hearing those words.“I planned my sacrifice?” Jack asked, the confusion evident in his voice as he looked Oliver in the eye. “What do you mean by that? Can you explain? Because I’m being lost here.”“Are you really lost? Or you’re just pretending to?” Oliver shot back, his cold gaze unwavering, folding his arms. “How long are you going to keep that shitty demeanor up?”Although Oliver was calm, the anger was evident in every word he threw at Jack.“Three years ago, we thought you made a sacrifice to save our lives. That despite knowing about those interconnected bombs, you chose to step on it, giving your entire life for the mission.”“But it wasn’t just the case, wasn't it?” Oliver added, now running his fingers through his hair, doing his best to be calm. “It was planned to look like you died, even though you aren’t.”Jack’s brows furrowed, staring at Oliver, wondering where his words were coming from.“Well, as you can see, I’m still alive.”Using his hands, h

At the same time, Oliver had given Melissa the benefit of the doubt. She was innocent until proven guilty, and that would only happen if the evidence were verified.Oliver was glad that he listened to his intuition. That he didn’t trust people as much as before.And if he did, it would only be the deserving ones.“Are you afraid that we’re getting closer to the truth? And that is why you chose to stay out of your hiding and deceive us, knowing it would be easy for you to do?” Oliver asked, doing his best to stay calm.“Worse? You even killed James.”It wasn’t a question, but a statement from Oliver.“Back in Dominic's house, he discovered something he shouldn’t have seen,” Oliver said, not even holding back. “He finally knew the identity of Dominic’s boss, someone who gave him orders.”“And it was you, Jack.”Jack wasn’t able to speak. His gaze was darkening, even biting his lips because of the growing anger inside his heart.But not because he was wrongly accused.It was because, aft

“You have two choices. Keep on fighting, or surrender,” Oliver said, his voice cold. “This is the first and the last chance I’ll give you.”Jack smirked. “Do I really have a choice? You blocked every exit where I could go. I couldn’t even use the windows now.”“And all of you were at the door. How could I run away?” he added, raising an eyebrow, his lips curving into a smirk. “You’re giving a nonexistent choice in the first place.”“You can still choose it. There is just a lower probability that you’ll succeed if you choose to fight,” Oliver answered, looking intently at Jack.“If I were you, I would rather have the second choice.”Jack snorted. Then, he raised his hands in surrender.“Alright,” Jack said, grinning. “I surrender now. Take me to the Legion and let Charlie set a punishment for me. If that’s what will make you sleep at night, then so be it.”Samuel and Nick were about to go to him, as they had prepared handcuffs for this.But they couldn’t bring a gun, given that it was

The others nodded upon hearing Oliver’s explanation.“You’re right, though,” Ray agreed. “Still, we have been with Jack for a long time. It wasn’t just companionship, but friendship. Unless… You didn’t treat him like one?”“No, I didn’t,” Oliver answered without any hesitation. “Because I treated him as a brother. Just like all of you.”And that is why, even though Oliver doesn’t show it, he was in pain because of the betrayal.But needed to stand still, not only for himself, but for all the people who were relying on him.“He may escape for now, but it won’t be for long. We’re going to find him no matter what,” Oliver added, pertaining to Jack.“And now, it will be an easy task. We didn’t lose the files in the first place. Rather, we have gathered more information because of Jack.”Nick frowned. “But all the physical copies were gone. Now that Jack turned out to be a traitor, we aren’t even sure that the digital files he said that he ‘retrieved’ were the real ones.”“It’s real,” Oliv

“Thank you…” Melissa muttered, appreciating the fact that everyone was trying to lift her emotions and confidence up. “I will do my best to learn everything.”“That’s the spirit.” Oliver smiled, lightly tapping Melissa on the arm. “I’m sure that James was also proud of you.”She nodded.Knowing James, that was a given.“Anyway, I already heard the news,” Charlie said, shifting the topic. “You lost Jack, and we had casualties.”“I’m sorry, Sir,” Oliver apologized, now using honorifics. “I didn’t notice that he had a grenade on him. We don’t have any idea how he was able to sneak it into the hospital.&r