Chapter 19 " Come with me and we both live . " His expression was terrifyingly calm . " Stay here , and everyone dies . " Mia stared at him in horror . " Sebastian , this is a fucking airport , not your personal playground ! " " I knew it - Mia's too good - hearted , " he suddenly started laughing . " How could I put you in an impossible situation ? " " This remote has three buttons - white , yellow , and blue . Only one of them stops the bomb . " He shoved it into Mia's hands . " Everyone's lives , including mine , are in your hands now . " His plan was crystal clear - he was using everyone's lives to force her to stay . He didn't even give a shit about his own life . Mia's eyes went wide with panic . " You're fucking insane ! I won't do this ! " She raised the remote , about to throw it away . " If you toss that ... " he said with this sick smile , " the bomb goes off immediately . " She glared at him , her whole body shaking with rage . " Sebastian . " She spoke each word like a curse . " Let everyone else go . Just you and me . " Something about those words made him smile , and he nodded to his assistant . Passengers and airport staff stampeded for the exits , leaving the terminal in dead silence . She stared at him , looking like she'd made some kind of decision . Mia took a deep breath . She hit the white button . The countdown suddenly sped up . 00:29:59 00:24:36 Sebastian smiled like she'd just done something adorable . It reminded him of when Mia had played a ghost bride at that haunted house , wearing that gorgeous white wedding dress , They're Crawling Back ! 29.1 % Chapter 19 He'd lifted her veil himself , thinking she was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen . She pressed yellow . The timer cut in half . 00:12:13 Sebastian swallowed hard . He thought about that day at the botanical gardens when Mia had walked hand in hand with him through those golden tulip fields . She had such tiny hands - he could wrap his whole palm around them . Mia's fingers were trembling , but her voice was ice - cold : " Just fucking let me go ... " She hit blue . The timer went to zero . 00:00:00 A tear slid down Sebastian's face . He remembered that first night in that shitty basement apartment , when Mia had carried him on her back to the ER . She'd saved him from rock bottom , but he'd dragged her straight to hell . The explosion Mia was expecting never came . Sebastian managed a broken smile : " You won . I'll let you walk away . " Mia's hands balled into fists , pissed as hell that he'd been messing with her head . She turned and started walking . But about a hundred feet away , she heard this massive BOOM . Sebastian was sprawled in a puddle of blood , totally wrecked , clutching the actual detonator . Mia just stood there staring at him , tears streaming down her face . He'd hit the button himself . He never planned on making it out alive . The second Mia started playing his sick game , Sebastian had already lost everything . If she'd given even half a shit about him , she never would've called his bluff like that . A month later , at the London law firm . The news that Sebastian was in critical condition and had become a vegetable shocked the world . When Mia heard about it , she paused for just a second while organizing case files , then went back to work like nothing happened . One night , her bank account suddenly got this massive deposit - just a bunch of cold zeros . She went to the bank to ask about it , but they couldn't find any extra info . Torino Ono Torrible Mistake . My Epic Revenge ? They're Crawling Back ! 29.296 Chapter 19 All they knew was the sender was listed as " Sb . " She took that money and started a charity foundation to help poor kids all over the world . She bought some flowers and had someone deliver them to Sebastian . Not too expensive , not too cheap - exactly five hundred bucks . The same amount he'd covered for her when those kids said she'd stolen class funds all those years ago . The evening wind dried up her tears . Maybe life really is just like seasons changing . Sebastian was stuck in some endless winter , fast asleep . So she'd be spring - alive and growing , ready to start fresh .