Masuk"Let me go... HELP!" Malikha screamed with everything she had.Ignoring her frantic resistance, the robber slapped her hard across the face."STOP MOVING!" he barked, lunging to grab her. Malikha pressed herself into the corner, fighting back with every ounce of strength she possessed."Hey, hurry up! We gotta move!" one of his accomplices called out, swinging the door open.The ringleader spun around, glaring at his man. "I only need ten minutes, alright?!" he snapped.The accomplice grinned wickedly when he saw Malikha pinned against the wall. "Save some for me.""Why don't you just come in and watch?" the leader offered, inviting his partner to witness the horrific act he was about to commit.The accomplice stepped inside to watch Malikha being dragged across the room. Terrified, Malikha could only scream and cry as she was about to be assaulted.“Let me go!”Aidan reached an intersection in the corridor he was searching. He looked left and right, hesitating for a split second—unti
Humid air filled with seeping water was something Malikha had to endure inside the storm tunnel. It wasn't just the suffocating lack of oxygen in the massive culvert; as she walked, she frequently spotted rodents, such as rats, which made her shudder with disgust.Malikha’s heavily pregnant state made her tire quickly and struggle to walk. This only infuriated the robber holding her hostage. She was forced to march at a rapid pace alongside the other hostages, an ordeal that left her in excruciating pain several times."Get over here!" The ringleader shoved her forcefully through the drainage ditch separating the water channels. Malikha’s shoes and lower clothes were already soaked after falling into muddy puddles multiple times from being dragged along.“Ugh!” Malikha fell once more. Her baby squirmed inside her, making it even harder for her to move. Enraged, the robber marched over and brutalized her."Do you want to die?!" he snarled, yanking her hair. Trembling with pain and fear
"James, we have to end this," Joona called out to him. Furious and beyond frustrated, James charged forward, continuing to spray bullets into the enemy."AAAAHH!" He tackled a gangster who had breached the interior, slamming into him at full speed before brutally taking him out with two shots to the head. Without missing a beat, he grabbed another gangster's head, twisting it violently, and kept firing until a bullet caught him right in the chest.James jolted backward, clutching his chest. The bullet was lodged in his tactical vest. Grinning, he pushed forward and resumed rapid fire. Suddenly, Arjoona’s hand grabbed the back of James's vest, yanking him back. James was being recklessly suicidal, and it had almost gotten him killed.After pulling James into cover, Joona immediately elbowed him."What the hell were you thinking? You could've died!" Joona barked, furious. Gunfire instantly pinned them down again, forcing them to duck behind a desk tha
Shawn Miller only entered the lower drainage canal after receiving a report from Joona that Aidan hadn't found anyone in the deposit room. Jayden, walking right behind him, kept his gun raised, guarding Shawn’s back.“I think we’ve been set up!” Arya muttered after overhearing Arjoona’s report about Aidan. Jayden glanced at Arya with equal anxiety, but they had to keep moving.New York's underground tunnel system was vast and sprawling. Checking it would take time, and the robbers could be hiding anywhere."Jay, check your left!" Shawn directed. Jayden split off with Arya, leaving Shawn to check a tunnel junction on the left, while Shawn and Grey continued checking the path ahead of them."Jay..." Arya called out, pointing toward a door that was slightly ajar. Seeing it, Jayden motioned for Arya to step aside so he could investigate. Jayden stepped forward slowly and pushed the iron door open. The barrel of his gun pointed in
The narrow ventilation shaft Aidan crawled through led toward a room adjacent to the bank's main deposit vault. A few times, Aidan had to halt and force himself to stay calm. It wasn't that he couldn't fit; it was the lingering ghost of his past claustrophobia rearing its head. At one point, Blake reached out from behind, gripping his boot to check on him."You good?" Blake asked, knowing a bit about Aidan's condition.Aidan took a deep breath, glanced back, and nodded. Pushing forward, he reached the end of the shaft and forced his body through the opening.As his tactical boots hit the floor, Aidan let out a heavy sigh of relief. The SWAT officer, who had dropped down first, handed Aidan his weapon, which had been tossed down ahead of them. Keeping low behind a wall, Aidan tried once more to raise Arjoona on the comms, but the signal was dead.Signaling Juan to advance toward the far wall, Aidan stayed in front while Blake a
Meanwhile, inside the bank, the robbers were loading their haul into a truck parked in the drainage tunnel running beneath the building. Suddenly, one of the gunmen began inspecting the hostages one by one. Spotting a woman, he aggressively grabbed her, ripping her clothes open. She screamed for help, but there was no one around to save them."SHUT UP!" the robber roared, making his sickening intent clear right in front of the other hostages.One of his accomplices shouted at him, "Hey! We don't have time for this shit! Let her go!"Furious, the man released the poor woman, shoving her back into the crowd. But as he scanned the room again, his eyes locked onto a new target. Malikha, who was hiding, had accidentally exposed her face."Well, hello gorgeous," he purred, a predatory glint in his eye.Malikha cringed backward, praying he would leave her alone. But the man moved too fast, grabbing her.His partner snapped, growing even more annoye
Malikha didn’t sleep that night. After Aidan left, she stared emptily, thinking about his apology—not because of the job offer. Aidan had changed in a click. The way he had looked at her before he left somehow made her blush, and she couldn’t stop. Her conscience told her to leave, but her heart as
Malikha forced a smile as she walked into her mom’s room, steadying her breath before anyone could notice the tension in her shoulders. The moment her eyes landed on the tall, handsome, mature man standing near the bed, her smile stretched wider.“Good afternoon, Mr. Caesar,” she greeted politely,
The way he called her made her stomach drop. He left before she could respond. At the same time, Malikha stood frozen in the middle of the bar. Her pulse wouldn’t slow.There was a strange ache in her chest. Why did that man feel like a ghost from a life she tried to forget?Meanwhile, Aidan slamme
“Please don’t throw me out. I have nowhere else to go, Mr. Bradford.”Malikha heard the tremor in her own voice and despised it. She had spent years learning how to stand straight, even when the world pushed her down. She had learned to smile when customers looked at her as if she were something ch







