LOGIN• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • "How were you so sure that Nacho had rigged the place?" Kevin asked casually as they continued moving away from that hall. Daniel glanced back once before answering, "It wasn't difficult to guess. He obviously wanted to manipulate the situation into his favour, and he kept glancing at the ceiling every few seconds." "Yeah." Kevin laughed quietly. "I noticed that too." Daniel pulled a cigarette from his pocket and placed it between his lips. "And I also bluffed them all. Tried to turn them against each other." A faint smirk appeared on his face. "Kind of worked, I believe." Kevin looked back at him as he helped him with his lighter. "You should learn from the best." Daniel finally looked at his elder brother. "Oh, come on." "What?" Kevin shrugged innocently. "I'm just saying... I'm a good teacher. But you are doing better!" Daniel gave him a sideways look while taking a slow drag. "Better?" Kevin looked at his injur
Meanwhile, Tulip stood frozen. Her eyes remained fixed on Enzo. He was terrified. Not for himself. For her. "Please..." Enzo's voice trembled as he looked at Kevin. "Whatever you want from me, take it. Just don't hurt her." "Do it," Kevin indicated towards Lucia. Tulip's lips parted slightly. She couldn't understand him anymore. The man she had loved her entire life had deceived her. And the man she had spent years resenting... The man she had betrayed... Was standing before her now, willing to give up his own life for hers. Enzo looked toward her again. "Tulip..." He called. She couldn't answer. Her eyes filled with tears. She had imagined death so many times during the past few hours. A part of her had even wished for it. But there was a life growing inside her. The child was no longer merely growing inside her body. It had already been growing inside her soul. She couldn't choose death for herself anymore. Not when another life depended on her heartbeat. Yet surviving
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The gunshot was loud enough to make the entire warehouse fall silent. Mili had squeezed her eyes shut instinctively, fearing that sound might have ended her husband; her heart almost ceased beating before the soft sound of Daniel breathing out her name, 'Mili', rang in her ear. Mili slowly opened her eyes and looked around the room as everyone else turned toward the entrance. The huge hall was still smoky, filled with an ugly metallic smell, but what stood at the doorway stunned everyone except Daniel. Kevin Knight stood at the doorway. His glasses remained perfectly in place despite the chaos around him. But what caught everyone's attention wasn't the gun in his hand. It was the woman standing directly in front of him... Tulip. Kevin had one arm firmly around her while the barrel of his gun rested against the side of her head. Tulip was coughing violently, tears streaming down her face as she struggled to breathe throug
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Tulip couldn't keep up with Nacho's pace. Before she reached the doorway, the heavy metal door slammed shut once again. The lock clicked from outside. "Nacho!" she screamed while rushing toward it. "Open the door! Please!" The fading sound of his footsteps echoed farther and farther down the narrow corridor until it disappeared. Tulip kept banging on the door and begging until her palms turned sore and her voice became hoarse. Though, nothing but the silence answered her pleas. Meanwhile, in that hall, Mili was unable to stop staring at the rough ropes around her wrists. Now and then she could feel Daniel's shoulder brushing lightly against hers while the vile profanities of the men surrounding them rang in her ears. Yet she had never felt farther away from him. Her eyes cautiously drifted toward him again and again. Daniel wasn't looking at her. His attention remained fixed on the older men talking about his destruction.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The door opened from the outside, unannounced. Tulip immediately stepped back from it in panic before the metal door opened harshly. Nacho walked inside quickly only to freeze for a second after noticing her standing near the entrance already trying to undo the latch from inside. His expression immediately hardened with concern. "What were you trying to do?" he demanded sharply. Before Tulip could properly answer, Nacho grabbed her wrist and pulled her further toward the middle of the room. Tulip stumbled slightly while trying to keep up with his pace. Her other hand instinctively held her stomach protectively as discomfort crossed her face immediately. "Nacho-" she breathed out painfully. "You're hurting me." Only then did he loosen his grip slightly. Tulip looked at him being nervous. "I heard voices from outside," she whispered, "What's happening here?" "Nothing," Nacho replied instantly. "You don't need to involve yo
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Nacho returned to the massive hall in unhurried steps while the atmosphere inside grew heavier with every passing second. Nobody spoke to him immediately after his arrival. The moments of silence themselves felt cruel. Mili remained seated on the cold floor beside Daniel with her restrained hands trembling faintly against her lap. She could feel the warmth of Daniel's bruised shoulder beside her, but Daniel hadn't looked at her properly since she was dragged there beside him. And somehow that hurt far more than the ropes cutting into her wrists. He must be... actually he should be very angry at her stupidity. But, Mili was glad that she was here, she was beside him! When Mili finally dared to raise her eyes toward him again, Daniel was already staring at her. There was no softness in his face for her. Only anger... frustration... and something else buried underneath that shattered her heart completely - Disappointment. Mil
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • As Jovanno settled beside her, he noticed something. His gaze dropped to the inside of her arm, where a small square patch clung to her delicate skin. His curiosity piqued. "Hey, what is that? Is something wrong with you, Miliani?" Mili paused, glancing d
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • You are in my veins like sweet poison • • • • • • 𐙚 • • • • • • "I see you have no sympathy for your smalls!" Daniel smirked while clutching the lace thing covering her mounds and snapping it out of her body. Mili hissed but not in surprise. She knew her
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • She offered curiosity wrapped in soft rebellion, He returned it in fire stitched with control. 𐙚 "Study as much as you want, bunny. Who's stopping you from learning?" Daniel asked, setting his cup down, brows knitted in a frown. She was on her period ..he
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • "What are you doing serving breakfast alone? Where's Miss Marisa?" Mili asked, her brows slightly furrowed as she watched Willa move briskly around the dining table, balancing a tray with no one in sight to assist her. Willa let out a breathless laugh, th







