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Tangled With The Irresistible Billionaire: Single Dad

Edward’s world revolves around his daughter, Rose. But when Rose falls gravely ill, her only wish is to see her missing mother. Desperate and unable to find her, Edward makes a ruthless vow to secure a mother for his child, no matter who gets hurt. Enter Mila Cooper, a cheerful woman searching for true love. When Edward offers her a three-month contract to play his daughter's mother, Mila accepts. But as she falls for this emotionally unavailable single father, unraveling secrets threaten to bring them both deep heartbreak.
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Chapter 9

Mila and Lia were already walking with the bodyguards in the parking lot when they suddenly heard a commotion not far from them.

Both stopped walking while they glared in the direction where the voices came. But they both end up hearing a gun fired toward them and a loud bang, almost destroying their eardrums.

A wheel screeching and seeming to escape from the gun fires and car alarms continue to make a sound.

Mila held Lia's hands as she saw Lia covering her ears with fear as her knees and hands were shaking nervously. Lia was about to hug Mila, but it did not happen anymore.

They both roamed her gaze around and saw unknown people heading toward them. Lia's body could not respond and could no longer run.

She did not see Mila where she had stood and did not know what was happening. Everything around them went in slow motion.

She shouted but could not even hear it herself. At the tick of the clock, everything already went dark from her vision. But she hoped for one thing: to wake up from this dream if ever it was.

But it wasn't a nightmare because Lia was already in a dark room the next thing she knew.

She could not describe what the room looked like. In her vision, it was only dark, but when she stared in front, she realized Trevor was sitting on the chair while he leaned on the table.

He was smoking and staring at Lia with his scary eyes. Trevor, Eunice’s older brother.

Lia looked around and remembered that Mila was not with her in the dark room. She slowly stood up from the chair and stared at Trevor.

"Where are we? Where's Mila? Please, I want to see my sister. Can you tell me where I can see her?"

She calmly stated and waited for Trevor's response, but he only laughed. It sounded evil and disrespectful.

Lia felt more nervous with his laugh. Her tears started to flow as Trevor didn't utter a word.

"Please, Trevor, don't do this to us. Let us go. Please, tell me where's Mila. I'm begging you," Lia pleaded and kneeled in front of Trevor.

Again, the latter just laughed at her without uttering any word.

Lia cried louder, like a child left by her mother. She's feeling weak, her sister, she must be in danger.

She stood up and looked at Trevot intently. Lia doesn't know what to know, whether she'll run away or just slap his cousin, Trevor, for doing all this.

She was trembling in fear but tried her best to speak up. She needed to know Mila's whereabouts.

Lia started to walk around the room, screaming her sister's name.

"Mila! Mila! Can you hear me?! Where are you?! Please respond to me! I want to know if you are fine! Please, Mila, answer me!"

Lia shouted with all her might with a cracked voice. She stood at the side of the table, almost collapsing as her knees were shaking.

Her heart was beating faster while negative thoughts ran through her mind.

"Mila, please tell me-,"

"Can you shut up?! Your voice is too loud!"

Trevor shouted, but Lia continued screaming. Thus, it pushed Trevor to get his gun on his back and point it directly at Lia.

"And besides, she cannot hear you, idiot!"

With a shocked reaction, Lia slowly shook her head, seeing the gun pointed at her. Tears and sweat fall simultaneously from her forehead down to her cheeks.

"Trevor, please don't do this. Please don't kill us. Please, tell me, where's Mila? Please, please," she begged as she raised her two hands.

Trevor remained in his position. "Mila was in the other room. She's having a great time with some random men," Trevor replied with a smirk.

"W-What? W-Why? What d-do you mean, Trevor?” Lia tried to calm herself down.

"T-Tell me, please, what have you done to my sister?"

"You're too slow. But to make it clear to you, little cousin, your twin sister, Mila, she's being r*ped!" Trevor was joyful as he told it.

"No, Trevor! Please, no! Don't do that to Mila. Tell them to stop, please. Stop this, Trevor!" Lia shouted as she wanted to beg him.

"Oh, I think it's too late to stop them. They say your sister was cool, huh," replied Trevor.

"And besides, that was planned to happen. So I guess you do not need to mind them."

Lia's knees became smooth and could not support her standing. She laid her hand on the table as she felt weakened.

She cried and closed her eyes. She could not think nor imagine the situation that her sister Mila had encountered.

Lia wanted to go there, but it would not be possible. Trevor would surely stop her.

Her emotions are mixed. She was so exhausted, and she was feeling nervous at the same time.

Everything happened so fast that she couldn't even think about it.

"Please, I am begging you to release her. She didn't deserve any of this. Just release her and..., and I promise, we will do everything that you wanted.”

Lia said, wiping her tears from her face. She was cautious with her actions and afraid Trevor would kill her.

"Are you sure you want to do everything?" Trevor asked as he stood up and placed the gun at the table.

Lia nodded. "Y-Yes, yes," she replied.

"Fine, let's do that then. I will release you, both of you, with one condition."

Trevor smiled and placed a document, estimated to be ten pages, with a black pen on the table.

"If you sign all these papers stating you will give up your Mom's wealth, everything will end. Your Mom would surely leave all her wealth to you and Mila, so it was a good deal then. Mila will be saved, including you, little cousin."

Lia did not hesitate to sit back and, get the pen, remove the cover. Trevor placed the documents and pointed out where she should need to sign.

The pen's tip reached the paper, and her hands were trembling as she tried to move her hand.

Trevor noticed it and tapped the paper thrice. "Sign it now before I change my mind," he said and held the gun again.

Trevor's words scared Lia even more. She wrote the first letter of her name, but she couldn't continue as she heard Trevor curse.

"Shit! Police had arrived!" Trevor shouted while looking at his mobile phone.

There are footsteps heard running outside the room. Trevor was worried and prepared himself with his gun.

He ran towards the door and stood there, trying to see if the authorities had reached them. With no words, Trevor went out.

It allowed Lia to throw the pen and start to march towards the door. She followed her instinct that might lead the way to see Mila.

Lia heard noises. Footsteps, fire guns, and shouts, but she did not mind such as she was now away from them.

Lia stopped and saw Mila, who was at the edge of the room, near the window, where, in one wrong move, Mila would fall and die instantly.

A man was also pointing a gun at her head.

Mila's situation was far from what Lia was expecting to happen. Mila looked like she had experienced great torture at their cousin's hands and the men they had paid to r*pe her.

"Mila…" Her voice was shaking as she saw Mila, who was naked. Bruises are all around her body. She looks so pitiful.

Lia wanted to go near her but feared the man might fire the gun on Mila's head. Lia was already losing all her energy.

Mila looked at her while expressing that she was traumatized by what had happened. In contrast, Lia could no longer see her as the bulletproof of her life.

Mila experienced this all, and Lia could not do anything but just look at her situation.

The bright smiles on Mila's face were already gone as those monsters took it all away from her.

The police came and tried to talk to the man who was pointing a gun at Mila, but the man didn't back off.

He held Mila closer to him and stepped near the open window.

"Mila, please… be strong okay? We'll get through this. We will save you," Lia's eyes were clouded with tears, but she tried her best not to stutter.

She needs to be strong for Mila.

Mila once again tried to open her eyes and looked at her. She smiled and slowly shook her head as if she was saying that it was already over.

Lia saw how Mila tried to speak up and uttered her precious words, "L-Lia…I-I love you. I love you so much, my Dahlia Gale. I love you, my twin…."

"Mila, we'll go home together… Mommy is waiting… please, be strong. Hold on, please…."

Lia almost lost her balance when the man suddenly pointed the gun at her. And before speaking, Mila suddenly pushed herself toward the man, making them fall together from the window.

At that moment, Lia knew that she had lost half of her life. Her sunshine was gone. And her life started to crumble down.