Chapter 5 - The Driveway Ambush
Vincent’s fake smile completely vanished, replaced by an ugly, arrogant sneer as he gestured toward two armed estate guards standing in the hallway behind him.
"You're not taking that child anywhere, Adrian," Vincent spat, his voice echoing through the grand foyer. "As her legal guardian on record, I order the guards to return her to the nursery."
Victoria stepped up beside Vincent, her hands folded as she looked at Adrian with condescending pity. "Darling, don't be dramatic. You're ruining our wedding preparations over a bastard child."
The word bastard triggered a roaring, unyielding fury inside Adrian’s chest.
Moving with lightning speed, Adrian grabbed a heavy bronze statue from his desk and hurled it through the study's glass patio door, shattering the frame into a hundred pieces.
He lifted four-year-old Lily into his left arm, shielding her face against his chest, and pulled a concealed firearm from his desk drawer with his right hand.
"Touch her, and this estate becomes your graveyard, Vincent," Adrian growled, firing two warning shots into the ceiling plaster.
The guards backed away in sheer panic as plaster dust rained down.
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Adrian sprinted out through the shattered glass patio doors into the rain-slicked driveway, placing Lily securely into the backseat of his black SUV before roaring out through the front gates into the night.
👉 Read Part 6 to discover what was hidden inside M.R. BOX 204.
