Elsewhere, Arya and his men were locked in a fight with their attackers.
They moved fast, cutting down the dozens of enemies hemming them in.
The smell of blood. The smell of gunpowder. Bodies dropping.
"FINISH IT. NOW." Arya's voice was heavy. Flat. But his mind wasn't here anymore.
His mind was back in that dark textile mill. On her. The little girl whose voice had shaken. Whose innocence had been torn from her by force.
"Is she still there or not?"
"What kind of state is she in?"
Thud!
A blow landed square in Arya's gut. On the bullet wound. Blood sprayed the floor.
"Tsk . . . damn it." His vision blurred at once.
Zidan caught him. "SHIT! FOCUS, BOSS!"
Crack!
Zidan's kick sent one man flying into the wall. Bones shattered.
"FALL BACK!" The enemy scattered.
Zidan hauled Arya to the car. "Hospital! Now!"
"The textile mill." Arya refused. Weak. "Now!"
"YOU WANT TO DIE?!" Zidan barked. "That bullet's still lodged in your gut!"
Arya didn't care. His mind stayed fixed on the little woman he'd left there alone.
"She's . . . alone there. I left her. What if she freezes to death?"
"You're the one who'll die of blood loss first," Zidan snapped.
"DRIVE. NOW." Arya paid his right hand's sharp tongue no mind.
Zidan swore.
The car shot off.
* * *
"12:30 a.m. The textile mill."
Clack!
The door opened.
Arya climbed out. Reeling. One hand pressed to his gut. The blood wouldn't stop.
Zidan followed. Trailing behind against his better judgment, throwing the flashlight beam inside.
Arya stopped before the room whose door stood wide open — or, more precisely, had been kicked in.
Empty.
Only bloodstains on the floor. Already dry.
Arya's heart dropped.
"Where . . . Why is no one here? She's gone." His voice was hoarse. Hollow.
He didn't know who the girl was. Didn't know her name. Didn't know her face. All Arya knew was . . . the warmth of that body. And its scent.
Zidan grabbed the back of Arya's collar. "SATISFIED?! THERE'S NOBODY HERE!" he seethed. "If you want to die in this p…
The Billionaire's Forbidden Nanny
Chapter 118: Flashback, Part Three
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