Miracle Cutie (Amelia and Benjamin) novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Daddy’s Here

Evelyn’s slap cracked across Amelia’s face so hard her feverish head rang-buzzing so loud she went deaf for a second.

But she snapped back fast.

And she slapped Evelyn right back-just as hard.

“If my baby dies, I swear I’ll kill every last one of you!”

Her voice was hoarse, but the resolve in it was ice-cold and unshakeable.

The hatred in her eyes made even the already-bruised Evelyn flinch.

Evelyn stood stunned. Liam didn’t—he just kept glaring, råge twisting his features.

“You? Kill us?” he barked out a bitter laugh.

“Amelia, you ungrateful bitch-did you forget? If my mom didn’t take you in, you’d have been dead on the streets!

You owe her your life! If Nina dies, well-now you’re even!”

His lip curled.

“And hey, you wanted a kid, right? I’ll give you another one!”

Right there-right in front of his own mother-Liam started pulling his belt open.

He’d wanted Amelia for years.

Back in college, she studied and worked day and night, barely home. After graduation, she kept bouncing around, switching places.

Liam could never track her down.

But now she was back in his hands. And the longer he stared, the less control he had.

Evelyn didn’t even try to stop him.

She just pressed a hand against the cheek Amelia had slapped and said coldly,

“Amelia, Liam doesn’t have a child yet. You should give him one.

A kid from the two of you would be better than that bastard Nina anyway.”

Those words-paired with Liam unbuckling his belt-made Amelia’s stomach twist with pure terror and fury.

She scanned the room, desperate for anything to defend herself, but Liam had planned for this-no shaobjects anywhere.

Clang!

His belt hit the floor.

Her heart dropped straight with it.

Just when she thought all hope was gone-

A violent bang shook the whole house.

Someone had kicked the door open.

Liam froze.

He tried to ignore it, but the pounding footsteps moved closer and closer.

He yanked his pants back up, swearing, furious at being interrupted

Storming toward the door, he growled,

“Who the hell is ruining my-”

He swung the door open.

And stopped cold.

There, at the entrance, stood little Nina.

Freshly cleaned, wearing new clothes, with a small bandage on her forehead.

Her big, watery eyes stared up at Liam-then recognition hit.

She trembled.

And immediately buried her face into Daniel’s neck.

“Bad guy!” she cried, voice muffled against Daniel’s shirt.

“Bad guy it’row Nina! Nina fall-boom! Nina hurt-ow!”

She hiccupped, tears spilling fast. “Waa waal Nina no wanna see bad guy!”

Daniel already knew Nina had fallen from the eighth floor.

But he didn’t know this was the man who threw her.

Until now.

Nina kept sobbing, tiny body shaking.

Daniel held her close-one hand under her soft little bottom, the other around her back.

He’d gotten better at holding kids in the last hour.

He couldn’t attack Liam himself with Nina in his arms.

But William’s men had heard every word Nina said.

Their faces darkened immediately-

Then one of them stepped forward and kicked Liam straight in the gut.

Liam flew back, crashing onto the floor.

Daniel stepped inside, voice cutting through the room like a blade.

“Where’s Amelia?”

He wanted nothing more than to beat Liam within an inch of his life.

But Amelia came first.

Liam, gasping on the floor, saw the expensive clothes, the men behind Daniel, the cold, rich aura-

He immediately assumed Daniel was one of Amelia’s wealthy “clients.”

So he spewed filth.

“That bitch Amelia-she’s been throwing herself at me since we were kids. You sure you still want a piece of trash li-”

He didn’t finish.

Daniel’s black leather shoe slammed across his face.

“I don’t need you telling me what kind of person she is.”

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