The Wrong Woman

As gunfire erupted, Phoebe leaped amid the bullets and swiftly darted down. Everyone rushed to the roadside and fired into the jungle below the slope.

Overwhelmed with fear, Mila sank to the ground, clasping Jasper tightly as he cried in shock. Tears streamed down Mila's face.

Could Phoebe survive such an onslaught? Mila couldn't bring herself to look down the slope, her heart wrenched at the thought of Phoebe's safety.

"Take her away," Jacob commanded.

Mila was led into another vehicle by the armed men. Slowly, she wiped away her tears, soothing Jasper in her embrace. They were then taken to a cottage, where food, water, formula, and diapers were provided.

The next morning, Mila was relocated. Blindfolded, she boarded a car and traveled for about an hour. Despite being unable to see, Mila could sense their proximity to the frontiers, though they were now farther from the military base.

She was confined within a white vintage villa, with a garden adorned with tulips and guarded by armed sentries.

With Jasper by her side, Mila did not dare to resist and just resigned to await Nathan's rescue. She held onto the hope that Nathan would come for them.

believed that Phoebe couldn't be dead. It simply couldn't happen. Phoebe had just begun a new chapter in life with her marriage. She couldn't die. What would

tears in secret and

passed in captivity, Mila saw no sign of Nathan coming to her rescue or the appearance

quest for victory, was using her

her awake

lunch.

the gatekeeper chimed in, "Good afternoon,

from her seat, her gaze fixed tightly on the doorway. Yale, dressed sharply, strode in with a

rather a bubbling cauldron of anger

laughter quickly turned into a

into her arms and holding him

onto the couch, playing with his tie in irritation. Through gritted teeth, he spat out, "He's

between anger and fear. Was the

"Why aren't you