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"Dad." A small whisper broke through my lips looking at the man in front of me. I know he always hated me but didn't know he would stoop so low.

"Well hello to you dear daughter," Dad said in his old musky, taunting voice that he used with me as a child before I was about to get a beating.

"Dad, why are you doing this to me?"

"Simple. You don't deserve to live, Savanah not after you called me a money whore." Dad said and kicked my face with his boot which lead me to a bleeding nose.

"I am sorry, dad I won't do that again please, take me out off here." I pleaded to the man that had been despising me from the day I was born.

"Sign the papers first and then sign this check," Dad said sliding the papers in front of me on the floor throwing a pen at me.

"I am sorry, dad I won't."

"What did you say?" Dad gritted walking towards me. He gripped my hair tightly burning my scalp and slapped my face hard.

Hard enough that I could feel my eyes rolling in the back of my head making me dizzy, I felt wetness on my lip. Blood.

"Sign the God damm papers Savanah, otherwise I am sure to God I will give you far worst thing than death."

I held the pen with my shaky hands, trying to maintain a firm grip on the pen to sign the papers. My eyes were burning with tears.

I took a hold of myself and bend forward to take the papers to sign my shares to dad, oh God please keep my mother safe from him.

I silently prayed and signed the contract paper with a single tear dropping on the end of my signature.

"Good girl, now sign the check, there you go."

I saw the check and it was a check for 2 million dollars, my granddad's money, that he gave to me, now I have to name it for dad.

As I signed the check dad immediately snatched it away from me having a victory smirk on his face.

He got up from my side and began to walk towards the door, but he stopped before he reached the door.

"Might as well wait here and enjoy your demise my dear daughter or maybe I can give a little hand or a tongue to it," Dad said looking at William and both the males laugh at that vulgar and insensitive joke they made.

Oh God please save me, I started to scoot to the inner side of the wall as William made his way towards me. Is it gonna happen? Am I gonna be raped and then killed by them.

William sat in front of me touching and sliding his hand on my legs.

It's a do or dies situation Savanah Leo told you to stay stronger.

Although my whole body was hurting due to numerous swells on my body because of the beating.

I quickly withdrew my legs back and kicked William hard in his face.

Due to my kick, William got a little push and fell back, holding his bleeding nose in his hands groaning in pain.

"You bitch," William hissed and jumped on me, he gripped my hair from the side and banged my head on the wall.

Suddenly I felt every sound around me muffled, my side of the head that had been banged was numbed with pain, and I could feel the blood on my shoulder.

My whole body went numb I couldn't move any part of my body.

But I could feel Williams touch on my legs pulling me towards him.

My eyes were half-closed trying to move my body but can't, William was now on top of me, looking at me smiling with his disgusting teeth.

He started kissing my collar bone, I didn't feel right, that's only Leo's place, I started to wiggle trying to keep my hands on his chest pushing him away.

I felt him biting on my neck hard causing me to yelp. He sat straight removing his shirt.

I can't do this, I am so sorry Leo, just before my eyes were about to close I heard a gunshot, and William's body collapsed on the side.

Through my blurry vision, I could see Leo coming to me, my dad and Maya being arrested.

Leo bent down to pick me up in his arms, "I am here Savanah I am here." And just listening to that I dropped my eyelids with a smile on my face.

My man is here now.

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My sleep is being disturbed by this beeping sound, and somebody's soft hands holding my hand.

I slowly opened my eyes, looking around I was in a hospital, oh yes I remember everything now.

I looked at my side seeing a sobbing Leo holding my hand and incoherently saying something. I want to say something to him but my throat feels constricted.

I squeezed Leo's hand to gain his attention, "Savanah you are up." Leo said wiping his tears off. "Doctor," Leo yelled nearly tearing my eardrum.

The doctor from the trauma department came, and God knows what his name his, Leo helped me to sit properly on the bed.

But before I could ask him to get me water Leo stood there with a glass of water in his hands, I smiled at him and chugged the whole glass down.

"I am Dr Montgomery the trauma surgeon, but don't worry you had no surgeries and not any sutures."

"You had normal cuts on your head and bruising on your whole body because of the-the beatings, no internal bleeding."

The doctor told me my reports and then left after telling Leo to keep me hydrated. Only the whole room was empty it was just me and Leo.

I scoot to the end of the bed paying my other side for Leo to come to lay with me, he was hesitant at first but eventually, he did cone on the bed wrapping me in a burrito with the blanket and his arms.

"How many days?" I asked.

"You have been sleeping for 2 days and it took 10 hrs to find you."

"You found me," I said and kissed him Omg I felt like I got my breath back, it feels so long that I have kissed him.

"I missed you so much," Leo murmured against my lips and then dive back right in.

"Where is everybody?" I asked.

"It's night time I sent everyone home, it's just you and me here."

For quite some time we didn't talk just laid in each other's presence, Leo didn't look me in the eye he just kept looking at my face, sometimes lightly placing his finger on my busted lips.

"How bad is it Leo, that you can't even take your eyes off me show me," I said and Leo just hung his head low.

I snaked my hand in his shirt pocket and took out Leo's phone opening the camera I was stunned to see a bluish yellow eye a dark dark red bruised cheek and busted lips.

I nearly looked like Frankenstein.

"Aww, I look beautiful." I joked to make Leo laugh but he didn't. "what happened?" I asked.

"It all happened because of me, Maya Ava and I left you there alone for that surprise which you were not even able to see."

"Hey hey stop blaming yourself Leo, I am here with you I am all fine in your arms just forget whatever happened," I said while stroking Leo's cheek.

"What happened to Dad?"

"Seeing William on top of you I lost it so I shot him." Omg, he shot him is he going to jail.

"Ahh don't worry I am not going to jail, Maya and your dad are being arrested for life in prison, whereas Ava is sentenced to 10 years."

"There I kept thinking about you, I thought I would never see you again, I just-just was so scared to be there with all of them especially William, but as always you came and Saved me, you are my hero Leo, a God sent an angel," I concluded by kissing Leo on his cheek lightly and wiping the tears that were still running through his eyes.

"I love you, Savanah," Leo said making my eyes fill with tears.

"You do?" I asked and Leo chuckled.

"From the very first day, I have been in love with you. The day you cut my hand. What do you think the surprise was for?"

"ti amo il Mio Cuore" (I love you my heart). I said in Italian that I have been learning for the past few weeks to confess to him.

"Oh someone kill me, I promise to love you every day of my life Savanah," Leo said kissing my nose.

"I have something to tell you, Savanah, it's serious," Leo announced out of the Blue.

"Your mother, she died of a heart attack when you were kidnapped, her funeral happened tomorrow," Leo said and it felt weird because I all felt unreal.

My mom died, after bearing so much pain from my dad because of me, I thought now she will be free but not now.

The most surprising thing was that I didn't feel sad that she left me, I was not able to cry at the fact that she left me.

Although we were never that closed but still, she was my mother and I am always grateful for her to keep me.

"Are you okay," Leo asked and I just nodded.

"So are we going to Greece," I asked peeking from my blanket and looking at Leo with hopeful eyes?

"First get better."

"I love you, Leo."

" I love you more Savanah."

"Did I tell you, you look very sexy right now."

"My Leo is back."