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CHAPTER 255

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last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-02-23 13:51:11

The SUV sped through the dimly lit streets, the city’s neon glow flashing against the tinted windows. My fingers were trembling, but I clenched them into fists, willing myself to stay composed. I could feel Thiago’s presence beside me, exuding an air of cold calculation.

Gabriel groaned in the backseat, his head lolling against the seat. One of Thiago’s men pressed a cloth against his wound, but the bleeding hadn’t fully stopped.

I turned to Thiago, my voice sharp. “We need to take him to a hospital.”

Thiago didn’t even glance at me. “No hospitals.”

“He could die.”

“Then he dies.” His voice was emotionless, as if he was discussing the weather.

Rage surged through me. “Damn it, Thiago! He was willing to die to protect me. You can’t just—”

“I said no hospitals, Bridgette.” He finally looked at me, his dark eyes glinting with something unreadable. “We’re taking him to someone I trust. That’s all you need to know.”

I wanted to argue, to scream, but something in his tone made me pause. Thi
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  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 256

    I felt the blood drain from my face."No," I whispered, shaking my head. "That’s not possible."Thiago watched me, his expression unreadable. "I wouldn’t lie to you about this.""My father might be ruthless in business, but he wouldn’t try to kill me!" My voice rose, my heartbeat thundering in my ears.Thiago took a slow step forward. "Wouldn't he?"I swallowed hard. The doubt gnawed at me. My father and I were never close, but murder? Could he really be capable of that?I clenched my fists. "What proof do you have?"Thiago studied me for a long moment before pulling out his phone. With a few taps, he turned the screen toward me. "This was intercepted an hour before the attack."A recorded message played:"Make sure there are no mistakes this time. I want it done cleanly. No loose ends."I recognized that voice instantly. Cold. Precise. Unmistakable.My father.I staggered back, my stomach twisting violently.Thiago’s voice was calm, but there was something sharp beneath it. "Still th

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  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 257

    I stood there, my heart hammering in my chest long after Thiago had left the room.My father had moved up his plans.That meant he was done waiting.I swallowed hard, forcing myself to think. Running wasn’t an option—I knew that now. I had tried it before, and Thiago had found me every time. Besides, if my father was making his move, then I needed to stay ahead of him.I grabbed my phone and dialed Marcus. He picked up on the second ring."Bridgette? What’s wrong?" His voice was sharp with concern."I need you to look into something," I said, keeping my voice low. "My father just accelerated his plans. I need to know why. What changed?"There was a pause. Then Marcus sighed. "I had a feeling this was coming. I’ve been watching his movements, and there's been unusual activity in his offshore accounts. Someone transferred a large sum of money two days ago—enough to fund something big.""Like a hit?" I asked, my stomach twisting."It’s possible."I gritted my teeth. "I need you to dig de

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  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 258

    The weight of the file in my hands felt heavier than it should have. My father—my own father—was involved in things I couldn't even begin to wrap my head around. I had spent years trying to prove myself in the business world, fighting to step out of his shadow, and now this?I swallowed hard, my throat dry. "You expect me to believe all of this?"The man smirked. "Believe what you want, sweetheart. But those papers don’t lie."Thiago’s fingers ghosted over my wrist, just a light touch, but enough to ground me. "You don’t have to decide now," he murmured. "But sooner or later, you’ll have to face the truth."I tore my gaze away from him and flipped through more pages. Offshore accounts. Hidden transactions. Some of them led back to names I knew—men my father had called business associates.I let out a bitter laugh. "I thought I knew the kind of man he was."Thiago’s expression was unreadable. "Maybe you did. But power changes people."I turned back to the stranger. "Why are you helping

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  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 259

    The penthouse was exactly what I expected—grand, luxurious, and meticulously arranged, as if every detail had been handpicked to suit Thiago’s taste. Dark wood, marble accents, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city. It was stunning, but I barely noticed.Because Thiago was still standing close—too close.I stepped forward, putting distance between us, though it didn’t feel like enough. "If you dragged me up here just to play more of your games, I’ll walk right back out."Thiago leaned against the door, arms crossed, looking completely at ease. "And go where, Wifey? Back to the man who sold you off like a business transaction?"My hands curled into fists. "You don’t get to act like some noble savior, Thiago. You’re no better than him."His jaw tightened, but he didn’t lash out. Instead, he pushed off the door and stalked toward me with the kind of deliberate slowness that sent a warning through my body."Tell me something," he said, his voice calm, but his eyes burning with

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  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 260

    I gripped my glass tightly, my fingers pressing against the cool crystal as Thiago’s words sank in."And you know where to start looking?" I asked, my voice steadier than I felt.Thiago’s smirk was slow, calculated. "I have a few leads."I exhaled sharply, setting my drink down before leaning forward. "Then tell me. No more games, no more cryptic answers. If my father left something behind, I need to know everything."He studied me for a long moment before nodding. "Fine. But I hope you’re ready, Wifey, because once we go down this road, there’s no turning back."I ignored the way my stomach flipped at the nickname and narrowed my eyes. "I stopped turning back a long time ago, remember?"Thiago chuckled softly, then reached for his phone. A few swipes later, he turned the screen toward me. It was an old photograph—grainy and slightly blurred—of my father standing beside a man I didn’t recognize. They were shaking hands outside of a large estate, the kind that reeked of old money and d

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  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 261

    I couldn't breathe. My body refused to move. The man standing at the top of the staircase—his graying hair, the sharp angles of his face, the way his piercing gaze locked onto mine—It couldn’t be.He was dead.My father.Thiago stepped in front of me, his posture tense. "Bridgette. Stay back."But I couldn’t. I took a step forward, my knees threatening to give out. "Dad?" My voice barely came out, strangled with disbelief.The man’s lips curled into something between a smirk and a sneer. "I see Thiago has kept you well-occupied." His gaze flicked to Thiago before settling back on me. "But you always did have a habit of asking too many questions, darling."I flinched. The way he said it—it was so familiar. So real.Thiago, however, didn’t flinch. He didn’t move an inch. "You should be dead." His tone was low, dangerous.My father chuckled. "And yet, here I am."I swallowed hard. My mind raced. My father had died. I had grieved, suffered. His body was found, his funeral held.But now…

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  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 262

    The rage simmering inside me kept me steady, kept me from breaking apart. "Who are they?" I demanded, my voice colder than I expected.My father and Thiago exchanged a glance—silent communication that only made me angrier. They were still keeping things from me."Names," I pressed, stepping forward. "If I’m the one with a target on my back, I deserve to know who’s aiming at me."Thiago exhaled, his patience thinning. "Bridgette, you don’t need to—""Don’t." I cut him off, my voice sharp enough to slice through the tension. "No more protecting me. No more deciding what I should or shouldn’t know. If you actually care about me, Thiago, you will tell me the truth. All of it."His jaw clenched. For a moment, I thought he wouldn’t answer. But then, after what felt like an eternity, he spoke."The Santiago Cartel."I froze. The Santiago Cartel.I wasn’t naive—I knew that name. They were powerful, ruthless, and involved in everything from weapons to high-stakes business deals. If they wanted

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  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 263

    The room felt colder, despite the warm air of the city pressing against the windows. Jaxon Cruz. The name itself carried weight, like the sound of a gun being cocked in a dark alley.My father was silent, his expression unreadable. Thiago, on the other hand, was watching me—measuring me.I straightened my shoulders. “When will he be here?”Thiago’s smirk was infuriating. “Soon, Wifey.”I ignored the nickname, focusing on my father instead. “And you trust him?”My father exhaled slowly, like he was calculating his words. “Jaxon doesn’t work for trust. He works for results.”A chill ran down my spine.Thiago leaned in just slightly, his voice dropping low. “You should get some rest. We don’t know when they’ll make their move, and I need you sharp.”I laughed dryly. “You expect me to sleep while we wait for a hitman to show up?”Thiago’s eyes darkened. “I expect you to do as I say.”Anger flared in my chest, but before I could snap back, my father cleared his throat.“Jaxon will be here

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  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 338

    The next few days were filled with a sense of impending danger. I couldn’t shake the feeling that we were walking on a tightrope, and any misstep would send everything crashing down. Thiago seemed just as on edge as I was, though he didn’t show it on the surface. But I could see it in his eyes—the same hunger, the same drive, the same readiness for whatever came next.I met him in his office late one afternoon. He was reviewing documents, his sharp gaze scanning the pages with an intensity that was almost unsettling."Thiago," I said softly, stepping into his space. He didn’t look up, but I could feel the tension in his posture. "Leah called me last night."His eyes flicked up to meet mine, narrowing slightly. "What did she want?"I hesitated, then told him everything she had said. "She thinks she can make a deal, but I don’t trust her. This isn’t over."Thiago placed the papers down carefully, then stood, crossing the room to stand in front of me. His presence was overwhelming, and fo

  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 337

    The city skyline shimmered under the evening lights as I stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows of Thiago's penthouse. The weight of recent events pressed heavily on my shoulders. Leah's calculated moves had thrown our world into disarray, and the revelation of her betrayal still echoed in my mind.Thiago entered the room, his expression a mix of concern and determination. "Bridgette," he began, his voice steady, "we need to talk."I turned to face him, searching his eyes for answers. "About Leah?"He nodded. "She's not just targeting the company; she's targeting us—our relationship, our future."I took a deep breath, trying to steady my racing thoughts. "We can't let her win."He approached, taking my hands in his. "Then let's fight back. Together."The next morning, Lucia, Marcus, and I convened in the conference room. The atmosphere was tense, the air thick with anticipation.Lucia began, "We've traced the leak to a secure server. Only a handful of people had access."Marcus added,

  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 336

    The days that followed felt like a slow, meticulous countdown. The taste of victory was still fresh, but the knowledge that the war was far from over lingered in the back of my mind. Leah was not one to surrender easily, and I knew she'd find another way to fight back. But for now, the cards were in our hands.Thiago had been unusually quiet since the meeting, his focus sharp, but there was an intensity in his eyes that I couldn’t shake off. As if he was preparing for something I couldn’t yet see.I sat across from him one evening in the penthouse, papers scattered in front of me, but my thoughts were far from the numbers on the page. My mind kept wandering to Leah—how she had looked at me when she left the room, her smile not one of defeat, but of patience, like she was biding her time. That worried me more than any immediate retaliation.Thiago leaned forward, breaking my thoughts. "You’re thinking about her, aren’t you?"I met his gaze, not surprised that he had read me so easily.

  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 335

    By noon, I couldn’t pretend the walls weren’t closing in.The silence after Leah’s visit wasn't the kind that gave you peace—it was the kind that echoed. Every word she’d said, every warning she dripped like poison, kept looping in my mind like a cursed song I couldn’t turn off.Thiago was mine long before you walked into his life.You’re carrying a weapon.I stood in the shower longer than necessary, letting the water scald away the chill that had crept beneath my skin. But no matter how hard I scrubbed, I couldn’t rinse her off me.When I stepped out, I found Thiago waiting.He didn’t knock. He just stood there in the doorway, sleeves rolled, tie gone, shirt clinging to him like armor that no longer fit.“You’ve been quiet,” he said.“So have you.”He stepped inside, shutting the door behind him like he was sealing us off from the world.“You want to yell at me?” he asked. “Do it. I can take it.”I didn’t yell. I dried my hands on a towel, then looked at him square in the eyes.“Was

  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND    CHAPTER 334

    The next morning, I didn’t wake up to the usual soft chime of my alarm or the scent of espresso brewing from Thiago’s automated machine. I woke up to silence.Too much silence.The kind that settles like a fog in the bones, whispering that something has shifted. That something is wrong.I sat up, the silk sheets slipping off my skin as I reached for my phone. No new messages. No updates from Lucia or Marcus. Not even a single email from the security firm Thiago had commissioned. The stillness wasn’t peace—it was calculated quiet.Someone had pulled the plug.I moved quickly, throwing on one of Thiago’s button-downs, not bothering to fasten every button as I padded across the floor, phone in hand. I headed straight for the control panel by the wall—one that synced to the penthouse’s surveillance and internal comms. The screen lit up. Offline.“What the hell?”I tapped the screen again. Nothing.“Thiago?” I called out. No answer. My voice echoed back at me.That’s when the hairs on the

  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 333

    Bridgette’s POVI stood in front of the penthouse window, watching the city lights blink below me. Everything looked so peaceful from here, but I knew better. Behind the glimmering exterior, everyone was moving, plotting, fighting, hiding. Even the glass separating me from the world below felt like a wall between reality and illusion.Thiago had done his part—leaving no stone unturned, going after every single person who might have leaked information about my pregnancy. At least, that’s what he said. But that wasn’t enough. I couldn’t rely entirely on him. This was my fight too. And I wasn’t about to be dragged into a game I didn’t understand.I let out a long breath and walked back to the table, picking up the digital tablet in front of me. Lucia, Marcus, and the rest of the team were still waiting for the next move. There were no comforting words from Thiago; just the calculated look in his eyes whenever he saw me. He seemed pleased with the progress. He was the kind of man who belie

  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 332

    Bridgette’s POVThe war room atmosphere had descended on the office.Lucia, Marcus, and a handful of trusted executives gathered in the conference room, their faces grim. Even the interns sensed the tension and kept their heads down. No one wanted to be in the crossfire, not when the walls seemed to have ears—and possibly eyes.I stood at the head of the table, arms crossed, scanning the room.“This leak wasn’t random,” I said. “Someone here is feeding intel. And considering how quickly it reached the public… it had to come from someone high up.”Lucia nodded in agreement, tapping at her tablet. “We traced the earliest gossip back to an anonymous tip sent to three digital tabloids. Same language. Same phrasing. It wasn’t a coincidence.”Marcus leaned back in his chair, arms folded. “And you’re thinking it was someone in this room?”I didn’t flinch. “I’m thinking someone in this room knows who.”The silence was deafening.Thiago’s POVI arrived midway through the meeting, my presence d

  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 331

    The next few hours felt like I was walking through a fog, each step heavy with the weight of what was at stake. The note had shaken me more than I cared to admit, but it was also a wake-up call. I couldn’t let this go unnoticed. Not now.I grabbed my phone, dialed Marcus’s number, and pressed it to my ear. The ringing felt like an eternity.“Bridgette,” he answered, voice smooth, like he hadn’t just been part of the most volatile corporate environment I’d ever been in.“Marcus,” I said, keeping my tone level. “I need to know if you’ve had anything to do with the leak.”There was a long pause, longer than I expected.“Bridgette, you know I don’t get involved in... sensationalist games. That’s not my style,” he replied. The casualness of his words didn’t sit right.“I’m not asking about style. I’m asking about leaks.” I pressed, my voice tightening. “You had access to sensitive information, and I need to know if you gave it to anyone.”There was another beat of silence before Marcus spo

  • TRAPPED WITH MY DAD'S BESTFRIEND   CHAPTER 330

    [BRIDGETTE'S POV]The sound of Thiago’s breathing lulled me. Slow. Steady. Unshaken.I hated that.How could he lie there like he wasn’t on the edge of something catastrophic? Like our whole reality hadn’t shifted the second I handed him that test?Maybe it had always been this way—me unraveling in silence while he anchored us with that dangerous, deliberate calm.I lifted my head slightly, just enough to watch him sleep. His face looked younger like this. Less ruthless. The weight of control he always carried had slipped off, if only for the night.I should’ve felt safer. I didn’t.I felt... seen.And being seen terrified me more than the test ever could.I slipped out of bed before dawn, dragging the blanket with me like armor. My feet found the cold marble of the penthouse floor, but I didn’t flinch.I needed space.Not to run—Just to breathe.The bathroom lights were too harsh, so I settled on the balcony. The city was just waking up. Lights blinking to life like a million eyes f

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