Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover

"If you keep talking like that, I'll kill you."

Killian couldn't wrap his head around anything Chloe was saying. He just couldn't. And he definitely couldn't accept that his whole family had abandoned him.

He'd only been five years old.

His mother had loved him. She would never have left him behind. That belief had been the only thing keeping him going all these years.

But then his face changed. Because in the middle of all those dried-up corpses, he spotted a body.

On its wrist was a braided jade bracelet-his mother's favorite. The craftsmanship was so unique, there hadn't been another like it in all of Eldridge City.

It was hers.

Killian stepped closer, his heart pounding. He'd only been a little kid, but those memories were carved into his mind like scars. His mother's dress-a deep navy blue, with golden and silver threads woven into intricate cloud patterns. At the collar, a ruby button so red it caught the eye, even now.

Most of it was ruined, but he could still see the traces of what it once was.

It was his mother. It was really her.

Killian started shaking all over. He couldn't accept it. Did this mean everything

he'd believed-every burden he'd carried-had all been for nothing?

Grant caught on that something was seriously wrong. He rushed to Chloe, pushed her toward the exit. "Go! Get out of here, now!"

Right then, Killian pulled out a gun and fired straight at Chloe.

"You deserve to die! Why did you have to tell me all this? Why?!"

He would rather have never known the truth.

The shot came out of nowhere, but Grant was faster. He threw himself in front of Chloe, taking the bullet for her.

As the gun fired again and again, Grant collapsed to the ground. Blood spilled from his mouth, but he still shouted, "Run, you idiot! Get out of here!"

Chloe froze, stunned. She never thought Killian would shoot his own son. But there was no time to think. She grit her teeth, turned, and sprinted out.

Killian paused when he saw Grant bleeding on the floor, but he just spat, "Useless."

He didn't go after Chloe. Instead, he tossed the gun away and stumbled over to the dried-up corpse. He lay down beside his mother, curling up and hugging her remains like a child desperate for comfort.

"Mom... why did you leave me? Why? Why?" Over and over, he asked the question.

In that moment, everything he'd ever believed in shattered. Even the heaps of

gold and silver around him felt meaningless-like dust.

And then, the

he whole vault started

shaking. The ground rumbled as if

an earthquake had hit. Piles of treasure crashed down. Stones and dirt rained from the ceiling. Even the huge stone doors began to stide shut, inch by inch.

Grant, wounded but alive, struggled to his feet.

"Dad, we have to go! This place is about to collapse!"

But Killian didn't move. "I planted enough explosives here to blow the whole vault: At first, I was going to destroy it all after dealing with the treasure. But now, none of it

matters. These riches shouldn't even exist. So let it end. Let it all be destroyed." noveldrama