My Only Love: The Targeted Heiress

Twenty-five years ago, Chloeny returned home after being exiled because of her illness. No one knew what disease she had, but some said it was contagious. Therefore, Chloe had no other choice but secluded herself in a hidden place.

Only after two years, the woman finally returned home full of her glory. She got out of her private limousine in an elegant manner, and her appearance looked as healthy as ever. She walked towards the main gate with light steps while a teenager came out to greet her cheerfully.

"Sister!" the child immediately hugged Chloeny's waist. It had been almost two years since the two of them had seen each other.

"Jeez, Benjie! You're getting bigger."

"Well, what do you mean sister, I can still grow again. My height will definitely exceed you when I grow up."

Chloe laughed at that. "I'll look forward to it." Her hand rubbed her brother's head fondly and then caught the figure of another small little boy who was hiding behind the gate of her house. "Did your friend visit you?"

Benjie looked back and glanced at his younger cousin.

"No. He's the neighbor's kid who likes to break into this house." Ben's way of explanation made Chloe glare at him, knowing that her brother was not telling the truth. Before she reprimanded her younger brother, the little boy who was hiding had come out of his hiding place and pinched Benjamin's two cheeks.

"Haish... you're so annoying."

"Haf hef hof?" Benjie could not ramble appropriately due to the boy's cheeks being pulled wide.

Chloe was surprised to see that her brother could act like an average child. He can even act naughty toward another child. Incredibly, the younger brother didn't pinch back.

Usually, Benjamin preferred to remain silent and comply with ever Evelyn's wishes, his brother's birth mother. Benjamin also rarely played with children his age and liked to spend time studying or playing games alone.

Who is this cute kid? Who had succeeded in making Benjamin, who as she remembered never smiling or acting spoiled and naughty, now being nosy and letting someone pinch their cheeks whining while asking to let go?

Chloe thought her brother had been pinched long enough, so she decided to interrupt them. But before she could speak, a girl appeared and tapped the little boy's head.

"You're rude." was the scolding from the girl, "You too..." this time pointed at Benjie, "why do you always tease Vincent? Are you a little kid?"

"I am a kid."

Chloe could see Benji frowning as he rubbed his pinch-red cheeks. Chloe, who was about to celebrate her thirtieth birthday, was jealous of the three children. The three children acted like siblings. Ah, she suddenly missed her younger brother, Daniel.

"Forgive my naughty little brother. He always gets out of control whenever Benjie makes a joke of him."

Chloe smiled at the girl's polite voice. It looks like she had seen the child before, yet she could not recall it. However, she noticed the resemblance between the girl and someone she knew.

"Aren't you the daughter of Vienna?"

The girl answered him with a big smile.

"That's right. My name is Vanessa Regnz, and this is my little brother, Vincentius Regnz."

"Ah, that means you are Benjie's cousins." only then did Chloe understand and glanced at Benjie with a stern gaze to rebuke him. "Benjie, how can you say your little cousin is the neighbor's child and likes to sneak into the house?"

Benjie lowered his head and didn't dare raise his head into Chloe's eyes. Chloe just sighed, but in her heart, she felt happy that her brother could be naughty too.

"Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Chloeny. You can call me Chloe."

"Waaahh... so beautiful. You're like an angel," exclaimed Vincent suddenly with an innocent face.

Chloe smiled broadly at the compliment and invited them into the house.

Since that day, Vincent and Vanessa often visited this house, which she happily welcomed them. Sometimes only Vincent himself came to ask her to teach him about school lessons. And it was not uncommon for Benjie to prank him, which was also followed by Vincent's death pinch. Gradually their little bickering made her dizzy.

In the end, as she started to lose her temper, she stared at the two children with a terrifying gaze. Neither Benjie nor Vincent dared to fight her. Even as Chloe gave her tone of order, neither of them dared to argue.

"Your sister is pretty... but terrifying."

"It's better than your sister... beautiful but loves to beat people."

"What??!!" once again, Vincent pinched his cheek, which was followed by a snort from Chloe.

"Benji, do your homework in the room, and Vincent, if you always respond to his jokes, I won't teach you anymore."

"I won't pinch him again. I promise," exclaimed Vincent fearfully.

But still, he was a child, and Vincent often forgot his promises and pinched his cousin's cheeks. Once, Vincent couldn't stand Benjie's pranks, such as hiding his favorite remote car toy, Vincent complained to Chloe... whining more precisely so that the angel Chloe would defend him.

Finally, Benjamin was given the punishment of answering hundreds of school material questions made by Chloe. Since then, Vincent has been a whimper, and Chloe gave punishment to her brother... which Benjamin enjoyed as he would be alone to study without his little cousin.

Until one day...

"Chloe, when I grow up... I want to marry you."

Chloe laughed at a proposal from a child far below her age. Chloe ruffled Vincent's black hair finding it cute.

"Too bad, she is mine, boy."

A large man suddenly appeared before them while embracing Chloe's shoulder. The man came from a wealthy family whom the great master Davone Paxton had arranged for Chloe.

Vincent didn't like the man and put on a sullen face. Not wanting to see the man, Vincent ran to find his cousin, who was studying in the book rooms.

"Surely that person will come again," said Benji teasingly. "Until whenever you will not be with my sister. I do not want to give my sister to you."

"So you're going to give it to that person?!"

Benji shrugged his shoulders coolly. "Looks like my sister also likes him. What's wrong with that?"

"Ish... so annoyed," Vincent grumbled, shuffling his cousin's textbooks into disarray.

"Hey!"

Vincent stuck out his tongue and dashed away.

"Stupid brat!" scolded Benji. "Eh, I'm still a kid too." clicked Benji as he tidied up his textbook.

Over time, Vincent has forgotten his proposal and now thinks of Chloe as his sister.

To Vincent, Chloe was like a mother who was more frightening than his own mother when angry. And an older sister who loves him as much as Vanessa.

The difference was, sometimes Vanessa would fight over toys with him, and she loved to punch his shoulder whenever she is annoyed. As for Chloe, she never grabbed his toys or hit him. She even bought all the toys he wanted.

Chloe doted on him whenever he came to Eastern Wallace. That's why he loved visiting Eastern Wallace so much.

Then when Vincent turns thirteen, Chloe's health deteriorates. Chloe often fainted easily and coughed up blood.

"Chloe, we'd better go to the hospital. You'll never get better at this rate." urged Vincent at that time, very worried about her health.

Benjamin has just graduated from high school and studied abroad, so he did not know about his beloved sister's illness. Chloe also forbade Vincent from telling Benjie about her worsening condition. Vincent felt very helpless and hoped that he would quickly become an adult to help the woman.

"It's okay. I'll be fine."

"But..."

"Can you get me a drink? I'm so thirsty."

Finally, Vincent complied and headed to the kitchen. After he filled the empty glass with plain water, Vincent immediately went out and headed for Chloe's room through the back corridor.

His steps stopped when he saw the strange appearance of one of the servants who worked at Eastern Wallace. Vincent hid reflexively and peeked at the person's every move.

The person turned from side to side to make sure no one saw him. Then sprinkle something into a small bowl.

Vincent's eyes widened when he saw the motif of the bowl. Wasn't that the medicine bowl Chloe used to drink? What was that guy putting into Chloe's medicine?

Vincent immediately returned to Chloe's room, hoping he wasn't too late. He could have run into the person right away, but he was just a teenager and had no evidence to expose that person's crime. Hence he took a slight detour not to make the person suspicious.

When he arrived at the room, Chloe was about to drink the medicine from the small bowl. Vincent immediately ran and smashed the bowl Chloe held until it fell to the floor.

"YOU! What have you put in this medicine? I saw it myself!" he could no longer control his anger and confronted the servant with a fury look that he never showed.

Vincent did not make a sound when he saw the man took out a sharp knife from his shirt. Time seemed to run very fast, and everything looked blur in his eyes.

The moment Vincent realized the man's aim, sharp blades had shot towards him as fast as lightning.

"VINCENT!"