My Only Love: The Targeted Heiress

As Benjamin got older, he realized Chloe's uncle and two cousins ​​were being mean to him and tried to kidnap little Benjamin to be held hostage. He had no idea that the Paxton 'snakes' were planning to use him to control Chloe.

Of course, their efforts always fruitless because Alpha managed to take him out of their grip. Unbeknownst to Benjamin, Alpha managed to capture the people hired by Martin and James to kidnap him.

Only Alpha and Zero could protect many people at the same time. No one knew how they did it, but they never doubt the two's ability.

No wonder Chloe insisted on sending him abroad to continue his studies even though he didn't want to be away from his sister.

His mother had left to somewhere while his father was hospitalized before he died when he was a teenager. The only family member he had was Chloe, but his older sister drove him away with the excuse of sending him to a better school.

Plus, Chloe started to get close to Vincent and the rest of the Regnz family. The First Miss didn't want to involve the Regnz family, but it was too late. The old 'snakes' sniffed her proximity to the Regnz family, so she had to extend their range of protection.

Fortunately, the Regnz family was not a no-name family that was easily tyrannized, so the Paxton snakes would think again about finding trouble with them. Nonetheless, Chloe didn't want to take the risk and decided to send Benjamin overseas once the boy was able to take care of himself.

Benjamin thought Chloe did it because she emphasized family prestige and wanted to boast of her only brother to her friends. Because of that, Benjamin did not object and decided to make his sister feel proud of him.

Never did it occur to him that it turned out that he was sent abroad to hide him from the eyes of the snakes who were waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of him.

"How do you make them appear again?"

"I'm still thinking about it. But, right now, the only way to make them appear is to activate Stealth. We must immediately find the activation key."

"Stealth? Are we talking about the key Martin has been looking for?"

"Correct."

Benjamin massaged his forehead with a sigh. "What could Stealth actually do that Martin was so desperate to find it?"

"More than you can imagine," answered Vincent with a wry smile.

"Looks like you decided to tell him all, huh?" suddenly, a stranger's voice was heard, followed by the figure of a man coming out of the shadow of his room. "Long time no see Benjamin."

Benjamin's forehead frowned in no way expecting that person. Besides, how could Lest enter the penthouse without breaking down the door?

Well, Benjamin wasn't too surprised given the man's real profession.

"To be honest, I wasn't expecting you at all, Lest," stated Ben coldly but lets him sit down to join them.

Even though he never like the man, Benjamin knew that Lest was the one who protected his sister unconditionally.

That evening the three of them began discussing how best to protect Catherine. Vincent still insisted on finding a way to meet Alpha and Zero, but Lest told him to give up.

Lest ensured them that they couldn't find them if the two didn't want to be tracked. The only way to get them to reappear was to activate Stealth. This means they have to make Cathy think back to where she kept the key.

Once again, Vincent opposes it, believing Chloe couldn't possibly hand over such an important key to Cathy. Benjamin also agreed with Vincent, feeling sure Cathy did not have the key. He even felt confident that the girl would not know what kind of key they were looking for.

Finally, they decided to meet Daniel Paxton in a mental hospital the next day. They wanted to investigate whether Chloe might give it to Daniel.

Unfortunately, when Vincent and Benjamin got there, someone had taken Daniel out of the hospital. Lest immediately investigated whether Martin had taken him and held him hostage.

They did not know if it was good or bad news if there was no sign that Daniel was in Martin's hands. There were also no suspicious movements from Martin to capture Daniel. Then, who has taken the mentally ill man out of here?

"I want to see the room he's been in," stated Vincent in a flat tone.

"Why do you want to see his room?" asked Benjie, curious about his cousin's strange behavior.

"We might find something there," Vincent replied indifferently.

As soon as they entered an empty room, they immediately looked around as if they were looking for something.

They got word that Daniel Paxton was discharged from the hospital two weeks ago. That was why they did not expect much because they thought that the things Daniel had kept had definitely been taken or thrown away by the hospital.

Vincent sighed in resignation, not finding any clues. He did not like Daniel's treatment of Cathy, but after all, Cathy had considered Daniel as her father. Because of that, he hoped Daniel would not be in Martin's grasp.

"There is nothing here," announced Benjamin. "We better get back."

Vincent agreed and was about to walk out when his eyes caught something. There was a graffiti-like drawing on the wall. The image was tiny and hidden in the back of the cupboard. If people just passed by, no one would notice it.

Yet Vincent had been trained to be aware of the slightest thing around him. Hence the small image managed to attract his attention.

Vincent crouched down and sharpened his eyes at the picture. After capturing the meaning of the tiny drawing, Vincent was in a daze for a moment.

"What are you doing? Did you find something?" asked Benjamin.

"No," Vincent replied as he got up and followed his cousin.

"I hope we can find my brother," said Benjie. "I will mobilize all my people to look for him."

"Hm."

During the trip, by using Ben's car, the two of them were silent, still busy with their own thoughts.

"Vincent, are you sure you still want to be with Catherine?" Benjamin already learned of his cousin's special relationship with his eldest niece through their discussion last night. He was happy with their newfound romantic attachment, yet he was very doubtful whether their relationship would survive or not. "As soon as Vienna finds out Cathy is Chloe's daughter..."

"I know. Let me take care of it. Instead of worrying about my affair, how about you? Until when are you going to keep Felis waiting?"

"You know?"

"She told me once... when she was drunk. I doubt she even remembered she already exposed her secret. She said you asked her to wait for you six years ago."

"At that time, I thought I wanted to finish this Paxton business and hand it over to Catherine. Then I'll drop the Paxton name and expand my own company. Only then will I propose to her."

Vincent smiled at that. He knew Benjie liked his best friend, but he didn't expect his cousin to ask the girl's hand in marriage. His cousin's proposal won't be easy, considering Mr. Bernz hated the Paxton to the bone, let alone Benjamin.

"Good luck then."

"..." Benjamin didn't respond. He just stared at the street sadly. "But... it's already changed. I don't think I can make it."

"What do you mean?"

"I decided to let her go."

Instantly Vincent's smile vanished. "The reason?" his tone was more of a demanding answer.

Benjamin felt Felicia would not be able to live in peace if she married him. With the conflict between Paxton's kin ​​yet to jeopardize their safety, how could he possibly let the woman he loved into it? He wasn't sure if he would still be able to live for the next two years either.

Chloe, who had the power and tight protection from the secret organization, met her end tragically, let alone him, who was no one. He even did not have Paxton blood but was trapped in this war. He would not be able to protect his wife or children in the future.

As long as Martin was alive, as long as greed and ambition still run in Paxton's blood, anyone who enters the Paxton family through marriage will not be able to live in peace. His mother was the same.

His mother was always busy securing her husband's property and trying to make it hers. Chloe's cousin would oppress her and Benjamin if his mother didn't have any power.

"If you were me, and Felis was Cathy... would you let her into Paxton's lair?"

"No." was the firm answer from Vincent. If Vincent were a member of the Paxton family, he would prefer not to marry because he did not wish his wife to live in the shadow of death.

In the end, they fell silent again until they reached their destination.

"By the way do you know who Cathy's real father is?" asked Vincent, earning a head-shaking from his cousin.

Apparently, Lest didn't tell them who Cathy's birth father was, and Cathy had twins last night.