My Only Love: The Targeted Heiress

Vincent took his phone from his pocket and investigated it. At first glance, it looks like his, but it's different. The actual owner of this phone is Benjamin.

When his mother decided to buy him a new phone, he chose the exact same type and model as Benjamin. That's why when the two met, sometimes they took each other's phones accidentally.

Did he also take the wrong phone this afternoon?

Then the second thing that made him suspect, who sent this video? Why did this person send this video to Benjamin? And how did this person know that Benjie was not Davone's real son?

Not long after, his phone... Benjamin's phone vibrated, indicating someone sent a message. Curious about the message's contents, Vincent pressed the letter button on the screen and read it.

'Benjie, can you meet me at the Den hotel? I'll explain it to you.'

Vincent furrowed his brows as he read it. Did it mean Chloe was going to explain something to Benjamin? Didn't Chloe forbid him to tell Benjamin the truth?

And again, why did Chloe ask him to meet outside of Eastern Wallace? Didn't Chloe know very well that once she left Eastern Wallace, her life was in danger of twice as big?

At first, Vincent didn't want to care about it. At first, he wanted to go back and apologize to his family for just leaving unnoticed.

But he also felt guilty for Chloe. If only he had not threatened her by telling Benjamin, maybe Chloe wouldn't come out of the house. That's why he decided to head to the hotel.

He wanted to apologize for being rude and at the same time tell Chloe that Benjamin didn't know and would never know. Vincent would also try to persuade Chloe to help Evelyn and take her back.

Even though he didn't like what Chloe was doing, Vincent knew that Chloe often listened and followed his suggestions. Because of that, he hoped that this time he could also persuade her.

Once at the hotel, Vincent headed to the room according to Chloe's instructions. Because this hotel was just a low-star hotel, he did not need special access to the room's floor by using the elevator.

Vincent knocked on the bedroom door several times without any response. He tried turning the knob of the door, which strangely unlocked.

Vincent opened the door and strolled inside. He felt surprised that there was a red liquid flowing on the floor. Surprisingly he felt the reek he inhaled like fresh blood make his chest tight. Can it be that the red liquid is blood? Whose blood?

"Chloe? Chloe?!" Vincent's eyes caught Chloe's body on the bed covered in blood.

Vincent was about to call the hospital for help when he felt pain in his stomach.

Without looking at his stomach, Vincent immediately moved away after giving a punch to someone who had stuck a knife into his abdomen.

Vincent was still able to launch attacks several times before he finally started to feel weak. Suddenly someone from behind hit his head with a heavy object and knocked him down.

"He's not Benjamin."

Before losing consciousness, Vincent could still hear one of the attackers speaking.

"Shit! He's the son of the Regnz family!?"

"How can it be?"

"..."

Vincent could no longer hear the next thing because he was already unconscious. The attackers carried Vincent's body without noticing Vincent's blood dripping around the room. They intend to dump the body on the streets hoping that Vincent was never found and Regnz never tracked them down.

***

During listening to Vincent's story, Cathy shed tears as if she never ran out of tears. Patiently Vincent often wiped her tears while convincing Cathy that it was all over. Even though Vincent failed to save Chloe, at least Vincent could survive.

"Then... what about the bullet? They said, there is a bullet in your chest," sobbed Cathy, touching Vincent's left chest with her left hand.

"My guess is they wanted to make sure I died, so they shot me before throwing me out."

"They are ferocious. Luckily you were found on time; otherwise... I can't imagine life without seeing you again."

"To be honest, I wasn't discovered by chance." Vincent continued with a faint smile.

"What does it mean?"

"Try to imagine. Someone killed Chloe and planned to kill Benjie too. Unfortunately, they kill the wrong target. They obviously wanted to erase my tracks after making sure I died. They were cautious when they dumped me so that no one could find me. Then someone found my body by chance. Does that make sense?"

"..." Cathy couldn't respond while pondering hard about this.

"Moreover, I had been losing blood for a while. I should have died and couldn't be saved."

If it was true that the attackers threw Vincent's body into a deserted and hidden street, then it was highly improbable that anyone could find him. Even if someone happened to see him, Vincent might not be able to survive on the way to the hospital.

Realizing this, Cathy froze in place and was unable to speak. Cathy preferred to remain silent and let Vincent continue his explanation. Unfortunately, Vincent said no more and just looked at her. Vincent stared at her as if probing her thoughts.

"So... you mean to tell me, Someone planned the setup as well as the rescue?"

"Might be yes and no. Someone watched me for years without even showing up. That means he knew I fought with Chloe, got caught in a killer trap, and... he could have saved me before I got shot. He probably wasn't your mother's killer, but he clearly intended to let me die."

"But he decided to save you?"

"That's right. He changed his mind at the last minute. In the end, he decided to save me after they dumped me."

"How? You said your condition was not possible to survive. Then, how did he save you?"

"He injected something into my body. It froze my blood to stop it from coming out and keeps my heart rate and body temperature stable. It could only last for a few hours, but it's enough to make me survive until I arrive at the hospital. This guy... after killing the video sender to Benjie's phone, he's gone."

"Do you know who he is?"

"At that time, I didn't know, and because I was amnesic, I no longer remember him. It was only recently that I recognized him as Zero."

Zero? One of the people who were loyal to protect Chloe from behind the scenes? In Chloe's letter, Zero will meet her... but there might be a chance that Zero would be a different person than Chloe knows. Was Zero who saved Vincent the same Zero as the one who protected Chloe?

Is it possible that Chloeny... her mother entrusted the activation key to Zero? That's why she had to wait for Zero to meet her to give her the key?

Cathy's head felt dizzy from too many events, and the information she received was less than twenty-four hours was too overwhelmed for her. She leaned her head back on Vincent's shoulders and relaxed her body. She felt comfortable and relieved when she felt Vincent gently stroked her head.

"So during this year, you were with Zero?" guessed Cathy, playing with Vincent's other finger.

"To be more precise, I'm on a mission with his men. I've never met Zero directly. When I decided to leave Lest's training, one of Zero's right hands invited me to join. I heard Zero had changed generations, so I'll never have the chance to thank him for saving me."

"I thought he intended to let you die? You still want to thank him?" Cathy's tone sounded sarcastically displeased when Vincent felt indebted to someone who barely wanted to help him.

"In the end, he saved me, Cath. I owe him my life."

"If you say so,"

The truth was that Zero is indeed watching Vincent secretly at Chloe's request. But Zero did not want to save Vincent because he uttered some painful words against Chloe.

However, Lest managed to track Benjamin's phone once he knew Vincent brought the wrong phone by accident. Luckily he arrived just in time and saw that Vincent had been thrown into the river. Once there was no one, Lest immediately moved to lift Vincent's body out of the water.

Vincent's heartbeat at that time was very weak, and his life was near the door of death. Zero assured Lest that Vincent would surely die on the way, but Lest did not give up. Lest knew Zero has the last formula that could preserve Vincent. He tried to get Zero to give him that injection. In the end, Zero gave the formula considering he had promised Chloe to protect Vincent even though the child would betray him one day.

Therefore, even though Lest was the one who lifted his body out of the lake, Vincent felt more indebted to Zero, who had given him the second life.