My Only Love: The Targeted Heiress

Cathy could see her beloved friend sitting on a chair with torn clothes and bruises filled on her face and slim figure. Her mouth was stuffed with cloth, and her body was tied tightly to make Cathy clench her fists.

Kitty cried and even whined for mercy to let her go. Seeing her friend's unfavorable condition made Cathy shed tears, but there was still anger in her sharp eyes.

It didn't take long before there was terrifying laughter from the video. Even more annoying, the voice echoed like it had been edited to become a thousand people spoke simultaneously.

"If you don't want her to die horribly, you'd better get out today at midnight. Make sure you don't have any tracking devices stuck to your body. Otherwise, I'll dump her to the drunken on the streets. And don't try to tell anyone about this. My people have been watching you all day and will be observing you." came the same loud laughter again.

Once the video has stopped, Cathy immediately closed her laptop with tears in her eyes.

"Kitty... oh Kitty..." she sobbed in a voice like someone who is in great pain.

Without realizing it, again, Cathy bit her lips because she was depressed. She had to break her promise to Vincent. She had promised to take her phone with her wherever she went due to the tracking chip installed. However, this mysterious evil man already made it clear that she wasn't allowed to bring any tracking devices. It left her with no choice but to leave her phone here. Cathy didn't want to take the risk by bringing her phone with her.

Before that, she needed to leave a message to her sisters so that they wouldn't worry about her when they found her missing once again. Furthermore, she couldn't let Vincent, along with Owen and other LS members, discovered that she snuck out only to get kidnapped again. Her current thoughts were on ensuring Kitty's safety.

Her heart was a mixture of sadness, fear, and anger. What was the greatest of her feelings was her anger. Cathy could not forgive anyone who has hurt her best friend, and that too, Kitty had no relations to Paxton's internal conflict.

Why would someone so heartless involve a clueless girl?

Her hands clenched tightly as she walked toward a car that was ready in front of the gate of her house... along with a driver she identified, Jack.

"So, it was you. You are the spy for that person?" Cathy assumed whoever sent Jack to spy on her must be the killer of her birth mother.

Jack didn't smile or be as friendly as he always intended. His expression was flat and cold, as if he never considered Cathy as his employer.

"Get on quickly," ordered Jack in a harsh tone as he opened the passenger door.

"I would go willingly, but I don't want to be sedated." Cathy wanted to know where they were going, but she couldn't do it if she fell unconscious.

"Fine. We're not going to sedate you."

"We?"

Before she could find an answer, someone hit Cathy on the neck from behind and knocked her out. Cathy cursed herself for believing the spy's words. She wasn't sedated, but she would prefer to be sedated than knocked out if she ended up unconscious.

After what seemed an eternity, Cathy was in a dark little warehouse-like room when she woke up. She did not know how long she had been unconscious, nor did she know whether the sun had risen or not. The room was dark pitch black, and only a few lights from outside could be seen from the small cracks in the wall.

Cathy should feel panicked and scared, but now Cathy was more worried about Kitty's condition. Where is the girl? Is she alright?

She remembered Kitty was abused and full of blue-purplish marks all over her body. She hoped the girl would survive.

Cathy rose to her feet and realized that her body wasn't tied down to her senses. This way, she could move freely and immediately ran towards the door. Unfortunately, this time she couldn't open the door as someone already locked it from outside.

Cathy tried to find the light switch by creeping her hand on the wall. Until finally, she managed to find it, Cathy quickly turned on the light. Cathy looked back and was surprised that someone was there... two people, to be precise.

One fell asleep with her head on another's lap. The one sleeping was none other than Kitty, covered with wounds, while the person who was gently stroking Kitty's head was a man she never met before.

Cathy wanted to get to Kitty immediately, but she didn't dare to come close because she felt the frightening aura of a big man who looked at Kitty with a strange gaze. In addition, the man was holding a syringe filled with fluid in his other hand.

What liquid is it? Her feelings suddenly felt terrible.

"What are you going to do with her?" implored Cathy without lowering her wary instinct.

"What do you think? I thought I had succeeded in getting what I want. But who would have thought? It turns out that Kinsey Alvianc was the true successor. I'm furious. Chloe managed to hide her main heir all this time." stated the man in a cold tone, making chills run down through her spine. "If I hadn't put Jackie in your place, I probably wouldn't have found out either."

Only then did Cathy realize. The fact that Kinsey had announced his status as Chloeny's eldest son to her three sisters was a huge mistake. Their enemy still didn't know the fact that Chloeny had twins, and they uncovered it so carelessly.

For some reason, Cathy was anxious and frightened. She wasn't scared because she was in danger, but she was afraid that this evil-like person would do something grave at her best friend.

What she feared become true, and it was much worse than what she had imagined.

"You only have one option. Which one do you want to sacrifice between your dear friend or your sisters in Red Rosemary?"

What does it mean? Why does this man want her to choose? What should she sacrifice?

Cathy felt like her brain went numb, and she couldn't think clearly.

"I planted a bomb on Red Rosemary, and you only have two hours before it explodes, and boom... the whole residence in your house will die."

Ba-thump!

It felt like her heart stop beating for that moment. Cathy was biting her lip hard... harder than anything she had ever done before, causing her lips to bleed.

"If you want to save them, I want you to inject this needle yourself into your friend's body. Take it easy. She will die without feeling the pain. She will die less than twenty-four hours after she falls back asleep. She would never know that she's dying and could fall asleep anytime she wanted. Only... she would never wake up after that. Isn't that easy?"

Cathy's brown eyes filled with tears were now flowing profusely. Is this person trying to make her a murderer? And what more this corrupt mind man wanted her to kill the person she cares?

"You are the devil."

A crooked smile adorned the man's face as if he mocked her and gave an evil chuckle.

"Thank you for the compliment." then he placed Kitty's head arbitrarily on the hard mat before handing Cathy the syringe. "Once you put this syringe in her, I will deactivate the bomb in Red Rosemary. Otherwise, I will kill every living thing in your house the moment I'm back here. Your choice, second miss Paxton."

Cathy tried to hold back her sobs even though she couldn't keep her tears flowing. She stared at the syringe above the 'devil' palm blankly.

"What do you want? You must want something. Didn't you have a reason to kidnap me?"

"That's right. But I'm still angry because I feel cheated, and I never accepted someone would outsmart me." the man brought his face closer to Cathy's face, and Cathy refused to back away and returned the man's gaze no less sharp. "I want to vent my anger first, then we will talk business, shall we?" the man continued with a sly smile.

"You had less than two hours before the bomb I set exploded," he announced to show that he was serious about his threat after handing the syringe forcefully into Cathy's grasp.

Then the man left the warehouse, leaving Cathy alone with the unconscious Kitty.

Cathy drew closer to Kitty's body, and her heart was not strong seeing her best friend's condition. She felt her heartbreak between the people she cherished the most. She felt like she was the thorn in the middle of her family.

Cathy threw the syringe away from her and hugged her best friend while crying out loud.

Her tears became even more intense when she saw the knife marks on Kitty's neck, face, and arms. Why would anyone have the heart to create wounds on a girl's body like this?