My Only Love: The Targeted Heiress

After successfully knocking his opponent down, Zero helped Cathy hide. Seeing the new group of people with a more significant number, Zero suggested separating from Cathy so that he could become the bait. Cathy, who was still worried about her friend, immediately agreed and walked quietly towards the warehouse.

Cathy already learned how to move without being noticed. She peeked before turning, and when she was sure no one was there, then she moved. Miraculously, she made it back to the warehouse where Kitty was locked up without being caught.

But her heart turned to anxiety when she saw the warehouse door opened slightly and there was a hand stretched out behind the door. What happened? Cathy looked around and took an iron stick to be used as a defense weapon.

With her heart beating fast and her body trembling, Cathy pushed open the door very slowly.

Cathy's heart seemed to stop beating when she saw what was exposed in front of her. Dozens of men's bodies lay shot to death scattered throughout the warehouse, while Kitty has been lying lifelessly on the floor with fresh wounds.

There was only one man in black who was still standing next to Kitty's body with his back facing her. Cathy's eyes are teary, and she couldn't help but ask, has that man killed Kitty? Did she just lose her best friend?

Overwhelmed with intense emotions and couldn't stand everything she was going through, Cathy swung her iron stick and attacked the man blindly while screaming hysterically. Of course, the man was able to evade her nimbly as soon as he heard her scream.

Because her filled tears eyes blurred her vision, Cathy didn't know whether her attack hit her opponent or not. Unfortunately, that person managed to conquer her and disposed her iron staff into the air.

Just as she noticed she lost her only defense weapon, her legs became limp and could not support her body. She realized that there was no way she could win against her attacker. She knew the moment she recklessly believed the devil lord's empty words; she already lost the game.

No one could save her, and she failed to keep her promise to protect her friend. Cathy gave up and stared at her friend's body while preparing for her own death.

She closed her eyes in anticipation of whatever attack she would receive.

'I'm sorry, Vincent. I love you.' prayed Cathy, hoping her husband could hear her this time.

***

"Daddy, look! What is that?" a cute chubby little girl pointed her tiny finger at the sky while asking about it to her father.

"It's a rainbow, dear." was the response from the father in a gentle voice.

"Rainbow? Why does it have so many colors?" the little girl wondered if someone made a mistake and painted the sky to randomly mixed colors.

On the other hand, the father was baffled as he did not expect his baby girl would ask about this. How should he answer when he didn't know the answer?

He didn't want to tell lies to his daughter either.

"Try to count how many colors are there?"

The little girl wanted to protest, but she did what her father asked nonetheless. She was just learning numbers at school a few days ago, but she doubted if she could remember them or not.

"One... two... three... five... six... seven... ten! It has ten colors!" the little girl exclaimed confidently while showing her seven fingers to her dad.

The sound of crisp laughter echoed in her mind, making the girl amazed at her place.

"Cathy, after number three is four, not five. And after seven is eight. Now, let's try again."

"One, two, three, four, seven, eight, ten!" the little girl looked at her father with an expectant look. She was sure she counted it correctly this time.

"Hmm... still wrong. Try again." 

"One, two, three, four, seven..."

"Five..." whispered her father to correct her. 

"Five," repeated Cathy, "Six, seven?"

"That's right. Daddy's girl is brilliant." praised her father made her smile widened happily.

"Rainbow... I love rainbow the most!" declared the little girl so suddenly.

"Why?"

Why did she use to love rainbow the most? Now Cathy remembered it.

She didn't know why but the rainbow always appeared on her birthday. It was the only time she saw her father smile genuinely at her and bring her outside. 

She also remembered that her father always bought clothes with rainbow motifs.

'Hey, listen to his. My daughter got the first in her class. All of her teachers adored her smart brain and sweet attitude. My baby girl is the best!'

Cathy remembered that her father used to boast about her in front of all his coworkers. She retained how her father lifted her and spinning their body in the air, causing laughter to erupted in their surrounding.

Once again, tears rolled down Cathy.

Cathy did not know why it is only now that she remembers fond memories of her father. Is it possible that she will soon die so that she recalled her past that she had already forgotten?

Cathy was already prepared. She closed her eyes when she felt the man she had attacked earlier advanced her in a swift motion. She bit her lip in anticipation of the impending pain.

Strangely, the pain didn't come. Instead, she felt a light pat on the top of her head... just like what she remembered just now.

Cathy ventured to open her eyes and was surprised to see a man wearing a black mask squatting and patting her head gently.

Zero. The person in front of her is undoubtedly a Zero.

There was a feeling of relief and fear covering her heart. What if this person isn't Zero? What if someone else was disguising himself as Zero?

Considering that many people around her were hiding their respective identities, she couldn't believe the masked person in front of her.

Zero's hand lifted from Cathy's head and moved to open his mask. Cathy frowned at the person's actions, followed by a surprised expression when she saw the face behind the mask.

Reflexively, Cathy moved backward, and her heart was beating fast. She really couldn't understand why she had to face a new reality again and again.

Why should it be her? Why does it have to be Cathy who goes through all these strange and scary events?

"Trust me." said the man with his hand reaching out to her.

"How can I trust you?" can Cathy trust this person? But she had no choice but to believe this man.

"I can't force you to trust me. But I want you to know, if I didn't care about you, I would have thrown you away and let them hurt you for a long time ago."

Cathy wiped her tears for the umpteenth time before accepting Zero II's helping hand. Zero smiled, then put his mask back on before getting up. Right before Zero got up, Cathy had held him first and hugged his neck made Zero look at him in confusion.

"Forgive me." sobbed Cathy, "I'm sorry I've hated you all this time, daddy."

Zero II... Daniel returned his daughter's hug with a sigh.

"I should be the one who says sorry. I'm sorry for making you suffer all this time."

"What happened? Aren't you... aren't you in the hospital? How come you become Zero? Then, what happened to these people?" at once, Cathy's body stiffened, remembering her best friend.

She instantly let go of her hug and walked over to Kitty.

"What happened to her? Has she...?" Cathy asked, still with tears in her eyes.

"She's still alive, but not for long. I have to get her to our main lab right away. You have to get out of here as well. Vincent planned to blow up this place."

"Vincent is here ?!"

"He's one of my trusted people. Of course, he's here. After all, do you think he would just sit still when he found out that his wife was caught?" Cathy froze in place, unable to answer Daniel's question. "Let's go. We don't have much time left."

Cathy was silent and let her father... Zero II carried Kitty and took her out of the warehouse.

They all managed to get out without having to face the enemy. It seemed that all the guards had left their posts to defend this place.

When Aiden's men say the place is under siege, Cathy thinks Aiden's opponents have surrounded the site from outside. Apparently, Aiden's opponent had even barged inside. And during their trip to the outside of the building, many people passed by those who were none other than Zero's team group.

As soon as she reached the last door, Cathy opened the door and immediately squinted at the intense sunlight striking her eyes.

Stayed in minimal lightroom for hours made her eyes hurt as soon as she came face to face with the sun.

"Thank God you're alright."

Cathy still accustomed her eyes to the sunlight but still smile to recognize the owner of the voice.

Zero II immediately took Kitty into the car. Then tell Cathy herself to come in after Kitty while Zero intended to go back inside.

Cathy held Zero's wrist and looked at him in a worried expression.

"Promise me you'll be back.." suddenly, Cathy was afraid her father would get hurt.