My Only Love: The Targeted Heiress

Cathy still remembered her moments with Vincent without realizing that three pairs of eyes looked at her with a probing gaze.

Cathy remembered that the young man would often call or chat with her when they departed. Sometimes, the chat contents were simply saying good morning or good night. And other times, he would ask what she would do for the rest of the day. Without realizing it, she looked forward to the young man's chat and their next meeting.

Catherine shook her head at her feeling. Is this what they called love? Can love make her yield and longing like this?

"Aiya, sister. Why are you daydreaming? So who is it?" urged Anna, who could not hold back her curiosity.

Actually, Cathy herself still did not want her siblings to know who had been filling her mind all this time. Besides, she didn't know how the man felt about her. Hence, Cathy decided not to enlighten her curious sisters.

"At least tell us, is the guy treat you well? Is he like you as much as you like him?"

Instead of answering the question, Cathy's mind wandered recalling two days ago. The two of them were indeed holding hands, and the atmosphere between them was like lovers. Vincent did treat her well and sweet to make butterflies flew around her abdomen.

But... are they lovers? Vincent never mentioned this, nor did he confess his feeling. Perhaps, she saw it wrong? Maybe Vincent only considered her as a dear friend? What would she do if the man thought her that way?

However, why did she feel that the young man's gaze as if she was the only woman in his eyes? Was it okay to assume that the man had the same feelings as her?

Catherine quickly pushed aside her vague reverie and immediately focused on her younger siblings.

"Today, I made your favorite sandwich." Cathy took a sandwich from her basket and fed it to Anna's mouth. She deliberately avoided her sister's curiosity and pretended to hear nothing.

Anna, who frowned because her sister refused to satisfy her curiosity, only opened her mouth to welcome her sister's sandwich.

Cathy laughed with amusement when she realized that her sister was cranky. Usually, the one who could least hold back her curiosity was their youngest sister, Elizabeth. So it was so unusual that now Anna was the one who couldn't keep her interest hidden.

"Ah, that's easy. We can come directly to PHY and ask brother Steve directly." came the unexpected suggestion, making Cathy and Anna glare at her. "What's my fault? Why are you guys so fierce to me?" asked Lizzy in an innocent tone.

"Before we put our feet inside, the security guard will kick us out first. Moreover, minors are strictly prohibited from entering PHY."

Cathy looked at Anna in disbelief at her sister's ridiculous answer. There was no way the PHY security would kick them out because most of the staff there already knew who they were. It's just that... Rosa would get in someone's hair if she saw her sister come to play around.

"Not because we are underage. But Auntie Rosa would scold us later." this time, Lina answered according to the facts, followed by a nod of Cathy approvingly.

"But, at least we can eat for free from her."

Cathy and Anna shook their heads. It was true. Rosa would kick them out by treating them to the twins' favorite food. In the end, Cathy returned the money to the kind woman because she didn't want to feel that she owed anyone.

But Rosa only said that this was a gift because she helped the stars fostered by PHY by recommending their names. This was precisely what made her feel even more disinclined by his 'brother' manager. Therefore, every time she visited the PHY, she no longer invited her younger sisters.

"No need to go there, because brother Steve and I are only friends. This is the reality," stated Cathy firmly.

Cathy chuckled when she saw the twins' pouting expressions. It seemed they wanted to pair her with Steve.

"Ahhh, it's so hot today. I want to eat ice cream. Sister Cathy, please buy us ice cream." crouched Lina.

"Okay, I'll buy ice cream if you stop pouting." agreed Cathy, making the twins giggle at her.

"I'll help." offered Anna as she was a little bit bored only to sit here.

"No need. You take care of the twins, so they don't run around and get lost."

"Aiya, sister. What are we? We're not kids anymore." Lina's scolding made Anna and Cathy laughed cheerfully.

"But you guys are still childish." teased Anna, curling her fingers to tickle the twins.

Cathy smiled broadly at her siblings' ridiculousness and headed off to the nearest ice cream booth.

There were three ice cream stands and one cotton candy stand. After some deliberation, she bought sweet cotton candy, which was Anna's favorite snack, before buying the ice cream cone next to the candy stand.

"Anna! Here's your favorite cotton candy." Cathy summoned her sister and handed it to Anna when her sister approached her.

"Are you sure you don't need my help?"

"Yes, now, get over there first and enjoy it with the twins. I'll catch up in a minute."

"Okay." Anna walked back to her twin sister's place, not far from the snack stands.

The twin squealed excitedly when they saw the big pink cotton candy and swarmed around their second eldest sister to devour it.

"Calm down, you girls. It won't go away." giggle Anna while letting the twin sat on her two sides.

"You liar. It would go to our tummy." retorted Lizzy causing her twin sister to laugh while Anna rolled her eyes lazily.

"Sister Anna, do you think that sister Cathy would someday fall in love with some guy?"

"Of course, she would. Why would you think the other way?"

"Well, I remembered she rejected all the man that tried to woo her."

"I also remembered sister Cathy once said that she wouldn't get married before ensuring our happiness." continued Linna, agreeing with her twin sister. "What does it mean?"

"Sister Cathy said that?"

The twins nodded their heads together to answer her, making Anna took a glimpse of her eldest sister, who was still buying the ice cream for them.

On the other hand, Cathy went back to the ice cream booth and ordered four ice cream cones. The one selling ice cream was an older man with a friendly smile. After asking what flavor Cathy wanted, the older man scooped out the ice and put it on the cone with two scoops on each.

"Young miss, have everyone told you that you have beautiful hair?" the seller asked a random question, making her feel uncomfortable.

Even so, Cathy just smiled patiently and answered it politely. "I guess so."

"But you should change the color if you ask my opinion."

No. No one asked for your opinion. Cathy wanted to voice her inner mind but held her tongue from saying it.

"It will be even prettier. How about light brown or black? Would you try it?"

Cathy regretted that she came to this ice cream booth. She should choose another one so she wouldn't need to hear such fake flattery. In the end, Cathy decided not to give any answer while waiting for the ice cream to be ready, and she would quickly leave the booth.

Cathy couldn't wait when she had received three cones and was waiting for the last one. The older man did not stop at what he said about her hair color to her annoyance. She couldn't even remember what color her hair was like, and she couldn't even see it because of her eye condition.

Furthermore, what is his business regarding her hair color? It's up to her whether she would dye it or not.

"Having a face like that and a distinctive hair color will make the poison snake do the same thing a dozen years ago."

Cathy ignored the last word as she was just looking forward to the last cone and eager to return to her sisters' place.

And when the last cone was handed to her, she accepted it happily when she heard the older man's sharp voice.

"Shhh... Don't make a sound!"

Cathy looked at the older man with a raised eyebrow, utterly unaware of the movement of the older man's hand injecting something into her outstretched hand to receive the final cone. The next second, a memory that had been buried in her mind came to the surface.

A woman put her in a cupboard... more precisely, the woman locked her up.

'Shhh... don't make a sound.' said the woman. Then the woman spoke something she couldn't hear. Cathy clearly saw the woman's mouth move, but her ears couldn't hear a single thing that the woman was saying. Then the woman got up and closed the door of her cage.

As the light dwindled, the surroundings also turned dark. Her hands went limp, and the four cones she was holding fell. Cathy felt a sudden pain strike her head, and her body felt heavy. A second later.... she fell unconscious.