*Thud*

Henry barges into a room in his mansion, next to the room he abandoned Bianca, his bait.

The hostages jerked out of fright.

Screams echoed in his ear. Henry's furrowed face lit by a warming smile frightened the female child cowered at a corner holding her trembling father.

There was absolute silence immediately after he puts the young girl at gunpoint, the young girl was sweating abundantly as she shoved her hands on her mouth. Her dad pulled her into a hug, covering her red face. They were both seated on the ground, shivering.

“Shush!” Henry let out, vertically pressing a finger on his lips.

“Don't hurt her, I promise she won't scream again!” Her father pleaded with tears in his eyes, he has bruises all over his body and his clothes were torn, he was almost shirtless. He tried to escape several times from Henry's ignominious incarceration, but he failed and ended up being beaten till he starts bleeding.

“I heard you once worked at a big and popular hospital,” Henry confirmed as the man nods positively, he fixed his eyes in fear at the gun in Henry's arm.

He sat upright as his face was twitching, he tries to grasp the gun hastily from Henry's hand. Henry was completely unaware when the man grabbed the gun from him. Why isn't Henry prominent with guns? Henry isn't used to guns, he learned to be an Assassinator with cutleries not guns.

The man stood up, chesting out. His hands trembled as he clenched his fist tightly on the gun, pointing it at Henry. Henry froze a wide stance.

“What the fuck! How dare he point a gun at a professional assassin?” Henry muttered to himself, his eyes went dark as he flew into a rage.

Henry raised his arms in the air, showing that he was disarmed. Henry walks on the tip of his toes, moving closer forward to the man with a gun.

“Stay back or I will shoot your fucking head.” The man yelled as he muttered so much of his courage, his daughter stood up as she wraps her tiny arms around her father.

Henry sensed the man's fear, he grinned moving forward.

“Why would I be frightened by a gun? I am a man!” Henry dared the already furious man.

“What are you waiting for? Trigger the bullets, daddy.” His daughter encouraged him.

The man turned to his daughter. The man doesn't know how to handle guns or even pull the trigger. His daughter's heart pounds as she noticed an odd expression on Henry's face

Henry pulls down his arms as he notices the man's attention was being diverted to his daughter.

“Watch out, daddy!” The young girl tiny voice let out a yell. Henry throws a punch violently with rapid movements at the man's abdomen region.

*push*

“Daddy!” The young girl screams as she sighted her dad falling on the ground with immense pain, he fell flat as blood splashes out of his mouth. The gun drifted away from his arm as he fell carelessly to the ground. The man uttered a sudden loud cry in pain as he placed his hands on his abdomen region.

“Don't hurt my daughter, please.” The man coughed out more blood as his daughter ran towards him, wrapping her tiny arms around his weak body. The little girl's heart was in splits, she couldn't control the tears as she tries to help her dad.

Henry pushed the little one off her father, he grabbed the man's collar, pulling him upright as he pushes him out of the room.

“No!, don't take my dad away.” The young girl cries as she ran towards them.

Unfortunately, her tiny legs could not take her far, and she fell to the ground, she was so weak that she could only scream as Henry locks the door behind him, she tries to get out of the room but it was impossible, she screamed at the top of her voice but the soundproof room made a fool out of her.

Henry strode to another room dragging the man's collar along, Henry pushes the door away, making the room open. His eyes first met Bianca, he squint his eyebrows as he noticed Bianca's head leaning on the other shoulder.

“W..why?” Henry stammers, pointing at Bianca. He has unclear thoughts about Bianca.

“I've seen cases like this too.“ The man's voice cracks as he tries to make fake laughter, blood splashes out of his mouth as he placed his hand on his abdomen region.

Henry tossed the man into the room. Henry threw a bag of hospital equipment to him, fixing his gaze on Bianca. He wondered how a lady in a coma was able to raise her head and rest it on the other shoulder.

“Weird!” Henry let out. He lock the door behind, him and asked some of his men to prepare food for the hostages while he goes handled some assignments.

The man clenched his fist on the first aid box, he started coughing louder.

“You almost got caught, young lady.” He said with blood streaming out of his mouth.

Bianca's head was raised upright as her legs were slowly placed on the ground, she stood up swiftly with the help of nothing.

“I was so scared,” Bianca said as she walked closer to the man whose eyesight changed positions as he was seeing everything in twofold, his head starts spinning and his feet were unable to hold him anymore.

Bianca rushed to him, helping him to have a seat. She hurriedly gave him water. The man gulps the water like he has been thirsty for months.

“Thanks, my dear.” The man said in a cool voice, the blood stopped gushing out for a minute. Bianca checked the first box and the medicines Henry offered them earlier. She came across the drug, which description says it helps reduce internal bleeding. Bianca pulls out the required tablets from the sachets, offering them to the bleeding man.

The man rests the back of his head on the wooden chair as he nods his head in refusal at the tablets Bianca offered.

“Have this!“ Bianca said pushing the tablets toward his mouth.

“I'm fine! All I need is my daughter.” The man uttered. Tears well the poor man's red eyes, and he decided to shut them.

Bianca had a fixed look at the man.

“What are you staring at? I'm also a hostage here just as you are. Just that you are a very important hostage to that man in black.” The man said as he coughed out water.

“Hostages? Was I abducted?” Bianca questioned as she stopped applying medicines to the man's injuries.

The man nods his head in approval “Yes.”

Bianca nods in disbelief.

“Did he do this to you?” Bianca asked, looking at the bruises and black spots on the man's pale white face. She lets go of the first aid box with fright as flashes of David fiddle in her head. A tear trickled on her chin, she quickly wiped it off. Bianca is trying her best to let go of those hurtful memories she once had, she wishes to be healed so she can be strong to conquer that devil in human skin called David.

The man stood up, walked to the door

“My daughter! What if that monster tries to hurt my daughter?” the man panicked.

Bianca was reminded of her aborted babies, a cloud of guilt floated above her as she sat in a corner. A storm of sorrows swept her thoughts away to her past.

The man tried opening the door but it was locked outside. Continuous twitching of the door knob snapped Bianca back to life.

“It's of no use. We have to think of a plan to get you and your daughter out of here, I don't wish you experience the guilt I faced throughout my teenage age.” Bianca said which made the man pause, he nods in approval as he sat back, ticking his fingers on the wheelchair.

Bianca started pacing back and forth, thinking hard, trying to recollect how she got into Henry's prison.

“I remember clearly I was saved from that burning car by a male, that man,” Bianca uttered as flashes of that memory replayed in her head.

Bianca doubts it could be Henry who saved her because he is all she sees.

“You must be out of your senses, that man is a beast in human form. He murdered his family members to get to this rank he is in.”

“But he saved me from the burning car, that night. He is my hero. Henry Hart” Bianca blushes as she curls a strand of her hair on her fingers. Bianca is unable to recollect the man that saved her yet she's putting the credit to Henry.

“Young lady, you need to come back to your senses. If you don't believe me, why don't you continue to pretend that you are still in a coma? ” he uttered.

Bianca widened her eyes as the crazy question sounded like an awesome idea to her.

“Exactly! That's the plan.”

The man furrowed his brows, nodding negatively at Bianca.

“All I want is a way to get the hell out of this fucking prison, even if I'm unable to do that alive I wish to do that for my daughter.” The man cries, and he grabs Bianca's arms.

“Please, help me.”

The sound of the step of someone walking from a distance echoed in their ears, the footsteps became clearer every second that passed by.

“Hmm…” The man mumbles to Bianca, signaling to her. The door flung open, Henry appeared behind the door with a tray in his arms filled with covered dishes.

“Can you make her conscious or not?” Henry asked as he slammed the tray on a stool. Henry looked away from Bianca who was lying on the bed with her eyes shut.

“She will be…” The man pursed his lips as he opened the dishes.

“Don't feel too comfortable around me, Mister. There are only nineteen hours left for your death sentence.” Henry said as he dragged the man to a spot.

“Can I go meet my daughter now? I've given her the medications necessary.” The man said slowly like a snail.

Henry turned his head around, facing the man. “No!“ He exclaimed.

The man blushed as he noticed Bianca raise out her tongue, opening an eye.

“What are you smiling at?” Henry asked, squinting his eyebrows. He pursed his lips as he noticed Henry's gaze.

“Guy!” Henry yelped.

A huge man barged in.

“Get this thing to his room, he's making me mad” Henry ordered as he crouched on the bed, placing clasping his hands on his head.

The huge man carried him to his daughter.

“Why would she not pay on time? I did as she asked, what will it take from her to pay me on time?” Henry asked himself as he furrowed his brows in anger.

Later on, a bright smile appeared on Henry's face as he noticed a credit alert from Alice.

He faced Bianca with a smile, he got startled as Bianca opened her eyes at once.

“Geez, you startled me.” Henry chuckled as he looks into her effervescent Campagne brown eyes, he continuously moves his face closer to hers. Bianca's heart pounds as Henry's handsome face was just two centimeters away from hers, she twitches her finger as she gazes at Henry's pursed lips moving closer to hers.

Henry shut his eyes as the bridge of his nose touched her face. Bianca's eyes were wide open, she stayed still as her heart skipped. She felt like time paused for her just to have an amazing moment. Everything was so slow to her.

“Will he just kiss me, already?” Bianca muttered to herself with her wide-spread lips.

Henry blinked his eyes as he blew air out of his mouth, blowing away a small piece of wool off her lips.

Henry sat upright on the bed, staying back.

“It's gone already,” Henry whispered.

“Seriously, he made my heart skip just to move a thing off my lips, he could have just used his fingers to pick it off. Why giving my heart an attack for no reason?” Bianca grunts in her mind as she shut her eyes.

Henry touched her arm, sliding his arms behind her waist as he made her sit upright.

“Hmm..” Henry groaned as he let go of her.

He grabbed the dish he covered on the stool, pushing it towards Bianca's face.

Henry opened the dish, Bianca was disgusted as she sensed cereals. Henry dug in a spoon, pointing a spoonful of cereal toward Bianca's mouth.

“I made this with all might,” Henry grumbled. Bianca slightly opened her mouth, letting the spoonful of cereals in her mouth. She opened her eyes gazing at a spot as the cereal tasted different in her mouth.

“So romantic! The cereal tasted great even when he fed me with his magic fingers.” A blush appeared on Bianca's face.

“Uh?” Henry furrowed his brows as he let go of Bianca.

“Hostages? Was I abducted?” Bianca questioned as she stopped applying medicines to the man's injuries.

The man nods his head in approval “Yes.”

Bianca nods in disbelief.

“Did he do this to you?” Bianca asked, looking at the bruises and black spots on the man's pale white face. She lets go of the first aid box with fright as flashes of David fiddle in her head. A tear trickled on her chin, she quickly wiped it off. Bianca is trying her best to let go of those hurtful memories she once had, she wishes to be healed so she can be strong to conquer that devil in human skin called David.

The man stood up, walked to the door

“My daughter! What if that monster tries to hurt my daughter?” the man panicked.

Bianca was reminded of her aborted babies, a cloud of guilt floated above her as she sat in a corner. A storm of sorrows swept her thoughts away to her past.

The man tried opening the door but it was locked outside. Continuous twitching of the door knob snapped Bianca back to life.

“It's of no use. We have to think of a plan to get you and your daughter out of here, I don't wish you experience the guilt I faced throughout my teenage age.” Bianca said which made the man pause, he nods in approval as he sat back, ticking his fingers on the wheelchair.

Bianca started pacing back and forth, thinking hard, trying to recollect how she got into Henry's prison.

“I remember clearly I was saved from that burning car by a male, that man,” Bianca uttered as flashes of that memory replayed in her head.

Bianca doubts it could be Henry who saved her because he is all she sees.

“You must be out of your senses, that man is a beast in human form. He murdered his family members to get to this rank he is in.”

“But he saved me from the burning car, that night. He is my hero. Henry Hart” Bianca blushes as she curls a strand of her hair on her fingers. Bianca is unable to recollect the man that saved her yet she's putting the credit to Henry.

“Young lady, you need to come back to your senses. If you don't believe me, why don't you continue to pretend that you are still in a coma? ” he uttered.

Bianca widened her eyes as the crazy question sounded like an awesome idea to her.

“Exactly! That's the plan.”

The man furrowed his brows, nodding negatively at Bianca.

“All I want is a way to get the hell out of this fucking prison, even if I'm unable to do that alive I wish to do that for my daughter.” The man cries, and he grabs Bianca's arms.

“Please, help me.”

The sound of the step of someone walking from a distance echoed in their ears, the footsteps became clearer every second that passed by.

“Hmm…” The man mumbles to Bianca, signaling to her. The door flung open, Henry appeared behind the door with a tray in his arms filled with covered dishes.

“Can you make her conscious or not?” Henry asked as he slammed the tray on a stool. Henry looked away from Bianca who was lying on the bed with her eyes shut.

“She will be…” The man pursed his lips as he opened the dishes.

“Don't feel too comfortable around me, Mister. There are only nineteen hours left for your death sentence.” Henry said as he dragged the man to a spot.

“Can I go meet my daughter now? I've given her the medications necessary.” The man said slowly like a snail.

Henry turned his head around, facing the man. “No!“ He exclaimed.

The man blushed as he noticed Bianca raise out her tongue, opening an eye.

“What are you smiling at?” Henry asked, squinting his eyebrows. He pursed his lips as he noticed Henry's gaze.

“Guy!” Henry yelped.

A huge man barged in.

“Get this thing to his room, he's making me mad” Henry ordered as he crouched on the bed, placing clasping his hands on his head.

The huge man carried him to his daughter.

“Why would she not pay on time? I did as she asked, what will it take from her to pay me on time?” Henry asked himself as he furrowed his brows in anger.

Later on, a bright smile appeared on Henry's face as he noticed a credit alert from Alice.

He faced Bianca with a smile, he got startled as Bianca opened her eyes at once.

“Geez, you startled me.” Henry chuckled as he looks into her effervescent Campagne brown eyes, he continuously moves his face closer to hers. Bianca's heart pounds as Henry's handsome face was just two centimeters away from hers, she twitches her finger as she gazes at Henry's pursed lips moving closer to hers.

Henry shut his eyes as the bridge of his nose touched her face. Bianca's eyes were wide open, she stayed still as her heart skipped. She felt like time paused for her just to have an amazing moment. Everything was so slow to her.

“Will he just kiss me, already?” Bianca muttered to herself with her wide-spread lips.

Henry blinked his eyes as he blew air out of his mouth, blowing away a small piece of wool off her lips.

Henry sat upright on the bed, staying back.

“It's gone already,” Henry whispered.

“Seriously, he made my heart skip just to move a thing off my lips, he could have just used his fingers to pick it off. Why giving my heart an attack for no reason?” Bianca grunts in her mind as she shut her eyes.

Henry touched her arm, sliding his arms behind her waist as he made her sit upright.

“Hmm..” Henry groaned as he let go of her.

He grabbed the dish he covered on the stool, pushing it towards Bianca's face.

Henry opened the dish, Bianca was disgusted as she sensed cereals. Henry dug in a spoon, pointing a spoonful of cereal toward Bianca's mouth.

“I made this with all might,” Henry grumbled. Bianca slightly opened her mouth, letting the spoonful of cereals in her mouth. She opened her eyes gazing at a spot as the cereal tasted different in her mouth.

“So romantic! The cereal tasted great even when he fed me with his magic fingers.” A blush appeared on Bianca's face.

“Uh?” Henry furrowed his brows as he let go of Bianca.