No Strings Attached

Just as he was about to reach Clara, a gunshot echoed from behind, and the man fell to the ground. Blood flowed down the man's spine, pooling on the ground.

lan immediately covered Clara's eyes, whispering soothingly, "It's okay. It's all over now. Let's get out of here." He scooped Clara into his arms and gave Dawson a few quick instructions before they left.

Clara, who had just been in a standoff with the kidnapper, now lay limp and weak in lan's embrace. Her icy little hands clutched at his shirt fiercely, and her teeth were still chattering. Her wet eyes stared intently into lan's, her voice frail, "lan, how's Katherine?"

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Clara gazed into lan's eyes. They were so similar to Brodie's. She murmured softly, "You know, a woman's instinct in the face of danger is to scream, but Katherine just charged forward. Don't you find that strange?"

lan looked down at her. "You think she's in love with my dad?"

simple crush. It's love deep in her bones. That's why she had rushed in so fearlessly. If you

dalliances were just for show, that he never

and debonair. He must've been the dream of countless women, and there must've been some history between him and Katherine, even

slightly. He remembered words Brodie had once shared - about his mother being betrayed by a scoundrel and pursued by

calm down. She drifted into a

"Mr. Hayes, the guy infiltrated the hotel disguised as a waiter. He took advantage of the moment Attorney Clara went to the restroom to abduct her. But he's dead now. We

and the bodyguards there, he couldn't have hurt Clara. Why did

lying in wait on the opposite rooftop. By the time the shot rang out and the SWAT team

Clara's abduction to the silencing of the

target wasn't Clara. It was him. Put another way, it