No Strings Attached

lan was like a man possessed, charging towards the inferno, but several bodyguards clung to him with a death grip. "Mr. Hayes, it's too dangerous! There's gasoline in there. The flames are relentless!" "Get off me! I have to save Clara. I have to save my child."

"Mr. Hayes, you'll get killed if you go in there. Let us handle it."

With a punch for each, lan floored the bodyguards and, heedless of anyone's attempt to stop him, soaked his clothes in seawater before diving into the fiery abyss.

Running, he bellowed, "Clara, I'm coming for you! Where are you?"

His search turned up no sign of Clara. Just as he contemplated storming upstairs, a familiar voice pierced through the roar of the flames. "Ian, help me!"

spun around to see Heidi, bound to a pillar with ropes. The fire encircled her menacingly. His heart clenched at the sight. Clara must have won their struggle. She had tied up Heidi and made her escape. The only way

lan kicked a ball of fire

save me! I'll tell you where

the tighter they became. As the fire surged towards her, she wailed and pleaded with lan, who looked at her with no

flames engulfed Heidi. The searing heat tortured her beyond

lan into the waves, not one giving a thought to her fate, the pain in her heart outstripped the fire's burn. Just then, she heard a familiar voice. Edwin, leading a group, charged into the blaze, shouting orders to retrieve his sister from the depths. Heidi thought her salvation had come at last. Edwin wasn't as ruthless as lan. He would surely remember their shared past and save her. Amidst

started towards her voice but halted abruptly upon seeing it was Heidi. His eyes turned steely, and his voice was ice-cold. "Heidi, this is the bed

diving in to rescue that bitch, yet not one spared a thought for Heidi.

at the sky, "Clara, go to

Heidi was abandoned by all,