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 out was the sea, but Clara had a phobia of deep waters.

mind, lan kicked a ball of fire

"lan, please, save me! I'll tell you where

moved, the tighter they became. As the fire surged towards her, she wailed and pleaded with lan, who looked at her with no more sympathy than one would a piece of trash, then leaped into

flames engulfed Heidi. The searing heat

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 the flames, Heidi struggled, shouting with all her might, "Edwin, I'm here! Hurry and

seeing it was Heidi. His eyes turned steely, and his voice was ice-cold.

lan and Edwin, when it came to the crunch, chose to save Clara. So many were diving in to rescue that

roared at the sky, "Clara, go to

was preoccupied with hunting for Clara, and no one bothered to quench the flames. Heidi was abandoned by all, and her consciousness ebbed away. lan searched underwater, desperate, finding no trace of Clara. The waves crashed