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!"

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.

mind, lan kicked a ball of fire towards Heidi, intensifying the blaze already consuming

save me!

herself from the knots Clara had tied so tightly. The more she moved, the tighter they became. As the fire surged towards her, she wailed and pleaded with

The searing heat tortured

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

his voice was ice-cold. "Heidi, this is the bed you've made. Dream on if you

to rescue that bitch, yet not one spared a thought for

end, she roared at

the flames. Heidi was abandoned by all, and her consciousness ebbed away. lan searched underwater, desperate, finding no trace