Can’t Win Me Back

The hospital corridor was eerily silent in the dead of the night.

The lone nurse on duty drowsed at the nurses' station, oblivious to the flashing red light from the malfunctioning surveillance camera down the hall.

A figure clad in a white doctor's robe and mask darted past the station, his movements purposeful.

He carefully scanned his surroundings before pushing open the door to Natalie's ward and slipping inside.

The patient lay curled up in bed, seemingly fast asleep.

The intruder crept closer, a glint of steel catching the dim light as he drew a dagger from his sleeve.

He raised the weapon high and stabbed the person on the bed.

All of a sudden, his vision went dark.

Unexpectedly, the person on the bed leaped up and threw the blanket over his head! Panic surged through the assassin.

He flailed wildly with the dagger, ripping the blanket free.

But before he could react further, the cold muzzle of a gun pressed against his forehead froze him in place.

"Don't move.

Not unless you want your head to be blown off." Under the dim light, Axel's eyes glinted with a dangerous glint.

A cynical smile played on his lips, sending shivers down the assassin's spine.

The ward door burst open, revealing Sean and Xavier leading a team of men who quickly surrounded the intruder.

"Are you alright, Mr.

Axel?" Sean inquired, his voice laced with concern.

Axel clicked his tongue.

"I didn't even attack him.

All it took was a blanket to take this fool down." With a practiced ease, Axel disarmed the assassin.

He sneered.

"Sir, you can barely fight, yet you're trying to be an assassin? Try harder next time.” The assassin's face was drained of color.

His knees buckled, and he crumpled to the floor in a heap.

growled, nudging the man's head

you? Reveal his name, and you'll face attempted murder charges

in prison, you

able to walk out of this ward with all your limbs intact otherwise."

I've never met him in person!" the man stammered, sweat

"But...

promised another after the job! We even spoke just 30 minutes ago!" Burning with fury,

searched the assassin for

to Axel after finding

to

a way to unlock this phone." Sean

"Thank you, Mr.

the silence returning to the ward as if

Alyssa out, a sense of unease lingered in Axel's gut

then, his phone vibrated, making his heart skip a

constricting as he

a

gut punch, sharp and

vision blurred, and he nearly lost his grip on his

She wrote, "Goodbye, Axel.

I'm leaving Solana City.

try to find

to find out where I am, I

trembled as he typed and retyped a frantic

Tell me." A

was

He wasn't satisfied.

unshed tears, Axel bombarded

as if he had

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love me? Say

its words acold and sharp knife that sliced through

replied, "I don't think

that happened to

what

a feeling that

never disappear, but feelings

feel anything for you anymore,

all that

really love me, don't approach me