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 with the

you? Reveal his name, and you'll face

or two in prison, you

guarantee that you'll be able to walk out of

over the phone! I've never met him in person!" the

"But...

and our message history! He wired a million to my account two days ago and promised

the assassin for

it to

him to the

to unlock this phone." Sean nodded

"Thank you, Mr.

returning to the ward as if the commotion had never

out, a sense of unease lingered in Axel's gut as an oppressive

vibrated, making his

the message, his pupils constricting as he

was a text from

a gut punch, sharp

so much that his vision blurred, and he nearly lost his grip

She wrote, "Goodbye, Axel.

I'm leaving Solana City.

to find

you hear news about me or you manage to find out where I am, I won't see you." A wrenching pain tore

as he typed and retyped a frantic

Amber? Tell me." A long time

there was no

He wasn't satisfied.

with unshed tears,

if he had gone

you avoid seeing me just because you don't want to? Do you think

you love me?

words acold and sharp knife that sliced through his heart

"I don't think

light that happened to appear in my

showed me what the light

me a feeling

never disappear, but

feel anything for you

is all that I'm

really love me, don't