Prologue

Plak...

 The hard slap landed perfectly on Bianca's cheek.  The 25-year-old woman stared in disbelief at her father.  Her eyes were glazed over and she couldn't speak.

 "Inevitably, you have to marry Raymond tomorrow. I don't accept rejection, I don't want to be embarrassed because of your sister's actions!"  snapped Bianca's father.

 "But, Father, this is all Levi's fault, why should I bear it?"  Bianca asked, her eyes red from crying.

 "Father doesn't want to hear, prepare yourself for tomorrow!"

 After saying that, Bianca's father immediately came out, slamming the door to Bianca's room.  He didn't care what Bianca was feeling right now.  Most importantly, he didn't want to be humiliated, his very high dignity must not be destroyed because of his ignorant daughter.

 While Bianca just sat on the floor, her hands grabbed her knees while hiding her face there.  Bianca burst into tears, what should she do now?  Should Bianca accept this forced marriage?

 No!  Bianca looked up again, wiping her tears roughly.  She did not accept this marriage.  Bianca didn't know Raymond, and Bianca didn't want to spend her life with someone she didn't love.

 In between her sobs, an idea flashed through her head, she got up immediately and headed towards her closet.  Bianca took the bag that was on top of the closet, opened the cupboard, and took some clothes to put in her bag.  She also brought all her savings, not forgetting some of the things she needed.

 Bianca finished everything quickly, after which she moved to lock the door.  Yes, Bianca was planning to run away tonight.  It was enough for her who always sacrificed her feelings for the sake of her arrogant brother.  Now is Bianca's time to rebel, find a life of her own, and achieve her freedom from the home that has always been hell for her.

 Bianca walked to the balcony of her room and looked down.  Bianca was a little nervous to see that the distance between the ground below and her room was very high.

 Bianca tried to inhale and exhale slowly.  Closing her eyes as she muttered to herself, convincing herself that she could do all of this.

 She turned to get her bag again, picked it up, and started tying one by one the blankets she found in her closet.  When she was done, she immediately tied it to the railing of her balcony.  The rope from the blanket she used to go down.

 Even though her body was shaking, she was afraid of falling, but Bianca managed to get down to the bottom.  Bianca crept up to reach the gate.  She felt a little anxious because many people were hanging around her yard.

 The house is really busy today, it should be her brother who is married to Raymond.  But it turns out that his sister was caught pregnant with another man and Raymond did not accept it.  In the end, her father decided that Bianca should take her sister's place.  But Bianca didn't want to, she heard on campus how Raymond's character was, he was a cruel and oppressive person.

 Bianca's gaze shifted to the car that was about to get out.  Bianca took another look at who was behind the wheel.  After making sure that it wasn't her father's people, Bianca just ran and got into the car in a hurry.

 Brak... 

 Bianca closed the door violently, staring intently at the person beside her.  "Hurry up!"  her orders.

 "But, Miss."  The person sitting in front of the steering wheel still looked surprised by Bianca's sudden arrival.  But because Bianca pointed a pair of scissors at him, he finally didn't ask any further and immediately started the car.

 The gatekeepers just let them go because they thought it was the people who took care of the Wedding Organizer for tomorrow.

 Bianca occasionally glanced behind her, making sure she wasn't caught and followed.  It was only after she was sure that she faced forward and breathed a sigh of relief.

 "Miss," the driver called fearfully because Bianca had been pointing scissors at him all this time.

 Bianca, who realized what she had done, quickly pulled the scissors, she winced slightly when she realized that her actions were a little brutal.  But suddenly she pointed her scissors again at the man and glared at him.

 "You, get off here. I need this car to escape."  Bianca threatened as she brought the scissors to the stomach of the person beside her.

 "Miss, don't do that. Okay...okay, I'm going down now."  The man's body was shaking violently, cold sweat dripping down his forehead.  Finally, he was forced to stop his car on the side of the road.

 Bianca didn't waste it, seeing that the person who owned this car was already out, she immediately moved to the steering wheel.  Bianca drove her car at high speed.

 Who knows how long Bianca had been driving, until she didn't realize that it was getting dark.  Bianca cursed when the car she was in ran out of fuel.  She got out of the car, kicking her tires to vent her frustration.

 But she got a little goosebump, where she was currently standing was a very desolate forest.  The lighting here is also very dark, there is only moonlight accompanying Bianca on this day before dawn.

 "How's this? It doesn't look like an area that is frequented by vehicles?"  mumbled Bianca quietly.

 During the silence of the night, Bianca shuddered when she heard a cry for help.  Her head turned here and there, looking for people around her, but there was no one here.

 "Help..."

 The moaning grew louder, making Bianca even more curious.  She finally walked a little towards the trees beside her, which she believed the voice to be coming from.

 "Hello... is anyone here?"  shouted Bianca as she looked around.

 "Help..."

 Bianca sharpened her hearing, she went deeper into the forest to find the source of the sound.  Until her eyes widened, when she saw a man sitting leaning on a rock under the moonlight.  Bianca immediately ran to the man.

 "Sir... Sir, are you all right?"  Bianca asked frantically, noticing that the man in front of her was bleeding profusely.

 Bianca tried to grab the man's hand, she put it on her shoulder and tried to wake him up.

 "Argh..."

 It turned out that Bianca was not strong enough to support the man, and instead she fell, her body falling on the man in front of her.

 "Sorry, I'm sorry, Sir."  Bianca felt guilty that she had caused him pain because of her.

 "Alexander."  Suddenly the man in front of Bianca spoke quietly, trying to use his strength to make a sound.

 "What did you say, Sir?"  Bianca asked because she didn't hear what the man was saying.

 "Alexander."

 Bianca put her ear to the man's lips, finally, she could hear a name coming out of the man's mouth.  But before Bianca asked further, the man coughed up blood.  His breathing slowly weakened, and he closed his eyes in front of Bianca.

 "Sir... Sir, wake up...."

 Bianca panicked, she tried to shake the body of the man in front of her.  But in vain, his body was limp lifeless.

 Suddenly Bianca heard the sound of a car stopping, she immediately got up and intended to seek help.  Bianca ran, her eyes sparkling at the sight of several people in front of her.  But suddenly...

 Dor...

 Bianca's body just collapsed when her leg was shot, the smile of satisfaction after seeing that someone would help vanished.  Her eyes dimmed, a glimpse before she passed out, she could see a person in front of her staring intently at her, holding a gun in his hand.

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