At that moment, Raegan felt that Henley was going insane Tears fell from Raegan's eyes. She pleaded, “Henley, don't do this.

I've always seen you as a friend. How can you treat me like this?"

“Raegan, I never wanted to be your friend. I want to be your man.

Don't you understand?" Henley retorted.

Henley gently brushed away Raegan's tears with his fingertips and softly said, "If I had known it was you, I would've come for you earlier. You mean so much to me. Do you know that?"

In the depths of Henley's abyss-like past, only Raegan had made him feel alive.

Raegan's tears didn't cease. Henley's words were enigmatic and beyond her comprehension.

Her thoughts wandered over the people outside. Thinking of them, she raised her voice and shouted as loudly as she could, "Help! Help..."

Henley swiftly covered her mouth, muffling her cries. Then, he let out a bone-chilling laughter.

"No one will hear you. And if by chance they do, they won't intervene."

In Raegan's heart, despair took root.

Henley had meticulously planned. In other words, it was a trap for Raegan.

Henley pressed his index finger against Raegan's lips and whispered, “Be a good girl and give yourself to me. I promise I'll be better than Mitchel."

Even though he hadn't had sexual intercourse with women before, he had learned several techniques after realizing Raegan was the one for him, He would be mindful of her feelings and was confident he wouldn't do anything less than satisfactory.

But as Henley pressed on her again, Raegan, gripped by panic, blurted out, “Henley, do you Like me?"

With a fire blazing in his eyes, Henley resolutely answered, "I like you. I want all of you."

Raegan sensed his unwavering determination, yet she tried to reason with him.

“If you really like me, you should respect me, not force me."

Henley's eyes darkened, and he muttered, "Since I was a child, things I liked would always be discarded by others. From that on, I understand one thing. If you want something, you must do whatever it takes to have it."

“It's not like that," Raegan countered.