YOU

Ch - 2

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Zia's innocence is both her strength and her weakness. Everything seems easy now, but when she faces the real world, she'll realize the challenges that lie ahead. Only time will tell how what she has witnessed will affect her life. The difficulties she will encounter are still unseen, but Zia's innocence and courage will be her support.

SHAWN CONNER

Since the age of five, Shawn Conner has been an orphan, the death of his parents being the biggest tragedy of his life that turned everything upside down. He was his parents' only child. His father was a successful businessman with a multimillion-dollar empire, and his mother was also a businesswoman. They were one of the most successful business families, but their professional success came with many enemies who coveted their property. This envy was the reason behind their deaths, but no one knows the exact truth since Shawn's parents had no relations with any family members due to their love marriage, which was against their families' wishes. They had eloped and later became successful. Because of his young age, Shawn never knew that his parents' deaths were not due to some ordinary reason but rather a highly planned murder, which he discovered when he joined FBI.

Shawn is a FBI agent who solves major cases for the country while maintaining an undercover identity. To the world, he appears to be managing his parents' business, which had been transferred to his name during his childhood, ensuring that if anything happened, all the property would go to him.

Shawn has many enemies who have been pursuing him since childhood. After his parents' death, he lived under the protection of his father's best friend, Oskar, who was also his father's right hand and a very loyal person. Despite his old age, Oskar loves Shawn more than his own children. Shawn became very quiet after his parents' death but was incredibly capable, possessing extensive knowledge about everything. However, living without his parents made him strong and short-tempered. He spoke very little, and when he did, everyone had to listen because he was the CEO of the entire business. Only his bodyguards and Oskar knew about his role as a FBI agent. Since childhood, Shawn never felt like making friends, always suspecting that everyone just wanted to take advantage of him. But Mathew was an exception, doing everything for Shawn even before being asked and proving his loyalty. Mathew, Oskar's son, was older than Shawn and had known him since childhood, which is why Shawn trusted him.

One day, Mathew entered the room and informed Shawn that their trucks, carrying essential military equipment for export from Geneva to the U.S., had been attacked. This shipment was critical for Shawn. Hearing Mathew's voice, Shawn closed his laptop, asked about the number of trucks attacked, and upon learning that five trucks had been destroyed, he got extremely angry, grabbed his blazer, and headed to the site.

Upon arrival, Shawn saw many unknown assailants attacking their trucks. Without saying a word, he pulled out his KRISS Vector from the back seat, a very fast-firing gun, and started firing through the car's sunroof, taking down anyone in sight. His bodyguards followed his lead, starting their own firing and destroying many of the attackers' cars, looking like a Hollywood hero. Mathew, concerned, urged Shawn to get inside, warning of the danger outside. Shawn simply glanced at him and resumed firing, systematically eliminating the attackers and their cars. Among the attackers was their leader, whom Shawn spotted and directed Mathew to drive fast towards him.

In pursuit, they reached near the airport, where the leader and his accomplices ran inside. Leaving his car, Shawn, with Mathew's coordination, contacted higher authorities and called in the army. Shawn entered the airport, having left his gun in the car, and immediately spotted the leader pointing a gun. With precision, Shawn drew his pistol from his waistband and shot the man dead. Shawn looks at the dead body of the man, then slowly raises his gaze, where his eyes fall on an innocent-looking girl with tears in her eyes, holding a baby, visibly terrified.

Shawn couldn't take his eyes off her; she was incredibly beautiful.

Shawn : I have seen many girls before, but looking at her face, it felt like her eyes were telling me that she has also endured a lot of pain in her life, just as I have suffered.

He felt an instant connection, wanting to wipe her tears. It was the first time someone had made him feel this way. Just then, an Army officer approached, informing Shawn that they needed to evacuate everyone quickly. Nodding, Shawn continued to look at Zia, her frightened face etched in his mind. He saw her hand over the baby to its crying mother, who thanked her and left.

Seeing a man hug Zia, Shawn didn't react, assuming he was someone she cared about deeply. Mathew then approached, informing Shawn about the mastermind behind the attack. As Shawn prepared to leave, he felt compelled to look back one last time at Zia, who was still holding onto the man, tears streaming down her face.

Shawn and Mathew then got into their car and drove away.