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Henry gasped for a moment in silence. His eyes widened with shock filling his entire body at this moment. He could even feel a prickling and cold feeling down his back. He didn't think at all that if Louisa heard all the things he talked with Jane the other day, Louisa would hear. What's more, he remembered correctly, that Louisa fell asleep from drinking alcohol that day. He didn't think at all that Louisa could hear everything. "Louisa..." Henry whispered. He didn't want all of this to be happen. Not now. Not forever. Louisa slightly backed away from Henry's direction. She really needed to be able to maintain the defense she already had built today. Louisa put on an indifferent and flat face. Although she couldn't lie to herself that she was hurt too. She felt cheated and she became very stupid for being caught in that lie. "Don't." Louisa tried to prevent anything Henry would say. Because she might not be able to hold herself back after that. Henry shook his head several times. He didn't want this to happen. No. Henry took a few steps and tried to reach Louisa who was slightly away from him. 'Louisa, please listen to me. Everything...everything you heard that day meant nothing. Me and Jane, we both have nothing to do with. Please believe me." Henry tried to explain. Louisa shook her head a few times. You could see her eyes were starting to fill with tears. "I don't need any explanations or excuses from you, Henry. I saw everything. I saw you and Jane hugging, the day you came home from Hampstead too." Louisa answered by continuously trying to distance herself from Henry. Henry paused for a moment. He began to lower his head, trying to remember the day he had just arrived from Hampstead. He remembered how he met Jane by accident that day. 'Louisa, it was all a misunderstanding. Jane and I didn't hug. She is the one who hugged me. Really, I never lie at all, Louisa. Trust me. Please. I beg you." Henry gripped Louisa's palm tightly. He didn't want to be like this. Louisa looked at Henry in disappointment. She didn't want to be trapped anymore. She already trapped before, so, she didn't want another trick anymore. That's enough now. "Then the plan? What do you guys have planned for me, Henry?" Louisa let go of Henry's hand. 'Make me fall in love and love you? You've managed to do that already. Makes me trust you so much? You've done that too. Then what else do you have planned for me or maybe for Tomkins House company? I remember that Jane... didn't seem to like how you managed to make me fall in love and loving you that much, Henry." Henry gasped for the umpteenth time. "No, Louisa. This is all a misunderstanding. Me and Jane, we... a plan..." Henry couldn't finish what he was about to say there. Louisa suddenly nodded her head slowly, then raised her right palm to wipe the corner of her eyelids that felt wet from tears. "Was all that plot related to Uncle George?" Henry widened his eyes. Staring at Louisa, her lips felt stiff, and couldn't say anything. Louisa looked directly into Henry's eyes which she had always admired. 'Was everything that happened to me is all the part of your plan? Was making me fall in love with you Uncle George's plan too? And… was the Tomkins House data center building fire also part of that plan?" Louisa felt choked when she said everything. She couldn't bear to really face all of that. Louisa really hoped that Henry would say no to everything she asked. But when Louisa realized that Henry just stood still and didn't say anything in front of her, Louisa knew the answers to all her questions. Henry just looked at Louisa with an inexplicable look in his eyes. Henry was starting to notice that he was holding back tears at this point. And Louisa gave up. Louisa quickly turned around to be able to turn her back to Henry there. Louisa held back her sobs. Then Louisa slowly sighed. "I think..." Louisa bit her lip to suppress her sobs even more. His voice was hoarse, with a very dry throat. 'I think we need to take a break, Henry." *** Henry stepped on both feet with hasty steps. His face showed an emotion that couldn't be easily explained at all. He was so really angry, but couldn't control himself right now. He walked into a building, then stopped right in front of one of the officers. "Can I help you?" The clerk asked Henry. "I want to see Jane Miller." Henry answered. 'He just got into the holding cell. I'm her friend, I thought… I could meet her for a bit right now." "Certain. Please see her. Just don't take too long. The cell is on the way to the right and ends alone." The officer explained. Henry answered with a slow nod of his head and a faint smile. Then began to walk both feet in accordance with the directions given by the officer there. Henry's face looks hard, with his palms clenched quite tightly. And when Henry was close to Jane's holding cell there, Henry began to stop his footsteps. "Jane." Henry called Jane who was in the holding cell. There, Jane is seen sitting on the floor and pensive. Bend her knees and buried her head there. Hearing Henry's call there, Jane immediately lifted her head and looked at Henry. And quickly immediately stood up, then walked closer to the iron bars that were limiting the two of them at this time. "Henry? You come in here? Will you help free me from this place?" asked Jane hopefully. "No. I came to asking you. Why did you burn down the Tomkins House data center building? Why are you trying to do all that? And what's your excuse?" Henry asked in a muffled voice. Jane gasped. She really hoped that Henry's arrival there was to help her get out of prison. But not. "I don't understand anything, Henry. You don't want to help me out of this prison? And you even asked about Tomkins House? Have you gone crazy, Henry?" "I'm not crazy, Jane. I'm just asking you. What's your reason for burning it? Tell me right now!" Henry spoke loudly, gripping the iron bars with both palms. 'That was my plan. I set the building on fire, because I knew that you wouldn't be able to hold yourself back when you were with him. And, right? You proved by yourself, that you really fell in love with Louisa Tomkins." Jane replied arrogantly. "Yes, I did. And I'm not gonna lie about that. I fell in love with her, even more harder. I fell for her. I do love her. I ruined all of their plans and I don't regret it one bit." Henry muttered. Henry's face hardened even more. 'If you said it was all your plan, then I would never believe it, Jane. We both know who we work for. And you have to be careful now, because they won't let you off that easily. You got caught and it's your fault. Now, I don't want to do anything with them anymore. I don't want to carry out any plans. Even if it means I will die. Then it won't be a problem for me." Henry turned his body and prepared to leave from there. Jane widened her eyes, surprised by what Henry had just said there. "What do you mean, Henry? You want to rebel? You know who they are, right? You could lose your life, and everything that you already had." Henry stopped walking, and only slightly turned his head back. Glancing at Jane who was gripping the iron bars in her palms. 'I have already lost everything in my life right now. I lost her..." Henry was silent for a moment. Made Jane flinch there too. 'I lost her trust. I lost her love for me. I lost her as my whole life... now, all I need to do is get Louisa's trust and love back. Even though I lost my life, I think it's worth it to get it one more time, at a second chance. Because, I do really love her..." After saying all that, Henry stepped back on his feet and left the prison.