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Chapter 8 - The First Revelations
The first thing he noticed was that he wasn't drenched. Whoever had bring him there, had made sure he was cleaned and dry out before placing him over what seemed to be a strong warm bed, under a strong clear light. Then he noticed that he wasn't able to freely move, since his wrists were tied to the bed bars, on each side of him. And then it was the smell that hit him strongly:
- For Heaven's sake, what the fuck is that smell?
Then many things happened at once. First, the strong light was covered by multiple shadows and breaths of relief were sighed as a voice that clearly belonged to Yi Jung said, coming from his right:
- He's cursing already, so he's fine…
- Thank goodness… - murmured another voice. Ga Eul's, also near him at the right.
- Hey guys…
- How are you feeling? – Yi Jung asked.
- … like I've been shot. Am I in heaven? – he asked, his eyelids still close due to the strong light. He let his sense of earring led the conversation, though he could still perceive the shadows of his friends against the strong light under his eyelids.
- What? Of course not! – shouted Yi Jung suddenly afraid. Had his friend lost his mind?
- No? I thought I heard an angel…
- An angel? – asked Ga Eul.
- See, there it is. – he sighed, making everyone laugh and even Yi Jung smiled, relieved.
- Ga Eul? Is that you?
- Yeah, I'm here sunbae. – she said, hiccupping and laughing a little.
- Yah! – shouted another voice, clearly angry. Jun Pyo, at his feet. – What about us? We are his friends! We've been here for days and he remembers only Ga Eul!
- Now you know what I felt when you only remembered your friends and didn't even think I was important! – shouted an angry Jan Di near his head, at his left side, making him wince but smile and laugh a little. Then the pain in his torso made notice of its existence and he pointed that out letting a shade of a grimace take place on his features.
- Are you in pain, Woo Bin? – asked Ji Hoo, beside him also at his left.
- No. I mean, I laughed and yeah… it hurt. But it's nothing serious…
- Thank goodness you've woken up. – said Seo Hyun. She had grasped his left hand. – We were worried about you…
- Seo Hyun-unni… you're here too…
- Of course I am! – she said, hiding a smile that he could still clearly hear in her voice.
- Hey, guys. – he said, opening slowly his eyes and facing their expectant faces. – As much as I love you all and you're important in my life, could you please remove your stinking breaths from above me? I would like to sit.
- Stinking breaths? – Jun Pyo asked, testing his. – Hey, we don't have…
- He meant MOVE! – shouted Jan Di, pushing him away from the hospital bed, as soon as she got near him.
As Yi Jung helped him sitting, the others pulled their chairs and placed them around his bed. Then Yi Jung took his seat and Woo Bin took a look around, his back resting against the pillows behind him.
- Where's Jae Kyung?
The others looked around and Woo Bin understood.
- He took her, didn't he?
- Slowly Jun Pyo confirmed the news.
- Yeah, he did. We couldn't stop him, though. We were too few…
- I know… - Woo Bin said, looking at his binding wrists. – Who…?
- The nurses. – said Ga Eul, answering his question. – They said you were too agitated in your sleep and during your fevers… you even tried to escape once…
Woo Bin glanced around. He was in a private bedroom, luxuriously decorated; he was monitorized, the machine registering his heart frequency, had an IV in his right arm and something that went through his nose and that itched...
- It's for feeding you. You lost consciousness and they had to feed you someway… - said Ji Hoo, answering his silent question as he eyed suspiciously the green tube.
- Ok, then. So, start explaining. I don't have all day. I have to get Jae Kyung back, you know…
Everyone looked, between themselves and Yi Jung took a deep breath.
- Perhaps it would be wiser if we tell him later… - said Jan Di. – He hasn't totally recovered yet…
- He needs to know, the sooner the better… - was the answer from the potter.
- Stop talking as if I'm not here! – Woo Bin demanded. – What the hell happened? Where am I? How long have I been here?
- Relax. – said the young Casanova, before starting to talk. – You're in Shinwha's private hospital and you've been here for a month and a half…
- A month and a Half?!
- Yeah. You were shot and you were really lucky that the bulled didn't hit any vital spot. – explained Ji Hoo – A few more centimeter below and it would have pierced your heart or your lungs… you went into surgery two times, since the first one didn't go so well and then you run a high fever for almost 4weeks… as a matter of fact, it's the first time you've awoken without being delirious…
- How long have you guys been here? – he asked.
- A few days. Since you've been shot, actually... – said Jun Pyo. – We've been sleeping in the nearest rooms.
- All of you? – he asked, surprised.
- No, only some of us. – said the Shinwha's heir. – Me and Yi Jung, mostly. Ji Hoo stays here most of the days and the girls come every day.
- But… - stuttered Woo Bin – shouldn't you be in the US right now?
Jun Pyo smiled:
- Whatever there is to be treated, it can wait. Also, I've got my laptop with me so I've been working a bit…
- And I am on a pause. I called my teachers back at Sweden and we agreed that, since I've been a modeling student… - Ji Hoo coughed and Yi Jung smirked before continuing. – I could take a break of… let's say, 4months?
- 4months?!
- He actually told his teachers that his mother had requested his presence for her own recovering… - laughed Jun Pyo. – The rascal…
- But… why?
They all turned to face Woo Bin, who looked perplexed.
- Oy! What do you think we are, insensible? You're our friend, dammit! And don't you ever scare me like that again! Almost jumping of a bridge, getting hit by a bullet… what's next? Being chased by a wild pig?
Then, everyone turned their eyes to Jun Pyo.
- What? – the young heir asked, when everyone concentrated their eyes on him.
It was all it took for Woo Bin to explode in honest laughers, followed by everyone in the room. When they had all calmed down, Ji Hoo said, calmly:
- Well, there is no one better than Jun Pyo to warm up the mood before the arrival of a cold storm… and by the way, you moron, its wild boar and not wild pig!
- I knew that! – said Jun Pyo quickly.
- Yeah, right… - scorned Jan Di.
- Woo Bin-ah, no matter what we tell you today, you have to remain calm. Your wound is still too recent and it could open once more, so… - continued Ji Hoo.
- It's alright. Go ahead and tell me. What happened?
- Well, you passed out, after being shot. Jae Kyung-unni was shouting your name when we noticed what had happened. But when we tried to stop her from being taken, that man… - said Jan Di, pausing. – He shot once more in the air and told us to stay away from his fiancée or he would make sure to end us right then. We had no choice, because they were more than us and were armed.
- So he took Jae Kyung?
- Yeah. It's been a month and a half since then. We haven't heard anything from her…
- Who was that man? – asked Woo Bin, looking at their compromised faces. – You guys know more than you are telling me, don't you? Spit it!
Yi Jun took the lead:
- Remember when Jae Kyung returned from the US?
- Yeah, of course. It was two years ago, a few weeks before Christmas…
- Well, this starts a little bit before and I have to tell you since the start so you can understand… when Jae Kyung achieved the post of CEO of JK Group, everything was ok: their place in Wall Street was one of the highest, they were exporting far more well than when they tried the merge with Jun Pyo's company. Along with Shinwha's, they dominated all the action of the market. That was the scenario when she arrived at the company. And she did a wonderful job; becoming allied to Shinwha's group, they prospered and everything seemed to be going fine. Then there was news that surprised everyone: one of the most productive branches of the JK Group had been sold to one of their enemies company.
- It was chaos. – continued Jun Pyo. – Their actions dropped abruptly, as well as their exportations… the group was sinking and Jae Kyung didn't know what to do. In a matter of days, JK Group had lost almost 50% of their value in the stock market.
- How could that happen? – asked Woo Bin. – Did she do anything wrong?
- Unfortunately, yes. But she did it out of ingenuity. She signed a paper that stated the sold of the branch to her enemy's company. She didn't read the paper till the end, so she did not knew that it had been a plot.
- A plot?
- Yeah, but we'll get there. By the time she signed the paper, she met the man you've met a few weeks ago.
- A boyfriend? – asked Woo Bin, without being able to hide his jealousy. The girls smirked sadly between themselves .
- No. – said Ga Eul, making him turn his head towards her. – Nothing of the sort. He and unni met because both staffs of their companies thought it would be good. And she agreed, wholeheartedly. It was supposed to be a meeting business but it turned out as much more.
- What do you mean?- asked Woo Bin, while Jun Pyo left to return a bit later, with his laptop. Writing something in it, he showed it to the mafia prince.
- Kung Han Ju. CEO of "Petroleum Company". 32 years old, single. An impressive curriculum. He went to the best schools in Europe. His father is Korean and his mother was Chinese; she died when he was 30 years old, of syphilis. She was a former hooker.
- He does have an impressive curriculum… - commented Woo Bin as he read the boards in front of him. – Still single? A man like him would like have an heir, already at this age…
- Well, let's see his other curriculum, shall we? – said Jun Pyo, darkening his face as he clicked on his computer.
- Other curriculum? – Woo Bin asked, before glancing around. Somehow, the mood had turned really cold, in his room.
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