CHAPTER 32

JI-HOO'S POV:

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LOST HER?!" Woo Bin roars into his cell phone. "Why are you only just now calling me? …I don't care what you have to do, just keep looking! Find her!" He hangs up and looks at me nervously. I already know who it is just from the look he's giving me.

"What happened?" I ask.

"Well Saia kind of… ditched the guy I have following her."

I sigh in exasperation. What the hell is she thinking? Now is not the time to be pulling shit like this! It's too dangerous! I stand up to go look for her but the door opens and she walks in. I can see right through the innocent expression she has plastered on her face. She is a terrible liar and she knows she's in trouble.

"Saia-ssi…" Woo Bin says quietly.

Her eyes dart around the room nervously. "Yes?"

"That has got to be the dumbest thing you have ever done! I know you're a lot smarter than that! What the fuck were you thinking?" he asks incredulously.

"Well… I do have a good reason… I found out who the guy is that we've been looking for."

"…What?" we both stare at her dumbfounded.

"It's Kim Tae Mu. He's the one that's involved."

"Are you sure? How did you find out?" Woo Bin asks.

Saia glances nervously at me and I can tell I'm not going to like her answer. "…Yes. I'm sure." She hedges.

"What did you do?" I finally ask.

"…Kang Woo is his son. So …I went and talked to him." She says quietly.

"YOU DID WHAT?" Woo Bin roars.

I'm at a loss for words. I'm frustrated and upset with her but what can I say? She is well aware that I'm not happy about this. I might be a tiny bit more understanding if it was anyone else but Kang Woo. She should have never gone by herself. I seriously wish he would just disappear…

"Do you have any idea how dangerous that was? How do you know he isn't in on it? He could have done something to you and we wouldn't have known about it till it was too late! Do you want to put us through all that again?" Woo Bin says in exasperation.

She cringes at Woo Bin's words but looks at me. "I'm sorry… I know it was a stupid plan but I had to try. We needed to know and I knew he wouldn't talk to just anyone."

"And how did you know that he would talk to you?" Woo Bin asks.

"I didn't really." She says weakly. "But I had to try."

"God, you women are going to be the death of me…" Woo Bin grumbles and drops dramatically into is chair.

"Kang Woo did bring up a good point though." She says.

I raise an eyebrow and wait for her to speak.

"I've been really selfish and I'm sorry." She says to me.

"…What?" I ask in confusion.

"I do things without thinking about what it does to other people. Even though my intentions are good, it still doesn't make it right. It was selfish and I'm sorry if I made you worry." She says to me.

"…You will have to be punished for this." I tell her with a sigh.

"Huh?" Woo Bin gives me a confused look.

She swallows hard but nods her head. "Okay. How?" I move towards her but she doesn't back away.

"You are going to tell us everything that the two of you said, word for word, and-" I wrap my arms around her and pull her into a tight hug. "You are going to let me hold you for a minute."

She relaxes against me and wraps her arms around my waist. "I can live with that." She says with a smile. Taking a deep breath, I let myself finally relax. These girls are too damn brave for their own good.

She tells the two of us everything that Kang Woo said to her. Regardless of how upset I am that she did this, at least we now know who is responsible for the attacks. Tae Mu is a very powerful man with a lot of connections. We will have to plan very carefully in order to bring him down. It makes me uneasy that Kang Woo tried to get Saia to leave the country. He may not be directly involved but he still knows what is going on. He knows that she's in danger.

It's late and Saia finally excuses herself with a yawn. I follow her to her room before I head home. I want her to come with me but I respect her need for time. She stops in front of her door and I sweep her bangs out of her eye.

"Try not to ditch your bodyguard anymore. Arasso?"

"Arasso." She smiles in embarrassment. Giving her a smile I turn to leave but she grabs my hand. "Ji-Hoo? Can I… would it be okay if… I came home?"

Did I just hear her right? I nod dumbly. "Of course you can…"

"I mean… If you want me to…" She says nervously.

"You have no idea how badly I want you home. But if you do, I can't promise I will be able to keep my hands off of you."

"I'm not asking you to." She says shyly.

(^_^)

Tugging unsuccessfully on the sheet again, I nibble on her toes and reach for another piece of fruit instead. That sheet needs to go… It's the only thing blocking my view of her gorgeous body.

"It's too hot. You don't need that." I complain. She only gives me a mischievous look before reaching into the bowl for another piece of watermelon. It's not even covering that much but unfortunately it's covering the best parts… We both lay on our bed munching on a bowl of fruit after an amazing round of love making. I'm surprisingly not tired. I actually feel energized for more. God she is addicting! I can't get enough of her but that damn sheet is in my way… She laughs at me and shakes her head.

"If looks could kill, Yoon Ji-Hoo, your sheets would have dissolved by now."

I look up from kissing her ankle and narrow my eyes at her. "After tonight I don't think we should have sheets anymore."

She sits up and sets the bowl on the floor before she crawls over to me. I tug on the sheet again and sigh in frustration as she keeps it in place. Leaning down until her face is inches from mine, she looks me in the eyes.

"Does it really bother you that much?" I nod and a slow grin spreads across her face. "Good."

"You're teasing me…" I grumble.

"Yes. After all the times you have teased me I think it's only fair." She chuckles.

Gripping the sheet with both hands, I yank hard and pull it away from between us. She laughs as I roll her beneath me and I bite her shoulder.

"Ouch! Ji-Hoo!" she smacks my arm. "That hurts!"

"Revenge is supposed to hurt." I chuckle in her ear.

"Is it?" Her hands slide to my waist and she arches her hips. Her core brushes against my tip and I take in a sharp breath. I look down into her laughing face in wonder.

"If that's how you're going to play, then I'm going to tease you all night." I threaten. Her smile gets wider as she pulls my head down to hers.

"Promises, promises…" She says against my lips.

(^_^)

SAIA'S POV:

Between practice and Ji-Hoo, it's a wonder that I can still walk. I inwardly groan. My whole body aches. He had stood by his threat and kept me up most of the night. I'm not complaining. Making love with him is always amazing and I have really missed him. It was worth it. I just know that I am going to be stiff during practice today and Se Na Sunbae will probably notice. That will be an awkward conversation… It will be nice to be back at the studio though. Woo Bin's dance room is nice but there is something to be said for the smell and feel of an old dance studio. It has more character.

The house is still dark as I make my way to the kitchen for some juice before I leave. I don't want to turn on the lights and wake Ji-Hoo. Pausing in front of the kitchen I feel a shiver of unease run down my spine. Something isn't right. I panic and turn back towards the bedroom before a hand clamps over my mouth. I slam my foot on his and his hand slips from my mouth but he doesn't let me go.

"Ji-Hoo!" I yell as I slam my elbow back into my assailant's ribcage. Two more guys descend on me as Ji-Hoo knocks out one of the men heading towards the bedroom. Ji-Hoo manages to grab one of the men holding on to me and throws him to the floor. I struggle but they are too strong and there's too many of them. I can't break free. Ji-Hoo takes two more men down before the man holding me grabs my throat. I claw at his hand, desperate for air.

"If you don't want her hurt, then stop struggling." My attacker sneers. Ji-Hoo clenches his fists and looks ready to murder the guy holding me but he stops fighting them. He's breathing heavily, his lip is bleeding, and his eye is already starting to swell. His shirt is ripped from where one of the guys had grabbed him and I have never seen Ji-Hoo so angry.

"No!" I cry out as one of the men hits him on the back of the head and Ji-Hoo crumples to the floor unconscious. I stare in shock at his limp body before I feel a sharp pain on the back of my head and I black out.

(^_^)

Squinting against the brightness, I try to open my eyes and groan. My head is pounding.

"Saia! Are you okay?" I hear Ga Eul ask.

"Careful. You took a pretty bad blow to the head." Jan Di says. I can feel her hands lightly touch the back of my head and I flinch. Oh no! Ji-Hoo! I sit up quickly and the room starts to spin.

"Ji-Hoo! Where's Ji-Hoo?" I gasp.

"I don't know. It's just us here." Jan Di says. I blink my eyes to adjust to the lightening and look around. We are in a concrete room with no windows, only a door at one end.

"Where are we?" I ask. Jae Kyung stands up from examining the door and looks at me.

"We don't know. We all woke up in here. The last thing I remember was walking to my car from Daddy's office yesterday." She says.

"The last thing I remember was going to bed and I woke up here." Ga Eul says.

"I was at the clinic last night getting ready to leave. I don't know how I got here." Jan Di says.

"I was getting ready to leave for the studio this morning and we were attacked. I tried to break free but there was too many of them. Ji-Hoo tried to stop them but…" I try to swallow the lump in my throat.

"There was nothing you could do." Ga Eul says quietly.

"You did what you could. They want us for a reason. I doubt the guys are hurt." Jae Kyung says. Her words are loaded with meaning. They took us specifically for a reason. We are the F4's girls.

(^_^)

"What do you think they will do to us?" Ga Eul asks. Hours have gone by and we haven't seen or heard anybody.

"I don't know." Jae Kyung quietly says.

We have already searched every inch of the room but apart from the florescent light in the ceiling and the four mats for us to sleep on, it's completely empty.

A sudden click from the lock on the door has us all on our feet and three men walk in with guns pointed at us. They are dressed from head to toe in black with their faces covered. One of the men approaches me and grabs me by the arm. As he pulls me towards the door, Jae Kyung steps towards him.

"Where are you taking her?" She yells. The other two men keep their guns pointed at the girls until my captor and I exit the room.

None of them say anything and the other two men stay behind in front of the door after they close it. I feel the muzzle of the gun on my lower back as my captor pushes me forward. I look around curiously to see that we are in a huge warehouse. Crates and heavy machinery are everywhere.

It's dark outside as he pushes me through a door and towards a black car. The window rolls down and the man holding me reaches for an envelope. After looking inside it, he nods at the person in the car and the door opens. What the hell is going on? He pushes me towards the car and I reluctantly get in. As soon as the door shuts beside me, the car takes off but I hardly notice as I stare in shock at the driver.

"I told you that you needed to leave! Now do you understand why? You never fucking listen to me! God! You are the most infuriating, stubborn, and crazy woman I have ever known!" Kang Woo snaps at me.