Chapter 8

Translator and Editor: Gina and Tea

Chapter 8

“I liked you.”

It was impossible to know whether this choice would lead to a happy ending or not. But looking back, still I took the wrong choice–

“But it’s too much.”

Still, I didn’t want to come all the way here and just die at the hands of my bias.

Tears flowed down my cheeks and touched the back of Yu-gyeom’s hand holding the blade as his eyes looked at me and shook slightly.

He had never received anything similar to affection from others, not even from his blood relatives, and yet, Yu-gyeom was a person who longed for it. It was a somewhat radical confession, but this was the best I could do.

“…”

Fortunately, Yu-gyeom’s face seemed to indicate that it had worked properly. As I witnessed before, he was in an already precarious state even before we met Baek Hawon. As expected, the knife slowly fell from my neck and, as I was only looking for the chance to escape–

Bang–!! A gunshot rang out, and the strong pushing force made me slump to the floor. The figure reflected in the marble shook greatly. Surprised, I turned around and saw blood gushing out of Yu-gyeom’s arm, staining his white shirt red.

‘Baek Hawon, that crazy bastard…!’ Baek Hawon loaded the gun with such an unshakable face that it was hard to believe that he was the one who just shot a person.

Holding back a groan, Yu-gyeom hurriedly stretched out his other arm and grabbed my wrist tightly. In those conflicted, shaky pupils, I could see myself reflected in Yu-gyeom’s eyes. The moment the gun was fired, he pushed me away first.

Why are you saving me? This hand should be holding the gun, not me. That’s how you live.

“Wake up.”

At that moment, when I couldn’t avoid Yu-gyeom’s gaze due to confusion, a low-pitched voice rang behind me. A gun barrel extended from somewhere behind me was directed at Yu-gyeom, and my frozen body mechanically moved as if it had been freed from hypnosis. As I looked back with surprised eyes, I saw an unexpected face glaring at Yu-gyeom.

“Do Siyoo?”

With a shallow breath and an unbecoming ferocious face, he looked like a different person, perhaps because of his darkly dyed hair. Do Siyoo glanced at me. Seeing him drenched in sweat with a pale, tired face made me feel weird for no reason. Then my original plan came to mind, and I gradually regained consciousness.

‘Get a hold of yourself, Cha Yeonbyeol.’ This isn’t a romance in which I’m the main character. How far would I go even if I tried to seduce Yu-gyeom here? If you’ve avoided the situation where you get stabbed to death, now flee.

“If you don’t desire a hole in your head, you better let go of that hand.”

I wondered if the person spitting such dreary words was the same person I called Cotton Candy before. Unlike when we met to ask for a partner for the party, his once playful bright eyes were full of sharp needles, and his cheerful voice was cold as ice.

I looked from Do Siyoo to Yu-gyeom alternately with anxious eyes.

‘I’m not sure if Siyoo would shoot Yu-gyeom, but looking at the atmosphere right now, he really looks like he would put a hole in his head.’ However, despite Do Siyoo’s threat, Yu-gyeom didn’t seem to want to release my wrist. Rather, he languidly rolled up the corners of his mouth and tilted his head toward me, whispering so only I could hear,

“Will you let me be a Prince, too?”

‘What? What kind of bullsh*t are you saying in this kind of situation.’ I looked at Yu-gyeom, my eyes filled with unfiltered thoughts that I wouldn’t dare voice aloud and then,

Bang!!! Bang~!!

Gunshots rang several times and Do Siyoo’s arm shook shockingly; at the same time, Yu-gyeom pulled me hard and held me tightly in his arms.

“From now on, don’t let go of me.”

“…”

“I have no intention of letting you go.”

In an instant, without the time to think about anything but the soft voice whispering at me, masked men attacked the deck with their guns pointed at us.

More precisely, at everyone except me and Yu-gyeom.

He smiled brightly and raised an arm still dripping with blood. Out of nowhere, there was a gun in his hand.

“Boss!”

Belatedly, Baekcheon’s members rushed to the deck, but seeing that Utopia’s muzzle, which had already gained the initiative, was aimed at Baek Hawon, they hesitated and didn’t move any further.

The situation was perfectly fitted, as if planned.

It was twisted, it went wrong, but like a puzzle, the same results were produced in the end.

‘Really– I’ll go crazy.’

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Do Siyoo hurriedly reached out to me, but Yu-gyeom backed away, still hugging me. Members of Utopia, who had come close before I realized it, aimed their guns at Do Siyoo, impeding his movements.

Seeing Yu-gyeom supported by the members of the Utopia organization, it seemed that they were planning to escape the cruise ship before being outnumbered.

No.

No way!

If it keeps going like this, it’ll be the unavoidable kidnapping route!!

“Kyaaa!”

As I struggled and gave strength to my toes to resist, Yu-gyeom lifted me over his shoulder like a potato sack and the world turned upside down. I slammed his back hard with my fists, but he didn’t budge.

“Cha Yeonbyeol!”

In the frenzy, I heard Do Siyoo’s voice desperately calling out my name. As expected, it was clear that Do Siyoo and Cha Yeonbyeol were a pair.

But now, what’s the use of all that? It looks like I ended kidnapped as the story unfolds

“Let go, you crazy idiot!!”

No matter how much I screamed and hit him, Yu-gyeom just moved quickly. As I raised my head, I could see the eyes gazing at me getting farther and farther away.

“…”

At that time, I paused for a moment at Baek Hawon’s face looking at me from the farthest distance. Not as desperate as Do Siyoo, not as startled as the others, not showing any emotion, but frozen, pale as paper.

When I saw that face for the first time, I instantly felt strange.

However, without any time to think about him or do anything, his face just gradually disappeared from sight.

* * *

Even though I couldn’t hear Do Siyoo’s voice anymore in this dark and quiet space, I still struggled. It was not easy to move while hanging like this, but thinking about the future, I couldn’t stay still.

‘In the end, I’m being kidnapped.’ What was worse, the scale of actions grew bigger. Honestly, reviewing my past actions, I wasn’t sure that Baek Hawon would come to rescue me. Back then, I even spoke words to Yu-gyeom I couldn’t take back.

‘Damn.’ In summary, it was a situation where I couldn’t help but swear.

It’s very messed up. I’m doomed.

“…!”

At that time, as I continued my fruitless struggle, Yu-gyeom suddenly lost focus and stumbled. He managed to stop while leaning against a wall, and only then did I realize that the place I was passing was the hallway I had escaped from earlier. And on the road we already passed by, the blood staining the floor was so thick that I could see it clearly even in the dark.

“Ugh…”

Yu-gyeom let out a ragged breath and took another step. Once I was conscious of it, I couldn’t take my eyes off the blood dripping down with every step he took. Yu-gyeom, who was walking almost staggeringly without stopping, opened the door and headed to the terrace. He locked the terrace door with trembling hands, and then dropped me off and fell to the floor as if collapsing.

“Ugh…”

Yu-gyeom groaned with a crumpled face. It was then that I noticed the scarlet blood flowing from not only his arm but also his side.

‘When was it?’ There wasn’t a single moment of sanity, so even if I tried to look through my memories, not a single event seemed to have been engraved in my mind.

Yu-gyeom vomited blood, and I reflexively tried to reach out to him but stopped.

‘This is not the time for me to be like this.’ But contrary to my thoughts, I couldn’t retract my hand. It was the first time I had seen so much blood, and he was the bias I had liked more than any idol in my life.

In my head, an alarm was ringing, saying I was Cha Yeonbyeol now, and I was destined to die by his hand, but my heart didn’t care. He was more handsome than I had ever imagined.

Chewing my dry lips, I put my hands down and stood up.

“…Why.”

I couldn’t imagine what my face looked like while I stared at Yu-gyeom. Nevertheless, I continued talking as if I was vomiting a lump of bitterness stuck in my throat. I took a step back at the feeling that his gaze was tying up my whole body from my toes, but even that small movement was blocked by the door.

“Why are you doing this?”

“…”

“If you’re hurt, you should just escape.”

Yu-gyeom ruffled his sweat-drenched hair and twisted the corners of his mouth, then slowly stood up while pressing his hand on his side, where blood was flowing as if there was a hole. Suddenly, a low voice issued from his parched, bluish lips.

“You said you like me.”

Yu-gyeom suppressed a moan and fixed his gaze on me while pointing the gun at my heart with his other hand.

“Even if I kill you as a hostage, I’ll have to listen to the reason before doing it.”

“…”

“First of all, would you like to go with me?”

He finally spat out those same words that sounded like a death sentence. Yu-gyeom narrowed the distance in an instant and held my stiff waist immobilized while drawing me closer. Then, he wrapped my arms around his neck. The gun was still pointed at me, and my mind was full of scenes where he killed Cha Yeonbyeol. I couldn’t move.

He moved slowly toward the terrace in that state, grabbed a rope tied to the railing, and tied it around my waist. Only then did I come to my senses.

‘No, wait a sec–’I tried to push Yu-gyeom away, but I was already caught tight, and he didn’t budge.

His hair, fluttering in the strong wind, sparkled like the moonlight more than ever. The sound of the waves beneath my feet was exceptionally clear.

No, right?

I looked at Yu-gyeom in desperation, but as always, he was as soft and sweet as he was poisonous,

“Let’s go together.”

A smile clung to his mouth.

“To my hell.”

Thump-thump- My heart was beating like it was going to explode.

The bright moon shone beyond the shining smiling face and stung my eyes.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaa–!!!!”

After coming out of the strong wind, Yu-gyeom’s body tilted under the railing and began to fall at a tremendous speed.

In the end, like fate, the same development occurred.

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