Chapter 31 - 31: Unforseen Danger

Kim Eunji groaned as she felt like she had been bumped by a trailer truck because her body was aching all over.

She tried to remember what happened but she could not remember anything that happened last night.

She slowly opened her eyes and she was stunned to see that she was not in her room. Also, she could feel that the place was unfamiliar.

And the air was quite different.

The next thing she did was to check if she was wearing any clothes.

She gasped when she was wearing a sexy night dress and she had a lot of kiss marks which was a great contrast on her porcelain skin.

She suddenly felt her face heated not because she was blushing but because she was angry.

"How dare him take advantage of me?!" She said in between her teeth.

All she saw was red. She wanted to beat him and teach him a lesson but before she could even got out of the bed, the door suddenly opened revealing Nathan who was bathing on his own blood.

"Oh my gosh! Nathan!" Kim Eunji screamed and dashed towards Nathan as she caught his weak body because of the severe blood loss.

"Run... I can't hold them back any more. Run Eve..." He weakly said as he coughed blood.

Kim Eunji was stunned.

"How did you know? And what the hell was going on?!" Kim Eunji screamed in frustration. She could not understand a single thing.

"Do you want to know what's going on?" A robotic like voice resounded in the entire room.

"Who are you?" Kim Eunji asked.

"Don't be a coward! Show yourself!" She challenged.

"I am... *inaudible*....."

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"Kim Eunji! Wake up!" Nathan shook her body as he felt like the woman on his arms was having a nightmare. This was the fifth time he had shaken Kim Eunji's body.

Like on cue Kim Eunji's eyes flashed open and the next thing she did, she pushed Nathan's body away from her causing the man to be caught off guard.

The force she exerted was so strong that made Nathan to slump on the other side of the car's interior. Because of the impact, the chauffeur accidentally pulled the hand break which made the car to halt suddenly.

Nathan groaned a bit as he felt like he had dislocated his right arm.

Kim Eunji who had been covered in sweat suddenly snapped out of her daze.

She then looked at the surroundings and saw that she's inside a car. She then scanned the space and saw Nathan who was about to sit down back to the seat.

She gasped as she saw Nathan who's right arm became swollen red because he used this to support his upper body from being injured any further.

All of a sudden, the both of them became sober.

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--Quick Flashback--

"What do you think?" Kim Eunji asked.

Nathan smiled as he looked at Kim Eunji.

"I need a drink." Kim Eunji suddenly blurted out.

Nathan frowned as ever since they met, he had not seen Kim Eunji having a single drop of alcohol on her.

During Kelly's wedding, he saw her enjoying orange juice on her glass. He was sure that there ain't any content of alcohol in her drinks as he saw her preparing the drink herself on the kitchen.

He even thought that she must like orange juice that much that she never took a glance or fancied those cocktail drinks by the bar.

"Are you going go treat me like a child too?" Kim Eunji asked him half-annoyed.

She thought that since there's no Kelly or Mr. Michael Roland to reprimand her, she would be okay to have one.

Who would have thought that he was as strict as them?

"Fine. But know your limits." Nathan had to compromise. He didn't want her to be upset with him and might suddenly change her mind about it.

The waiter soon arrived and Kim Eunji ordered a glass of Mojito.

Nathan's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Kim Eunji who gulped the whole content in one go like the drink was not a cocktail at all and treated it like pure water.

"Another one." Kim Eunji felt refreshed as soon as she emptied the glass. She had already finished 4 glasses and Nathan thought it was enough.

"Stop." Nathan felt like Kim Eunji was already drunk therefore he had to step-in and stopped her.

But before she could even protest, she immediately passed out and almost fell from her seat. Good thing Nathan was quick enough to catch her.

"What a troublesome woman." He remarked as he looked at her beautiful face. Kim Eunji was done for the day therefore, Nathan decided to send her home personally but since he himself was a bit drunk, he asked his chauffeur to drive the car for them to his manor instead.

--End of the Quick Flashback--

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do it." Kim Eunji immediately apologized to Nathan.

"Master Johnson!" The chauffeur and Marco opened the door and was stunned to see Nathan who's face was now as pale as sheet of paper because of the pain.

"Woman! What did you do?!" They furiously asked her.

"I didn't mean to..." Kim Eunji said in a whisper. She was shocked for what she did.

"Touch even a single strand of her hair and you'll lose your job." Nathan warned them which made them to draw back a bit but their guards were up against Kim Eunji.

**Continuation**

"I didn't mean it. I'm sorry!" Kim Eunji yelled as she immediately pushed Marco and dashed out of the car leaving everyone in a shock.

Nathan then immediately walked got out of the car as he wanted to chase after her.

Marco wanted to stop him but Nathan pushed him away. "Move!"

"Master Johnson, please reconsider. We need to bring you to the hospital. I'm afraid that you suffered great injury this time."

Marco said worriedly as he tried to persuade him in not to chase Kim Eunji.

"I know my body. I'm fine. This injury won't kill me." He sternly said though he was in great pain. But he was more worried of Kim Eunji. The area was already far from the city and close to the mountains.

He moved out of the car and tried his best to chase Kim Eunji.

Kim Eunji ran as fast as she could away from them.

She entered the protected forest below the mountains. Her mind was in fuzz. She was running with no particular direction in mind. She didn't know why but her head was in so much pain that was mostly unbearable. Huge beads of cold sweat smeared her pretty face. Her eyes were no longer in focus.

"Ahh!!!" She yelled as she stumbled on the ground when she accidentally step on an animal trap illegally sat up by the hunters.

Unfortunately, as she fell, her forehead hit hard on the protruding root of a big tree and she lost her consciousness.

Nathan on the other hand tried his best to follow Kim Eunji. His subordinates were following behind him as they had no other choice but to do so. They could not simply leave him alone chasing a wild woman.

"Miss Kim!"

"Miss Kim!!"

Nathan called on top of his lungs.

Nathan could not help but curse as he could not see Kim Eunji ahead.

How fast could the woman run and where did she ran off to? That was what's running in his mind while he carefully scoured the area that he passed by. He was hoping that he would find Kim Eunji.

The night was getting late and it's not good for a woman to stay out on the dark alone while the temperature was slowly dropping a few degrees lower than usual since the area was covered with trees as this was a protected forest after all.

"Kim Eunji!"

He called one more time.

The sky was not on their side as it soon started to drizzle and minutes later, the rain poured harder.

With the rain pouring so hard, it would be dangerous for them to look for Kim Eunji. And besides, they were not familiar with the place.

"Master Johnson, I think we should go back. We're getting deeper in the forest. It's quite dangerous here." Marco suggested.

"Go back if you want to. I will not stop until I found her and bring her back with me." Nathan firmly said.

Then, all of a sudden, a huge white wolf appeared in front of them. Nathan's subordinates took their fire arms as they aimed the nozzle onto the wolf's body. They were about to shot it when Nathan stopped them.

"Put down your guns!" Nathan yelled at them. Though this was the first time he saw a big white wolf probably an alpha of a pack, Nathan was only a bit scared of it.

For some reason, he felt like the wolf had no intention to pounce at him. The wolf looked like it was looking for help.

Afraid that the wolf would be triggered by the sudden danger brought by the guns pointing at it, he called them to put down their guns.

The wolf then turn around as if inviting Nathan to follow it.

"Move!" Nathan yelled at his men.

Lightning light up the night sky and the thunder angrily roared at the already silent night.

After a few minutes of running. Nathan was taken a back when he saw the wolf encircling a huge tree. But what made him to pause from his track was at the foot of the tree, a woman was lying flat on the ground and was unconscious.

"Call the ambulance!" Nathan commanded his subordinates as he run off towards Kim Eunji's direction.

He gently flipped Kim Eunji's unconscious body as he was afraid to hurt her.

He was stunned when he saw her face covered with her blood.

A sharp blade covered with red blood was also protruding on the ground and he saw a huge red stain on her white shirt and the wound was bleeding non-stop. He removed his tuxedo and press it to add pressure on the wound.

While doing that, he looked for any other injuries in Kim Eunji's body and found that her left ankle was stuck in the trap.

He called Marco to destroy the trap to free Kim Eunji's foot.

The trap was quite sturdy and it was clearly sat up for huge animal such as the wolf that was watching on the sideline not minding the strong rain that wetted its thick fur.

But they didn't have any equipment to destroy the trap aside from their gun. Also, they were afraid that they might injure Kim Eunji's foot more had they chose to fire their gun.

They had no other choice but to wait for the rescue team to arrive and do the task for them.

Since the rain was pouring so hard, the rescuers had a hard time to reach the area.

When they arrive, the rescuers managed to dismantle the trap and freed Kim Eunji's foot.

They immediately placed Kim Eunji onto the stretcher with Nathan following behind.

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A/N: This is the full chapter...