Scent Of a Man | HyunSung

Chapter 38

Hyunjin's POV
23 October 2028
Seoul, Korea

"Another flash driver from Hwasa."

I gulped and breathed in deeply, stretching my hand towards Chris. The words I heard once I got home made me feel threatened. I knew this was the most secure place for me but I was mostly worried about Jisung.

"Did you open it?" I hurried to ask, as soon as the drive was in my hand. My eyes met his and he just shrugged

"It was addressed to you." He said and turned away. I was going to open it this time and see what was so important for Hwasa. I ran upstairs and hid in the office room we shared with Chan. I was sure he was with Holy, so I just put it in the laptop and waited for the file to load. It was a video recording and till the moment the picture was clear I couldn't help but wonder why she was sending me a video like that and why was this video so important to her.

Once the picture got clear and the camera zoomed into two boys cuddling on the stairs, I froze. In the first moment I couldn't realize if it was just my mind playing games with me, or this was Jisung cuddling with his friend. Soon, next to them sat Felix and I had to make myself believe what I was seeing. My lips curved into a smile upside-down and I hit the desk with my fist. My hand slipped on the top of the laptop and forced it closed. I looked up and got my phone from the desk where I put it just a while ago. I dialed Hwasa.

"You received my gift, didn't you" were the first words I heard from this annoying woman. She was giggling as if she was a mischievous kid. I rolled my eyes.

"Do you want me to start a fight?" I asked and leaned on the desk. "If only you're following him," I started to threaten her, but she laughed out loud.

"Listen to me now, Sam," she started and I heard how she sank into her leather chair. "I'm not here to disappoint you, I'm only here to protect you from yourself and the trap you're going to fall in." I sighed, rolling my eyes.

"A trap?" My fingers clenched into a fist as I was answering her. "The only trap I'm going to fall into is to listen to you and let you get close to him." I gulped. If she was here I would've already hit her.

"Your bad, Sam. Your bad." She hung up on me. I dialed one of my men and as soon as he picked up I started asking questions

"Where are you? Is he there?" He assured me that everything with Jisung was alright, but it wasn't enough for me. "Please, keep an eye on him and if something happens or someone i know is nearby go to him and tell him that you're there to guard him and he needs to trust you. If he says something just make him call me, I will explain it to him." I said and the guy assured me it was going to be okay.

I sighed out in relief and leaned on the desk again. "Thank you!"

"You're welcome." He said, hanging up. I brought my eyes up to look at the door, ready to leave but just before making any steps towards it, it was already open and Chan was standing there.

"Me and Holy will go to San tomorrow." He said and entered, closing the door. "She told me she didn't want to watch the documentaries and I believe it's all thanks to San!" He said and leaned next to me. "What's up? The flash drive? What did it have on?"

"Jisung." I said coldly. I looked at him and bit my lip. "It was Jisung."

"And? You saw him unexpectedly again." Chan laughed, but I just hit him on the shoulder. He pressed a hand to it and looked at me, murmuring that I had hit him hard.

"Shut up!" I snorted. "He's in danger. If Hwasa can take a video of him, she can kidnap him as well." I told him and sighed. "And I know there are at least three people who are watching over him and I know they will save him if eventually something happens, but I can't stop thinking of what would happen if he's alone and Hwasa finds him."