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2024-12-23 10:23:35A man smiled as he got away from the airport, entourage at back.
“Korea sure is beautiful isn't it?” The man smiled at one of the body guards walking beside him. The guard gave no reply, instead, he shivered, clearly feeling pressure from the man's presence. But the man didn't seem to care. “Ethan must be stupid to have actually come here to start over, either way, I'm coming for him” The man grinned. **** “Please don't” Ethan panicked as he stared at The masked guy in horror, he panicked. “Oh am I mistaken? Mafia Lord Reyes, the Almighty one of the Filipinos is actually begging a commoner like me, how sweet” the man giggled. “What do you want?” Reyes asked, what was left of his calm vanishing into thin air. “Very simple” The man smiled. “We're stealing military weapons today, until we're done, do nothing, we'll release her tomorrow, how's that?” The man replied. “I don't think so” a thick voice answered from behind the man, with a gun pointed at his waist. “Who are you?!” The man roared, almost turning back. “Drop your gun and get on the floor” The man behind him ordered, cocking his pistol instantly. He obeyed. The man, with his army pants and black singlet, sent a thumbs up to Ethan and made away with the culprit, disappearing as if he'd never come in the first place. “Ethan!” Sun-deok ran into Ethan's arms. He returned the hug. “I'm sorry, I'm really sorry I got angry at you” Sun-deok sobbed amidst pants, clearly exhausted from the trauma she had just gone through. “It's ok, I understand, let's go” Ethan smiled and led her out of the maze. “I could hear your heartbeat” Sun-deok blushed as they got into the ride. Ethan said nothing but put on the engine and moved the ride. “Ethan, you care about me so much, how could I have gotten angry at you, I'm so sorry” Sun-deok said, feeling guilty. Ethan scoffed. “I'm a scumbag, I've done a lot of bad things, I don't deserve to be given a second chance” Ethan's voice cracked. He forced a smile. “Everyone changes, we're good, okay. We need to find out how to deal with this new problem though” Sun-deok sighed. “We'll figure it out” Ethan smiled and used his free hand to caress her hair. “Hey, stop that!” Sun-deok protested. Ethan chuckled… *** “What are you here? Did our plans fail again?” The man paused his next strike as he looked at the oncoming intruder with contempt. “Err…erm…I…” The man sighed and moved his ball a little as he straightened his back. “I'll take that as a mistake,” the man smiled. “So what happened this time?” the man asked. He fixed his hockey rod on the ball. As he stared at his target with precision. “Erm…. Sun-deok escaped and…erm…Ethan is still on the run” The man stammered uncontrollably. “Well not much of a problem…Just try again” the man weaved a dismissive hand. “But…” the man raised his hands in objection. “But what?” The man withdrew his stick from behind the ball and squinted his eyes. “The weapons…” “Argh!” the man groaned as pain coursed through his body. The hockey ball had hit his belly square. “What happened to the weapons?” The mine set another ball watching his target panic. “Erm….we fa…” “Argh!!” Another ball came in. He felt like he was going to die. He knelt on the ground. “No you didn't fail? … Or did you?” the man smiled mischievously. “We didn't,” the man hurriedly confirmed. He groaned aloud. “Good, now go fix whatever mess you've caused” the man smiled and resumed his game. Immediately forgetting there was someone on the field. The man scurried away. Pain written all over his face. “The day of Chaos is at hand” the man smiled wide and hit his shot. **** Ethan sat at his table, meditating on what to write or more specifically. Where to start from. He just stared at the diary. A lot had happened lately. Ethan Sighed an dropped his pen. A muffled groan left his mouth as he laid back on the bed. A soft knock came through. “Who's there?” Ethan asked. “Attorney Kim,” the voice answered. Ethan groaned and sluggishly made for the door. “Good morning” Sun-deok greeted him and sat on the bed. Ethan just stared at her from the door. “Why are you looking at me like that?” you Sun-deok said softly, her voice carrying a tinge of sexiness. “I think you might have a speck on your face” Ethan frowned slightly and got close to her. “Help me out with it” Sun-deok got close to him. Ethan raised his hand to remove the speck but something caught his attention. It was weird how he didn't notice her lips were dangerously red all these while. He felt her hot breeze brush against his cheek. He wasn't feeling normal. The feeling of suspense was taking over him. Sun-deok was sweating slightly, she could feel the tension in the air, and their heartbeats were like the roaring of a giant. Slowly she stared at Ethan's lips as that came closer. It felt like eternity. ‘STOP THAT!!!’ “Argh!” Sun-deok screamed urgently. “What, are you okay?” Ethan asked in alarm. “No, I'm okay, I just need to clear my brain” Sun-deok smiled forcefully and skillfully made her way out of the room. Ethan sighed and slumped on the bed. **** “Mr Han!!!!” Sun-deok screamed over the comm at the balcony where Ethan clears his memory. “Hey don't scream like that, what happened?” Mr Han replied from the comm, clearly irritated. “He almost kissed me!!! What should I do?” Sun-deok asked in frustration. “Kiss him back, idiot, do I have to teach a grown up lady that kind of details” Mr Han hissed and ended the comm. “No…wait” Sun-deok sighed. ‘He’s not bad…but…’ … Sun-deok pouted her lips and rested on the iron realm guarding that balcony. ‘ohhh, damn it!!!” Sun-deok slapped her forehead and walked out of the balcony.
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‘Thump!!’ ‘screech!’ ‘get him, he's getting away!’ ‘What's with the noise?’ Ethan thought his eyes fully awake as if he had never slept before. He sighed and got out of bed spontaneously. He opened the door. “ Disturbing people in the middle of the night , that's a really nice thing to do, you know,” Ethan said without the slightest tinge of emotion as he retrieved a lighter from his pocket and did the job of continuous on and off. At the end of the corridor that led to the staircase, he could clearly see three thugs with nothing more than baseball sticks and maybe knives, apprehending Kim, the Motel owner. It was all weird, he didn't know why they'd chosen this late at night. “ I bet you'd like to mind your own business visitor, I bet you'd like to “ one of the thugs smiled as he got near Reyes. “ Well not if you're disturbing my sleep “ Ethan replied, the degree Celsius of his icy tone decreasing as much as ever. “ Very well then “ the thug nodded and charged at him
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*** “We'll see Mr Ethan” the man stood up to leave. “Oh!, and before I leave, take care of Sun-deok very well, you might as well lose her” the man chuckled and disappeared as if he had never appeared. *** The words kept ringing in his head continuously as he stared at the buildings below, flickering his lighter in rhythm as he stood there emotionless. ‘Two days’ Ethan thought. ‘It's been two days and she's refused to talk to me’ Ethan sighed and looked back. He was currently at the balcony of the upper part of the Motel, and the view there was glamorous so to say. But he wasn't at all interested in all that. He had gone to her office twice, to pick her up but she had avoided him like a plague. ‘What is wrong with me?” Ethan tapped his head in frustration. ‘It's just a lady, I'm far better than to do this’ Ethan groaned softly as he stared blankly at the void. “Mr Ethan!” A voice broke his line of thought. Ethan looked ahead and spotted Mr Kim heading in his direction. “You
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Tension filled the air as Ethan sat stiff beside his tyranny. The journey had been smooth for a while no word said, they just stared at each other, the guy's gun still tufted skillfully beneath his jacket and out of Naked eye's view.“You must have guessed my personality, right?” The man finally broke the silence.“No, but I know you're related to the incident I just delved into” Ethan said, maintaining his calm as if unaware of the impending loom, he adjusted his tie and sat back relaxed.“Seems like you're not all talk Mr Ethan, you sure have some nerves sitting there and not afraid of seeing the Almighty the next minute” the man chuckled in sympathy.Ethan smiled and received tea from the train attendants.“Mr Ethan, I must warn you…” the man paused, lit a cigarette while putting his gun out of Ethan's side and continued.“This isn't something someone from the Filipinos should be messing with, things could get really messy you know” The man smiled and rested his back.“How'd you
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Tension filled the air as Ethan sat stiff beside his tyranny. The journey had been smooth for a while no word said, they just stared at each other, the guy's gun still tufted skillfully beneath his jacket and out of Naked eye's view.“You must have guessed my personality, right?” The man finally broke the silence.“No, but I know you're related to the incident I just delved into” Ethan said, maintaining his calm as if unaware of the impending loom, he adjusted his tie and sat back relaxed.“Seems like you're not all talk Mr Ethan, you sure have some nerves sitting there and not afraid of seeing the Almighty the next minute” the man chuckled in sympathy.Ethan smiled and received tea from the train attendants.“Mr Ethan, I must warn you…” the man paused, lit a cigarette while putting his gun out of Ethan's side and continued.“This isn't something someone from the Filipinos should be messing with, things could get really messy you know” The man smiled and rested his back.“How'd you
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Knock.“Who's there?” Ethan muttered, clearly annoyed at being disturbed in his sleep. He sluggishly aimed for the door.“Sun-deok,” came a familiar voice.“Oh, yeah, right,” Ethan mumbled, unlocking the door.Bang! Sun-deok burst in like a mad woman on the loose.Ethan followed her with his eyes, curious about her destination after barging in so suddenly.“Sorry, I ran out of tissues. I need to use your restroom,” Sun-deok called out from inside, her voice tinged with embarrassment.Ethan sighed and slumped back onto his bed as if he’d just finished a grueling workout.A few minutes later, Sun-deok emerged from the restroom, visibly relieved.“You saved my life, Prince Charming,” she said with a grateful smile.Ethan nodded, half-asleep.“Good morning,” he muttered groggily.“My apologies—good morning,” Sun-deok replied with a grin.“So, how’s the case? Any evidence yet?” she asked, sitting down on the edge of his bed.“About that…” Ethan reached for a blue file resting on his desk.
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