Blindly, she struggled to her feet and coughed again.
Where she was, she didn’t know; but she knew without a shadow of a doubt that she had been kidnapped. She wasn’t so stupid.
Blindly, she stretched out her hand and reached forward, trying to get her hands to touch the wall or something. But then, she saw oncoming torchlight and footsteps approaching her direction. With the help of the approaching torchlight, she saw a rod on the ground, picked it up in haste, hid next to the doorway. As the footsteps and torchlight drew nearer, Emily’s grip on the rod grew tighter as she raised it slightly above her head, ready to hit the person approaching.
Immediately Pal Gye stepped in the doorway, she squeezed her eyes shut and hit him on the head.
“Aaarrrrrhhhhhh!!!” He hissed in pain and held onto one of the doorposts for support.
Emily bit her lower lip as she watched him writhe in pain. Hesitantly, she dropped the rod and took to her heels quickly.
“Yaissh, you!!!” Pal Gye yelled, blood dripping down a side of his face from his head where Emily hit him.
He turned around and ran after Emily.
*****
“Boss I lost him.” Stone gritted his teeth and ruffled his hair in annoyance as he parked his car by the roadside. He hated himself right now.
He lost Miss Emily’s car when the kidnapper sped up. He has been driving around the streets for a while now, hoping he would catch up with the kidnapper. He wasn’t able to find the car.
“…” Joel bit his lower lip and let out a sigh of frustration as he drove.
With Stone’s call still on, he received a message on his phone. He picked his phone and quickly opened the message.
? E C S T A S Y ?
“Where the hell are you?!” Pal Gye yelled, his left hand on his head as blood trickled down his face.
Emily shrank back against the wall and held her breath as she hid in one of the rooms in the building. She was extremely scared.
“I swear if I catch you…” He swore as he searched through the rooms.
She squeezed her eyes shut and prayed inwardly as her kidnapper’s voice drew nearer.
“Where are you? Huh?” Pal Gye vented angrily.
“When I lay my hands on…”He hadn’t completed his statement when armed men barged into the building with torches and guns in hands.
Out of nowhere, Stone rushed forward and gave Pal Gye a hard kick on his nose, and then he finished him with another kick on his stomach that sent him flying across the room. With a thud, Pal Gye’s body hit the wall and he fell in unconsciousness.
“Miss Emily are you alright?!” Stone yelled as the armed men searched through the rooms.
“Huh?” Emily furrowed her brows.
Who that voice belonged to, she didn’t know. She wasn’t going to appear before him, he might be dangerous. She swallowed uneasily. It might be one of the bad men’s tricks.
“Emily.” Joel’s husky voice made Emily open her eyes.
She blinked like thrice or thereabout and swallowed again.
‘Joel?’ She furrowed her brows, parting her mouth slightly.
“Emily!! Where is she?” Joel yelled furiously as he walked towards Stone.
“Boss I can’t…”
Before Stone could finish his statement, Emily ran out of her hideout.
“Joel!” She cried.
“Milly,” he called desperately and shuffled across the room, towards her.
“Are you okay?” He stretched out his hands and made to have her in his embrace.
But before Joel could wrap his arms around her, Emily collapsed.
***
Vincent furrowed his brows as he watched Joel and his men walk out of the uncompleted building.
He had guessed Pal Gye took Emily to that building to finish her off since Pal Gye loved doing his dirty businesses there. He drove to the building and instantly knew his guesses were right when he saw torchlight flashes in the building as he was about to step out of his car. He saw some men rush into the building.
He sat back in the car and watched the men. He was sure they were Joel’s men. Sighting Joel step out of a car also gave him the affirmation.
Right now, Vincent squinted his eyes as he watched Joel closely. He noticed he had a frail body in his hands and he picked that it was Emily.
He felt a sudden pang of guilt as he watched Joel place Emily in his backseat and also get in his car.
If it hadn’t been for his sister, he would have killed his cousin; just like that… for Danielle, the woman whom he loved unconditionally.
He sighed and watched as two of Joel’s men drag Pal Gye out of the uncompleted building and into one of the cars they came in.
He stayed mute as he watched the men get in the convoy and drive away. After a while, he turned on the ignition and also drove away.
? E C S T A S Y ?
With a screeching sound, Joel’s car came to a halt as he drove into Empire World Hospital through the back gates. One of his men held open the door while he stepped out of the car and reached for Emily in the backseat.
He carried her in his arms and walked briskly into the hospital with Stone and Noah behind him. He climbed up the stairs and soon got to the last VIP private ward which was his personal ward. It was in that ward Emily had received treatment the other time she fell unconscious.
Mr. Clinton, the best doctor in the country, who was working in EWH had already received a call from the CEO’s personal assistant and made himself ready for the emergency.
He didn’t know what was wrong with the CEO, but… Anyways, he was already waiting nervously with three other doctors, in the CEO’s ward.
As skilled as he was, even like every other person, he was always nervous when it came to the CEO.
Immediately Joel walked into the ward, Mr. Clinton and the three other doctors bowed their heads respectfully.
He ignored them and placed Emily on the bed.
Doc. Clinton furrowed his brows as he stared at the frail body of the lady on the bed, she looked familiar. It was the same lady the CEO brought the other time. Something was definitely between the CEO and the strange lady.
Pushing his thoughts aside, Doc. Clinton got to work, putting Emily on a drip.
After he and his co-doctors were done with their work, they bowed to Joel again and headed out of the ward.
“Boss, we’ll be leaving too.” Noah bowed.
Stone bobbed his head and walked out of the ward, dejectedly, with Noah.
Joel swallowed and sat down on the chair next to the hospital bed Emily was lying on. She was now sleeping peacefully like the sleeping beauty she was.
He heaved a sigh of relief as he watched her in her sleep, he didn’t know what he would have done if she had died. But he knew he would have destroyed the world.
*****
Danielle could no longer take the nervousness, as she paced around. She picked up her phone and dialed Vincent’s number.
“Pick up…” She forced out between gritted teeth.
“Yeoboseyo, Vincent…” She spoke into the mouthpiece of her phone as soon as Vincent picked her call.
“What’s up? Have you done it?” She asked hurriedly.
Vincent pinched the bridge of his nose as drove into the Chois’ mansion. “Danielle you know I’ve always done whatever you want me to do right?”
“But…” He dried up.
“I can’t do this.” He blurted out and turned off the ignition as he parked his car.
“What did you say?” Danielle asked irritatedly.
“I can’t, Danielle… I can’t do anything to Emily.” Vincent paused.
“I’m sorry.” He added and hung up.
“Hello? Aishhh!” She threw her phone on the bed in frustration.
Vincent never said no to her demands before. What was wrong this time?
She bit a part of her lower lip as she walked around, continuously punching her right fist in her left palm.
Yeah, she was thinking. Thinking about how to deal with Emily herself. Thinking about how to teach her a lesson without Vincent’s help. She didn’t want to know why Vincent had refused to help her, it was not her concern.
Since he had refused to help, she was ready to find an alternative.
She kept thinking of an alternative till she fell asleep.
? E C S T A S Y ?
Joel puckered his lips playfully as he watched Emily stir awake.
Like he always did, he watched over her until the next morning.
“You, why do you like getting into trouble, huh?” He sneered.
“You always find a way of landing in the hospital.” He teased.
Emily puffed out her cheeks as she gazed at him in silence and let out a small smile.
“How are you feeling now?” He asked.
She yawned, “fine.”