ARDOR

43. Red

I exhaled deeply, flicking my wet bangs back. Ruffling the hair I came out of shower, wrapped in a towel around my torso. I raised the room temperature since the weather in New York was chilly.

Slipping into the hoodie and shorts I climbed onto the bed pulling the covers. I took the phone from the night stand and unlocked it to view the photograph of Y/N. Unconsciously, the fingertips started caressing the screen while my eyes welled up.

"Why did you do this to me? Why!! "

It's been two months since I left Seoul and everyday without her feels like an year but I can't contact her. I don't want to. She should know what she did was wrong and ignoring her and my love for her would help me not damage her physically or mentally.

It was the best solution I could arrive at. If I have stayed then I might have harmed her, which I would have regretted with my whole heart but I miss her.

Every cold night I yearns for her warmth against me but I had to tolerate it for another week. After a week I'll be in the mansion with her, either she'll like me or not. We had to have a conversation on that scene I saw.

Placing the phone back on its place I snuggle myself under the covers to drift into deep sleep.

It was midnight when the phone rang with an unknown caller. Groaning I turn and extended the hand to take it. I sat up turning the lamps on, staring at the phone which was buzzing because of an incoming video call. I wondered who could it be since it was two o'clock in the night.

I swiped up the green vibrating button with an annoyed face. But the whole world stopped for me when I saw my wife tied on an chair subconsciously, blood dripping from her bruises. Her face was swollen with dark eye patches like someone punched her several times on the face. She looked so thin as if she has starved since two days. My all senses goes on alert mood when I heard someone laughing from the other side.

"Hah! Look at you, being all soft for your wife. What a shame you left her for us."

"Seokjin?? You have problem with me then confront me like a man don't you hide behind like a coward using an innocent girl."

"Woman, I correct you! I did a background check and look what I found today's her 19th birthday. Amazing, isn't it? So I thought why not call you. You can also wish her. Say hi to Y/N~."

He closed up on her face which was barely stable. Her eyes half open, head hang low with a string of blood dripping from her nose tip.

"Y/N!! Look at me! Don't worry I'll save you. Just wait for me."

"Oh no, you can't. You could never find her location but I must say she was a tough one. She survived all those tortures and still breathing."

He switched to front camera and smirked watching me being all furious and helpless as I was bound to time and distance, regretting why on the first place I flied off across the ocean.

"What do you want?" I roared with ferocity.

"You know what I want, revenge. I want you to name all your assets under my name or this girl would pay on your stead."

"Don't you dare touch her! I'm on my way but if you lay a single finger on her you won't make it out to see the next morning."

"Mark my words I won't but if you try to be oversmart or wouldn't fulfill my wish then I won't hesitate to get her laid down with every single men working under me." He chuckled and cut the call.

"You bastard!! Ahhhh...."

Grabbing my hair I yelled, throwing the lamp on the wall. For minutes my mind became blank after watching Y/N in that state. She needed me.