Perfect Temptation: Love Me Tonight [Sooshu]

Chapter 7

un·known

/ˌənˈnōn/

not within the range of one's knowledge

"For educational purposes."

Soojin entered the empty dance studio, turning on the lights as she drops her bag on the floor.

It's been a few days since she came back to Madrid, and she haven't heard anything from her sister, Minnie, nor Sinb. She thought that Minnie and Miyeon would stay in Paris for only a couple of days and go back to Korea but it seems like the couple is planning to stay a little longer than planned.

She actually tried calling each and one of them but every damn time that she calls her call would directly went to their voicemail. But last night Sinb actually answered the phone, they talked over the phone for some time.

It was like both Miyeon and Minnie are purposely not answering her calls.

And she doesn't have any idea why would those two not answer her calls.

She doesn't have any class to teach right now since it's sunday, there was no specific reason on why she suddenly went here. She just felt like going.

Lying down on the cold surface, Soojin spreads her body on the floor. Eyes looking up the high ceiling of this huge ass four cornered room. Gaeun visits her place from time to time now unlike before.

She tilted her head, turning her attention to the window panel. The sun is setting beautifully, a smile crept on her face as she turns sideways.

The clouds were gathering around each other, the cobalt blue color of the sky draws her.

The silence around her was suddenly broken by the notification sound of her phone. It's either an email or a text message. After leaving Korea she refuse to use any social networking apps, though she have a web surfer she rarely use it. She uses it when it's only necessary.

So obviously she doesn't really have any idea what's happening online right now, what's the trend nowadays, or whatever is interesting in the internet.

Soojin stood up to get her phone from her bag that she carelessly dropped on the phone, taking out her phone. A text message from an unknown number appeared on her locks screen.

Opening the message, she stares at it dumbfounded.

From: Unknown
Hi

Soojin has been staring at the text message for a couple of minutes and after coming back to her senses, she immediately sent a straightforward reply before blocking the number and closed her phone putting it back in her bag.

To: Unknown
Sorry, I think you've got the wrong number.

Not even five minutes after that, her phone ruined the silence she was trying to maintain.

Checking her phone again, a new message popped up but from a different unknown number. She frowned feeling somewhat taken aback by how persistent the person is. This might be something bad so she decided to block the number and ignore it not even replying to it.

She hasn't even put her phone back in her bag when her phone lit up again, a new message came in once again. Soojin heaved out a sigh.

From: Unknown
Hi, you've blocked me twice:(

Soojin arched her right eyebrow, and it just confirmed that the person behind the third unknown number is totally just the same with the first and second one.

To: Unknown
I'm aware

Soojin was having a staring contest with her phone, her thumb tapping on the screen impatiently as if she's waiting for the person to reply.

From: Unknown
You're mean, by the way are you busy?

Both of her thumb were doing its work by replying to the message.

To: Unknown
Yes so please stop bothering me.

For the third time, Soojin blocked the third unknown number without any hesitation. She threw her phone in her back after putting it on silent.

===

Muxi weirdly looks at the younger who's being a mess right now. "Just what is this for?" Muxi finally asks, as she watch the girl changes the sim card for the third time and now coming to the fourth.

"For educational purposes." Muxi stared at the girl with suspicion. "Educational purposes my ass, who are you texting?" Shuhua refused to answer the question acting as if she didn't heard what Muxi just asked her.

A few days ago after she picked up Shuhua from the headquarters of Musier Paris, the girl was looking so smiley all of sudden.

Then just this morning the younger asked her to buy a lot of sim card and she doesn't even have any idea what Shuhua is going to do with them.

And now she's just watching the girl having trouble taking out a sim card from the toolkit then placing a new one. Shuhua groans in frustration as she pouts, her eyebrows were creased.

"Blocked again." Shuhua mumbles under her breath but Muxi was able to catch those words. "Is that really important?" Muxi asks and Shuhua nodded her head vigorously as if she's gonna lose everything if can't successfully do this thing.

"More important than your schedule?" Muxi asked again while looking at her wrist watch. They are literally twenty minutes late to the company dinner today. "That's enough, we have to go." Shuhua whined, giving it up for today.

Elkie just walked out of her room when she saw the mess at the living room. "What happened here?" she asks while looking Shuhua waiting for an explanation. "Business." Shuhua simply answered and Elkie just shrugs her shoulder, heading to the kitchen to get something to eat.

"Shuhua, are you going home with Debby? I heard she's going to the company dinner also." Elkie said with a slightly raised voice from the kitchen. "I don't know but I guess we're going home together." Shuhua answered.

It's either Muxi or Debby who she's with most of the times when she have a schedule.

"Bring home some macarons please." Shuhua chuckles, nodding her head at Elkie's request. Nothing really changed between her and Elkie after that night. But there was this unspoken rule between them; never mention Soojin when Debby is around.