THE PRINCE (Ryeji fanfiction)

CHAPTER 11

Arriving at his agency, Ryu noticed that a man sits on the couch at his office. He knows who he is and he's sick of his face.

"what do you want?" Ryu sits across him.

"how's she?" Minho seems calm.

"she's good." Ryu leans back, folding his arms.

"Hyunbin told my dad." Minho looks at him. "they're probably talking about it now."

"so? Why do you come to me?" Ryu raised an eyebrow.

"you have all the evidence right? get rid of them. My shits are at stake and you're the one that caused it. If you just shut up about it, everything will go smooth for me, man." Minho sounded threatening at first but got soft at the end.

"really? Do you hear yourself?" Ryu smiles at him. "go home, Minho. You gotta face it."

"I'm gonna do this the hard way." Minho inserts his hand inside his suit.

"don't bother. We have CCTVs." Ryu sighs. "look. You're embarrassing yourself. honestly speaking, your brain still works like a teenager."

Minho stands up, walks towards Ryu. He grabs his collar and stare into his eyes.

"I will fucking kill you and destroy all those evidence bullshits, you hear me?" Minho threatened him again.

"do all you want. You'll still go to jail for this." then, Ryu can hear his phone vibrates. "oh, a call. I wonder who it is." Ryu takes out his phone.

Minho quickly snatched it from him then hits Ryu with his own phone.

"you're gonna regret this, you fucker." Minho left the room just like that.

Ryu wipes his scarred temple. Taking back his phone from the floor, he calls them back.

"hello. Yes, this is him." Ryu hissed, wiping the blood on his head.

"this is Lee Dongwook. I'm the father of Lee Minho."

"I'm aware. Is there anything you need, sir?" Ryu walks towards his desk.

"I want you to come to Mr. Hwang's mansion with all the evidence that you've gathered. Minho is still avoiding me and I need to know the truth."

"that'll be no problem, sir. I'll be there in fifteen."

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Ryu sits on a single couch between the two men who's sitting face to face. He preps the documents and placed it on the table.

"here's all the documents, sir." Ryu clasps his hands together.

"your daughter has to marry my son. Let him be responsible for his action." Dongwook said before looking at the documents.

"not a chance. There's no reason for him to marry my daughter. Either you put him in prison or we can keep this a secret and you'll work under my company." Hyunbin looks at him.

Both Ryu and Hyunbin keep their eyes on Dongwook. He reads the documents carefully. Ryu provides the evidence with pictures also.

"please keep this." Dongwook said not looking up. "I can't risk my company."

"then you have to pay for it. I want your company to be under my name by Friday. If not... I will take this to court."

"excuse me, sir. I think you have to put Yeji into consideration. She doesn't want this to be exposed." Ryu chimed in.

"so, it's up to him then. your son will have to face this." Hyunbin looks at Dongwook.

"alright, okay." Dongwook looks desperate. "I'll take care of it."

-

Yeji starts slow with her work. She hasn't come to the company but getting more active at home. As usual, Ryu stays with her today after talking with the parents.

"I wanna check on my company." Yeji spins her chair to face Ryu who's on the bed.

"do you need a company? I can go with you." Ryu sets aside his phone.

"I'll go with my driver. If anything... can I call you?" Yeji walks towards the bed, lying beside him. she sleeps on her side, looking at Ryu.

"of course. if I have the time." Ryu looks at her. "I don't know why I'm getting busier lately."

"that's why I don't wanna bother you." Yeji then noticed a scar beside his eyebrow. Looks like it's new and still unhealed. "what's this?" Yeji touched it.

"oh. I bumped my head." Ryu takes her hand, putting it away. "do you have any plan on getting Minho to court?"

"I've been trying to forget about it." Yeji looks down.

"oh, sorry. I didn't mean to. Your dad really wants him to be locked up."

"do you think he needs to?" Yeji looks at him again.

"I just think that he might be doing this not only to you but other women too. if he did that just to you, because he's impulsive or something, that's the same thing, right? he's brave enough to do that, I'm sure he's capable of doing worse." Ryu said what's on his mind. Not gonna lie, he's scared when Minho came this afternoon. He knows he had a gun with him.

"are you worried?" Yeji tidy up his hair, taking a good look at the scar and his face.

"yes. Very much." Ryu looks at her eyes. "I don't want you to get hurt again. I have to keep you safe."

"I'm safe now. you're here." Yeji smiles at him.

"what if I'm not? what if I'm at work and he came again, threating you? I can't let that happen." Ryu sighs.

Yeji takes his hand, intertwining them. She rubs the back of his hand with her thumb.

"I feel comfortable around you. I know that you can keep me safe. I will try to stay out of trouble when you're not around." Yeji sees that Ryu is looking at their hands.

"so... you still wanna keep this?" Ryu looks up.

"yes. Unless he did something to you, I'll blackmail him with that." Yeji encouraged him.

"okay." Ryu then returns the service of caressing her hand.

Ryu loves this moment. The loving tension that's so innocent between them makes him feel peaceful.

"tell me if he does anything to you. I'll help you." Yeji scoots closer to him.

"it's okay. I'll be fine."