ʜᴀɴᴅꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪʟ || ᴋᴛʜ

Chapter 36 || Operation Devil

Y/n was woken up by the persistent knocking on the bedroom door. Opening her still sleepy eyes, she noticed that she was lying on top of her husband with her head resting on his chest.

Her grogginess vanished when she felt him tense under her.

"Who is it?" she asked in a whisper.

"I don't know," he replied.

He kissed her on top of her head before rolling her away from him until she lay on the bed.

He got out of bed and opened the nightstand drawer and pulled out a gun before loading it. "Get dressed," he told her softly before looking at the door.

"Who is it?" he asked in a loud, firm voice.

Y/n heard the familiar voice reply from outside the door.

"It's Suho. I have urgent news," he said.

Tae-hyung lowered the gun with a frown and placed it on top of the nightstand before slipping into his underwear and walking towards the door to answer it.

Y/n scrambled out of bed and went to the closet. Taking out fresh clothes, she slipped into them while trying to catch the conversation outside.

"What happened?" Tae-hyung asked.

"We have been compromised, Tae-hyung. I just got news that a NIS team are on their way to arrest you."

Y/n's heart gave a sick lurch.

Oh my God. No.

With shaking hands, she scrambled and pulled out the hidden phone in her closet and turned it on. She saw the messages, and her heart almost stopped.

Operation devil. Tonight.

The messages were sent only a few hours ago. Why wasn't she informed earlier? Her hands trembled while trying to see if there was more information sent, but there was none.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to her. Her father must have known about the operation. He knew the NIS was going to arrest the devil that night. That was the reason why he had sent Eunwoo, hoping Eunwoo would take her away, and she wouldn't come in between.

"Y/n?"

She jumped and shoved the phone inside the closet when Tae-hyung called her. She closed the door of the closet to see his visibly tense face.

"We need to leave in ten minutes."

"W-why?" she asked, trying to stop the quaking inside her.

"The government has gathered evidence against me, and they are sending a police team to have me arrested. We don't have much time, so just gather clothes for a couple of days. That's how long it should take for us to come out of this mess."

He didn't wait for her acknowledgement, mostly because he didn't expect her to oppose it. He opened his closet to get dressed.

Oh God. What do I do?

Her mother's gentle voice washed over her, giving her the strength to do what she had to do next.

"All you have to believe in is doing the right thing, no matter what."

She inhaled a deep breath. She loved the devil, but she would always stand by what was right. With her heart thudding loudly in her ears, she went towards the bed.

***

Y/n heard Tae-hyung's voice as he shut the closet door before coming back into the bedroom.

"Y/n, are you ready. We have to "his voice broke off all of a sudden.