Painful Secrets

Chapter 4

Jeongin lifted up his heavy eyelids , his head throbbing mercilessly .

It took him about a minute to study his surroundings .

He was sitting on a chair , his hands and legs were tied to it and he was in a pitch black room . It took him another minute to realize what had happened .

Being sold as a slave was bad enough , but being kidnapped was even worse . His fate really was cruel , leading him into another trap right after he escaped from one . But , one good thing about this situation was that if the kidnapper was planning to murder him , at least it would be the last time he'd have to suffer . But if he was kidnapped by the same person who was ordered to kill him , why did the criminal decide to let him live ? Was Jeongin really that pitiful ?

"So you're finally awake , Sleeping Beauty ?" a voice said, cutting off Jeongin's thoughts .

Jeongin clenched his eyes shut as the light was turned on , almost blinding him from lack of adjustment .

"You're younger than I expected ." the same voice said and Jeongin lifted his head to see the culprit .

It was a man probably in his 20's , dressed nicely with brown hair along with hazel eyes .

"Who are you?" Jeongin asked .

The man raised his eyebrows , his lips curling into a small sly smile which seemed more like a smirk .

"Oh , I almost forgot ," the man chuckled, "My name is Kim Seungmin . What's yours?"

"Jeongin," the younger answered. "Why am I here?"

"I don't know . You should ask the pretty boy who brought you here." the man as Seungmin answered .

Jeongin tilted his head in confusion . As far as he knew , Seungmin couldn't have abducted him . The person who knocked him out have raven hair not brown , the kidnapper's eyes were blue not hazel and Seungmin also seemed bigger and taller than the one who kidnapped him .

But the thing that confused Jeongin was the nickname 'pretty boy' . Who was that ?

Jeongin highly doubted that the ruthless man who knocked Jeongin out using the same gun he used to murder a man would like being called 'pretty boy'.

"Who's-" Jeongin was cut off mid sentence as the door of the room opened and a similar looking man came in .

Jeongin instantly recognized him as the man from the alley .

"Yah! Kim Seungmin!" the man said, " I've told you to bring the boy down once he wakes up . Chan is already mad at me for not killing him."

Seungmin smiled as he put his arm around the shorter male's shoulders.

"This is Lee Minho , the bitch who brought you here." Seungmin said before looking at Jeongin, "The pretty boy."

"Seungmin , I'm serious !" Minho said . "Chan's getting impatient . He really wants to see if the boy is worth living ."

"You should've said so before , darling." Seungmin said in a flirtatious tone .

"Just untie him and bring him to the lobby." Minho said rolling his eyes before walking out of the room .

" Pretty little bitch" Seungmin scoffed , proceeding to untie Jeongin .

"Can you stand?" Seungmin asked .

Now that Jeongin realized it , he couldn't . His knees felt weak and he was sure they were scratched because of how he fell on the concrete pavement of the street . Embarrased , Jeongin shook his head as a 'no'.