Sasaeng Sister [In big roles: Sunghoon, Lee Know, skz, Ateez, Jungkook]

Chapter 33

There was no news regarding an attempted murder in Seoul or reports of a rooftop fight. The public knew nothing about the events of last night.

Still, the most-read headlines shocked me.

"NCT's Lucas Involved in a Sex Scandal"

"Leaked Footage of a Famous K-pop Idol and His Lover in a Hotel Suite"

"Netizens Demand Lucas to Leave NCT After a Steamy Sex Tape Circulates Online"

A well-known politician had recently been arrested for embezzling billions of Won but received hardly any attention because the media was saturated with Lucas's handsome face. Apparently, in the public eye, an idol having a lover or a girlfriend was considered a far more egregious offense than actual crimes.

I clicked on the video that had turned everyone against Lucas, and the room was filled with wet smooching sounds and sighs of pleasure.

I hurriedly muted the video, but Minho and Sunghoon were already giving me puzzled looks.

"I'm just reading the news," I said.

Minho chuckled.

"Sure."

I ignored him and analyzed the leaked sex tape. It was filmed from a downward angle. A wooden bed frame covered the other person in the video. You could only see Lucas and a woman's hand pulling him closer, running their fingers over his back and sides.

The clip I had found was blurred at most critical moments, but I bet you could find dirtier versions of it.

I stopped the video as it jumped back to the beginning. The clip was relatively short. Someone had cut it intentionally so that only Lucas was visible.

People called him "trash" and some more offensive terms I had never heard because they weren't part of Mike's vocabulary.

I felt as if someone were tugging at my insides.

The leaked video was Hari's doing, for sure. Lucas had sided with me, so Hari had carried out her threat to ruin his career.

I didn't understand why such a video caused hate for Lucas. Wasn't it obvious that whoever had posted the tape intended to harm him and had even committed two separate crimes, filming him secretly and distributing the clip? Compared to the USA, the punishments for sex crimes may have been light in Korea, but posting such materials without the other person's consent should have led to a massive fine, if not a short prison sentence.

I scrolled through the comment section, searching for level-headed commenters.

There were some Lucas fans, but they weren't any wiser than the haters.

"I'm fucking gonna find that bitch and kill her with my own hands!"

"That IS NOT Lucas! The person in the video looks like him, BUT IT IS NOT LUCAS! Stop spreading false information!" one fan wrote.

An anonymous reply followed.

"Right! It doesn't even sound like him!"

Though I didn't want to watch the clip again, I replayed it with the volume on, this time using headphones.

The fans were unhinged because Lucas didn't utter a single word throughout the video. There was no way these stans could have recognized Lucas solely by his breathing. Moreover, the picture quality was good, except for the blurred portions. It was undeniably Lucas in the video.

My heart sank as I remembered the questions Kang had asked me during the police interview. Had he suspected that I was the woman in that video?

I couldn't help but sense a threat, even though nothing in my surroundings posed any danger. The hospital and our room were both well-secured.