Chapter 24

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Nhu pov

I watched zee walk away, feeling a pang in my chest. He seemed angry and hurt, and I knew it was my fault. I had chosen my dream over him, and now he hated me. I deserved it. I entered the hall where the award ceremony was held and found my seat. I got up on stage, received my trophy and sang my song. I was exhausted. "I need some fresh air," I told jeff and headed outside. There were some smokers there, so I turned around and walked along the empty corridor. I was about to go back when I ran into someone. Someone I wished I never saw again. Anna. She pushed me against the wall and grabbed my neck.
She was a tall woman, and her heels made her tower over me. "what did I tell you about zee? Why are you here? You really are trying to steal him from" she partially screams in my face her nails dig into my skin. "How much you're ruining our relationship? Do you have any respect for yourself or for me? Do you have any shame at all?" she keeps squeezing my neck harder. I can't barely breath let alone answer her. She losens her grip on my neck. I cough violently as air enters my airways. I get on my knees and aggressively gasping for air. I look up at her she smirks, turns the ring on her finger to make sure the diamond faces me and slaps me so hard my ear starts to buzz and my cheek feels hot. I think the diamond cut me.

"I can ruin you in other ways charwin, let me catch you looking at my husband again." I was still on my knees with my head held down trying to recover from being chocked then slapped that hard. SHe grip my hair to make me look at her. " This was a friendly charwin. Don't take chances. " she violently let go of my head when we heard footsteps approaching.

I could tell it was Yim without looking up. His shoes gave him away. He came closer and crouched down next to me. He touched my shoulder gently. "What's going on here?" he asked me softly. "Nunew, are you okay?" He sounded really worried. "What happened?" he asks Anna now since I'm not responding. "I would I know?" Anna lies through her teeth as if she wasn't responsible for my condition.

Someone else shows up. "Nhu?" It was Hia. He tried to get closer to me, but Ana blocked his way."Why is nhu on the floor?" hia asks sounding very worried. It made me almost choke on my saliva. "He was already like this when I got here. But don't worry, his friend is here. He'll be fine." She tried to pull him away from me. He resisted. "Nhu, do you want me to go?" he asked me. I didn't say anything. I just hugged Yim tighter. He sighed and left, with Ana following him.

"I'll take you home." Yim noticed the mark on my face and looked shocked, but he didn't say anything. He quickly draped his coat over my head to cover me up. As soon as we stepped out, we were surrounded by cameras and microphones. I felt like I was suffocating under the flashes and the questions.

Yim took me home after cleaning my bruise. It fortunately wasn't deep or serious. I could easily hide it with make up but marks on my neck were too visual and putting makeup on them just drew attention to them. I felt embarrassed and ashamed of what had happened. Yim was very kind and supportive, but I could see the worry in his eyes. He asked me if I wanted to talk about it, but I shook my head. I didn't want to relive the nightmare  I just wanted to forget and move on.

After Yim left I got ready for bed and put on hia's hoodie and switched on the TV on a random channel just to hear sounds of people.".... Yes everyone was shocked when he left the hallway with Yim holding him that that." a TV host says. "first zee than jeff now Yim. Hide your men people nunew is in heat" they laughed. I didn't find the inappropriate joke funny at all. I turn off the TV and scroll through my phone. Pictures of Yim and leaving the ceremony were every where.

I saw a post with Anna's face on it. I clicked the video unintentionally but kept watching. "I was so shocked when I saw Yim and nunew at the empty hallway alone." she pauses than smirks. "zee and I were just looking for a place to talk" she says the word talk weirdly to imply something else. "I support nunew and Yim."she says." was Yim and nunew a thing before the zee and nunew thing? "a reporter asks which genuinely takes Anna by shock." They were never a thing "she angrily smacks the camera. The video ends.

Zee pov

I felt so stupid after I stormed off. What was I even jealous of? Nhu and I are not a thing. He can do whatever he wants with other guys. I went back to the auditorium and sat as far away from Anna as possible. I watched Nhu get his award and then sing a few songs later. He was amazing. He went outside after he was done. I wanted to go after him, but I didn't. I feel eyes burn the side of my face, I look up and I saw Anna staring at me, staring at nhu, fuck. She got up and said she had to go to the bathroom loudly might I add. I waited for a while, hoping Nhu would come back, but he didn't. I decided to follow him outside. There were some people smoking there. "Hey, did you see a young guy with blue pants go by?" I asked one of them. "Yeah, he went that way, to the hallway," he said. I thanked him and walked in that direction. I saw Anna standing over Nhu, who was on his knees, and Yim trying to comfort him. My heart ached seeing him like that. What if he was having a panic attack? What the duck is Anna doing. She must have triggered him like Toss did.

"Nhu" I softly as if I was talking to a kitten I try to get closer to him but Anna steps in front of the me blocking my view of him. Why is nhu on the floor?" I ask trying to sound composed. "He was already like this when I got here. But don't worry, his friend is here. He'll be fine." Anna says but I don't believe a word from that witch's mouth. If I find out she did something to him... I try to approach him but Anna pulls me back and Nhu flinches back. "Nhu, do you want me to go?" I ask him beacuse only his answer matters. He keeps quite but gets closer to Yim. I take that as my sign to leave. As long as he is safe. I leave and Anna unfortunately follows me.

I can't stand her anymore. She keeps following me everywhere I go. "Leave me alone!" I shout at her, hoping she'll get the message. But she doesn't. She just yells back, "What's wrong with you?" Her voice is so loud that it attracts the attention of some reporters nearby. They look at us with curiosity and start to approach us. I don't want to deal with them. I don't want to be seen with her. I quickly turn around and walk away from her, faster than she can catch up. I leave her behind with the reporters, who are eager to ask her questions. I know it's a bad move, but I don't care. I'd rather have her talk nonsense to them than have them see me coming out of a private place with her.

I can't believe what they're saying about nhu on TV. The media can be so cruel sometimes. He's such a sweet and innocent person, and he doesn't deserve this. I feel so bad for him, having to deal with this all by himself. I can't stand being away from him any longer. I have to go and see him, and make sure he's okay. I have to be there for him, and protect him from the world. Im done giving him space. Even if he doesn't want to be in a relationship it's fine we could be professional with each other. I just need him close to me, no matter what. Tomorrow, I'm going to get my angel back, even if he says no.

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