LOVE OR REVENGE (TAGLISH VERSION)

TROUBLE

BELLY'S POV

Unable to contain myself, I approached Becky and this sleazy director. I forcefully grabbed Becky's hand from his grip.

"If you want to stay in this job, never dare disrespect the daughter of the school owner like this." I took my phone from my pocket. "Do you see this phone I'm holding? One call and you're fired!"

He just stared at me in shock.

"I'm sorry, sir. I got carried away by Miss Becky's beauty,"

the director said and then Belly looked at Jay. And he already knew what he meant, so he walked up to the door and locked it.

A loud punch echoed inside the admin office, causing the director to fall to the ground.

"Are you crazy? Next time you disrespect Becky, you'll have to deal with me, remember that!"

Becky immediately pulled my hand and pulled me outside to the director's office.

"Why did you do that, Belly?" She asked, giving me a disapproving look.

"Can't you just thank me and let me defend you from that creep?" I replied angrily.

BECKY'S POV

"Can't you just thank me and let me defend you from that creep?" He said angrily and left me.

"Walkout? Fine, let him be! I just followed him as he entered a classroom, so I knew this was our section."

As I entered a very large classroom, CLASS B.

"Wow... This school is huge, it's like a hotel, and the designs are so stylish, the views are beautiful. Dad never mentioned that his school is this gorgeous!"

"What's up, Becky?" I paused and looked back at the person calling me.

"Come on! Stop being so amazed!" I ran to him and sat beside him.

"Good morning, class! I am your English teacher, and I have some rules for this class." She sat at her desk. "First, I don't like students chatting with each other while I'm teaching. Second, I don't tolerate anyone speaking in any language other than English in my class. And third, if you find my rules too challenging, feel free to leave the class right now. UNDERSTAND?"

We finished our first group project without even getting to know each other properly because of what happened. Our proof was also a walkout because both Belly and I were so unruly.

Anyway, we're in the school canteen now, sitting next to each other. I was looking at the table across from us when I noticed a beautiful girl, I don't know why I was blushing.

'Hey! Why are you blushing? You look like a potato with that expression!' Belly teased me, laughing. I hit his arm.

'What's wrong with what I'm doing? You're just jealous because I like girls, admit it!' I teased him back.

'Pssh! Like what??'

He suddenly pouted and turned away from me, but he said something before walking away completely.

'Girls are so clueless!'

He walked away from me after saying that.

'Hey! Belly, where are you going?' I called after him.

'Anywhere where I won't be annoyed and hurt.' he shouted.

'What? What's wrong with that guy?! Forget him, he can live his life. He's so dramatic...'

I was about to leave when my stomach growled, so I grabbed it. I stood up and went to the food display. Wow, the food is beautifully arranged, and the dishes look so delicious!

"Is the food here delicious?" I turned to the side.

"Ah-" I paused and couldn't speak. She was the girl I admire earlier and she was so beautiful.

"Are you okay?" She asked, looking puzzled as I stared at her face.

"Ah, yes, of course." I answered with a sense of wonder, wondering why I found her weirdly attractive. I let it go and grabbed my food as I had been hungry since earlier.

I was at the table again, so I placed my food down. I didn't know where that man went. It's up to him. He should be watching over me here, not wandering around.

TIME SKIP

I was inside the library when I heard a loud noise that almost made my heart skip a beat.

"Oh my goodness! We're in the library, not at the park." I complained with annoyance.

"Sorry!" He replied, so I looked around because I couldn't see him. I was the only one sitting at my table.

"Hey! I'm here?"

He was already in front of me, waving his hands, so I immediately removed his hands that were blocking my sight.

"Your hand was blocking, it's annoying!" I complained.

"How annoying!" He replied, so I rolled my eyes at him, wondering why he was the only one who knew how to be annoying.

"Where did you go? You're so annoying, Belly!" Belly, my crazy friend, was in front of me now.

"I'm cooling my brain! You're ruining my day."

This guy was so arrogant. I just ignored him and continued reading. Then my phone rang, and I got scolded for the loudness of my ringtone.

So I hurried out and answered my dad's call.

"Yes, Dad?"

"Eja? Tell Belly that you both need to come home now."

I wondered why we needed to go home early, as our classes had just started.

"But Dad? Classes aren't over yet." I complained, but Dad insisted that we go home, so I had no choice but to go.

HOUSE

When we arrived home, I quickly went inside as I was worried that something bad had happened to my dad. But when I entered the house, his suitcase was already placed on the side.

"Where are you going?" I asked my dad, as he didn't mention anything about a business trip to me.

He didn't answer me but just hugged me tightly.

"Take care always, my princess," Dad whispered before letting me go.

"Daddy? Where are you going?" I asked him again.

"Belly will take care of you. I have a business trip for-"

He didn't finish what he was supposed to say and focused on the floor.

"I'll be staying in the States for a week, okay?" Dad said with a smile, but I felt something different in his actions. So when he left, I turned to Belly.

"Do you know anything about this, Belly?"

He didn't answer me and just continued walking inside the house as if he didn't hear anything.

"Belly! What's going on?!" I shouted at him, and he stopped and faced me. I could see fear and nervousness in his eyes.

"I don't know, Becky! I just heard your dad talking to someone on the phone. And the rest, I don't know," he explained.

I slumped down on the sofa.

"Ugh! It's so annoying!" I grumbled, then felt something with my hand. "What's this?"

I looked at it immediately. It was just a USB.

"What's that?" Belly asked me, so I showed him the USB in my hand.

"Isn't this from your dad?" he asked me, so I focused on the USB in my hand, curious about what it contained. So Belly and I decided to watch it.

"Have mercy on me, Mr. Redford. I did what you said, right? I gave all my best but why is it still not enough?!"

That's what the man we were watching said.

" gave it? You ruined everything! You stole the drugs we sent to a business partner!" Mr. Redford shouted angrily and raised the gun in his hand.

"Please! Don't kill me. We're business partners." The man pleaded.

"Let's just call it quits! I don't have a snake business partner."

Then he fired the gun, and the bullet hit the man's head. That's when I saw my dad in front of the camera as he face the camera.

"Daddy?" I whispered. I suddenly felt fear and nervousness as I watched what was happening. And I felt even more anxious when I saw Dad facing Mr. Redford.

"Mr. Lee?" Mr. Redford was surprised to see Dad.

"Why did you kill Mr. Kim Redford?" Dad angrily asked Mr. Redford. "And what drugs are you talking about?! Dad asked angrily, raising his voice to Mr. Redford in front of him.

"Calm down, Mr. Lee. Give me your phone. I'll let you leave here, okay?" he offered to Dad.

"Do you want my phone?"

"Mr. Lee, don't make things difficult for me! If you don't want to end up like Mr. Kim," Mr. Redford angrily threatened my Dad.

Amidst the noisy crowd outside, chaos ensued inside. This gave Dad the opportunity to escape from that place, much to Mr. Redford's anger.

"Chase him! I don't want my daughter to see what I did to Mr. Kim," he shouted.

I couldn't see Dad's face because the camera was already down and focused on Mr. Kim lying on the floor.

We heard a loud bang while watching something. In the video, it seemed like my dad was running. That's why I held onto Belly tightly.

"What should we do, Belly? My dad is in danger..." I didn't realize I was already crying out of fear that my dad might not come back.

"Calm down, Becky, okay? I'll call your dad."

We tried calling dad but no one answered, which made me even more worried about him.

"Shit!" Belly exclaimed, sitting in front of me in frustration. "This isn't right, Becky. We need to find out where your dad really went."

I went up to my room, not feeling like eating or talking to anyone right now. I wanted to be alone while looking at the pictures of me and dad on my Instagram, all because of Mr. Redford. It's all his fault.

FLASHBACKS

"Dad said to me, 'I want to introduce you to my business partner's daughter. She's beautiful, like you, she's also an only child.' But I didn't care about her, so I just ignored it."
"Nah! Don't care, dad." I replied carelessly, standing in front of him, focused on something else.

"She's a model too," dad added, knowing that I wanted to be a model.

"Stop teasing me dad?" I complained to him.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Aha!" I exclaimed as I stood up.

I grabbed my laptop again and searched for the girl Mr. Redford mentioned.

"What was her name again?"

I tried typing her name, "Freen Chankimha..."

I whispered, but I couldn't find her name on Instagram. "Shit!"

I got annoyed and slapped my hand on my bed. "What's her name again?"

I tried searching for the name "Chankimha Ford."

And there it was.

So her name is Chankimha Ford, I immediately followed her and quietly lay down in front of my laptop, waiting for her to follow me back.

But hours passed and she still didn't follow me back. So I stood up from my bed, faced my laptop, and exclaimed in anger at her picture. "Who do you think you are?!" I was furious. "You're so arrogant! Don't you know who I am?"

Ugh! It's so annoying!

FREEN'S POV

I can't believe this girl still hasn't gone home...

Sometimes I think that my friend is Homeless. Tsk!

"Chankimha? Let's go for a walk."

She immediately held onto my arm. Yoko and I have been friends for a long time, we almost always go out together, so even her parents trust me whenever Yoko is with me.
 
"Chankimha, I'm really hungry," she complained. So I gave her a stern look and stood up from my seat.

"Go home now!" I commanded her.

"I don't want to..." she complained, pouting in front of me.

"Yo?"

"Chankimha, it's like you're not my best friend!" she complained.

"Tsk! Fine..."

I couldn't do anything else; I didn't want to send Yoko away either.

I entered my room and opened my laptop, which I had left on earlier when I heard it ringing while talking to Yoko.

"Hi, I'm Becky Armstrong Lee. I'd like to get to know you in person, so please give me some time, okay?"

I paused and smirked when I read this from my request message on my Instagram.

"Bold of her to message me like this. Who does she think she is to ask for my time and attention?"

Annoyed, I closed my laptop and stood up.

"It's ruining my mood."

Author's Note : "I apologize for taking a long time to update. I've been extremely busy with work and feeling tired, so I'm really sorry for the delay. I will do my best to update earlier next time."