The Sweetest Escape

CHAPTER 34

CHAPTER 34

ELY's P.O.V.

I didn't know how long I was staring at the guy beside me before I acknowledge his presence. My brain is still trying to process how Jungkook got in here. This is supposed to be a Team Building trip with... oh wait a second! Of course, these boys are still part of the company. The sudden realization made me hit my forehead. "Are you okay?" Jungkook's worried voice made me look up to him. "What are you doing here?" I asked in a hushed voice although I already have a hunch. He shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. "Honestly, I didn't know too. I was only dragged in here by Seokjin hyung and the others." It didn't take me a lot more convincing to believe his innocence. I sighed and hung my head low before I started massaging it. That is why they didn't asked a lot of questions when I bid the other members good bye earlier. All along they know where we are going.

"Are you okay, Noona? Should I get you some medicine?" Jungkook asked as he looks around for some flight attendants. He was about to rise his hand when he spotted one but I stopped him. "I'm fine Jungkook-ssi." He looked at me obviously doubting my statement. "But," He was supposed to say something but I covered his mouth with my hand. I don't to hear any more words from his mouth. I was about to remove it when I felt him kiss my palm. I removed my hand so fast and gave him a glare but he just snickered with his silliness. Then I remembered what happened this morning and I can feel a blush creeping in. I shook my head and rolled my eyes at him before I looked out the window. I decided to ignore his presence for the rest of the trip however, the sight by the window made me squeal and I instantly forgot my dilemma. The blue sky and clouds looks so pretty and it made me feel happy. "Wow! It's so pretty." I muttered under my breath. "I know." Jungkook replied and I felt the chills down my spine when I felt his hot breath on my neck. I gasped and I looked at him to tell him to move away from me but it was a wrong move because my lips accidentally landed on his. My eyes went wide as I moved my face away from him and covered my mouth with both of my hands. He also looked surprise with the little accident. He was frozen and was busy looking at me.

"Wha- What happened?!" Jimin asked while yawning. He was seated right next to Jungkook. Why didn't I notice him earlier? I just stared at him still dazed not responding. "Ely Noona, are you alright?" Jimin asked while waving his cute little hands in front of me. I blinked twice trying to get a grip with my sanity. "Yes, I..I am fine. Thank you, Jimin-ssi." I answered before I looked back to the window. I want to scream in embarrassment. Did he saw what just happened? I hope not. "What's wrong with Ely Noona?" I heard Jimin asked Jungkook but I didn't hear Jungkook replied. I shut my eyes, bit my lip and pulled my hoodie over my head to cover my face and pretended to sleep for the rest of the flight.

"Hey, guys! What's taking you so long? Let's get off the plane. The others are waiting." I opened my eyes when I heard Namjoon spoke and that's when I realized that I indeed fall asleep and someone is sleeping on my shoulder. I hastily remove my seatbelt and stood up not bothering to save Jungkook's head from falling. I looked around and found out that there are only a few people left inside the airbus and I can't find Sarrah unnie and the other staff.

"Ahm, Namjoon-ssi, have you seen Sarrah sunbaenim?" I asked as I walked past Jungkook's and Jimin's seat. I frantically opened the compartment and tried to reach for my luggage, but since I am a midget, I was having a hard time reaching for it. I can almost bring it down when someone reached for it for me, I turned to look but I only faced a well formed chest. I look up and saw Namjoon's face. I smiled at him and gave him thanks. He just smiled back as he slowly put my luggage down.

"Come on, let's go!" Suddenly someone took my luggage and my hand then pulled me out of the airplane. I looked at the back of the man who is holding me and frowned. What is wrong with him? Before we could really get out of the plane, I removed my hand from him and took my luggage from his hand. "I can take it from here, thanks." I tried to get away from him as fast as possible without looking back. I thought he will stop me but thankfully he did not. I don't want to spark some rumors with him.

I went alone through immigration. I didn't wait for the boys to join me since they are major celebrities and I am not. For sure, they have different routes. I saw Sarrah Unnie and the other staffs waiting at the arrival area. "Sarrah sunbaenim!" I called her name and gladly walked to her. "What took you so long? Did Jungkook not wake you up? That boy! He said he will take care of you!" My jaw almost dropped to the ground. What the hell did she just say? I suddenly covered her mouth to prevent her from sprouting nonsense again. I can see the others are already looking at us curiously.

She removed my hand that is covering her mouth. "Yah! Why did you do that?" She asked obviously annoyed by my action. I took a deep breath to calm down. "Sunbaenim, please be careful of your words. Some people might misunderstand." I replied. "Well, if you weren't late then-" She was about to give me a full litany of being late but I interrupted her. "I am here now, plus it looks like our service is also late." I am really not sure. I am just assuming since all of them are still waiting. Sarrah sunbaenim took a deep sigh before looking at her watch. "No. We are still early." And that ended our discussion. Luckily, someone called called Sarrah sunbaenim and finally I was left alone. I can finally be at peace, for now.

After a few minutes, our services arrived to transfer us to the Domestic terminal. From Terminal 2 we were transferred to Terminal 4. The plane ride to Palawan is uneventful, luckily the boys had a different flight with the managers and that made me feel at ease. At least I won't be able to face Jeon Jungkook for the mean time.

We landed in Busuanga airport after an hour of travel via air bus then we rented a van that took us to our hotel after 30 minutes of travel. The hotel is simple. It's actually made of bamboo and woods. The receptionist asked us to take a seat at the lounge as they prepare for the designations of the rooms. I was busy looking at the place when suddenly someone hugged me from my back. I was so surprised that my body reacted on its own. I pulled the arm on my waist and put it on my shoulder before using my body weight to throw the aggressor down on the floor. "Aww." I look at the man groaning in pain in front of me and I gasped. What is he doing here?

"What's happening here?" Sarrah sunbaenim suddenly appeared with two men beside her. Her eyes moved from me to the man now lying on the floor groaning in pain. "What did you do Ely?! Mr. Park Hyungsik are you okay?" Sarrah sunbaenim shrieked in panic as she scrambled on her feet to help him. My brows furrowed in confusion. What is the meaning of this?

I watched as Hyungsik slowly rose from the floor with a smirk on his face. "You never changed Ely. You still got the moves." The two other men tried to assist but Hyungsik refused them. Wait what does he mean I still got the moves? Was I an athlete before?

"What are you doing here?" Suddenly a loud voice interrupted our talk. I just bit my lip as another problem arrived and it's none other than Jeon Jungkook. He is walking in big strides but his eyes are focus on Hyungsik only. When did he even get here? Where are the others? Did he arrive alone? I shook my head. I got distracted. I watch how Hyungsik-ssi's face turns from friendly and accommodating to hostile when he looked at Jungkook. "I own this place!" He answered cockily. Jungkook's eyebrows and mine both furrowed.

"Is this where you are supposed to bring me?" I asked as an idea came to my mind. At first Hyungsik didn't reply but after a while he nodded. "I know you had doubts and so I made alternative plans just to bring you here." He responded. "Why? Why do you want to bring Ely Noona here?" Jungkook asked the question that I was supposed to ask and that earned him a glare from me. This is my problem not his.

"What's going on here?" All of us turned to the sound of the voice and my jaw literally dropped to the ground when I saw Maiko and Dongwook oppa walking towards us. What are they doing here? Am I really going to a Team Building or a reunion? I am getting more confused as each second pass by. I need some answers.