The things we do for love (Twice FF| Completed|Book 1)

6. The pain behind the smile

Chaeyoung accompanied Momo to drink again at night. This time it was Momo's treat.

'Why do you have a bodyguard always following you? Are you in some kind of danger?' Chaeyoung asked. When it's just the two of them chatting they talked in Korean.

'I tried to run away from home three times without success. He's here to prevent me from running away again,' Momo said. Chaeyoung laughed.

'What a strange reason to have a bodyguard,' he said. Momo started to tell him about the mishaps she faced while trying to run away.

'I was a runaway too. I visit my mother sometimes,' Chaeyoung said.

'Why did you run away?'

'My father died before I was born so my mother lived with her brother's family. My mother was most of the time away working. I was left alone with people who didn't want me to be there. My uncle was OK but my aunt and her children were the most unpleasant and painful experience I had growing up. I wanted to get away from the house like anything. And I did. Now life's so good. I live for myself. New clothes, yummy food and new hot girls are what I work hard to earn for,' he said and laughed.

'I see, he had turned to cheap thrills to run from his painful memories from childhood,' Momo thought.

'So what will you do after running away? I mean how will you survive? You're gonna need money,' he said.

'I have money in my account,' she waved her debit card with which she paid the bartender.

'Money earned by your father. And I'm sure everytime you swap it somewhere he gets notification. If not, easily trackable if you run away with it and use it.'

Momo hadn't thought about that. She face-palmed and Chaeyoung laughed.

Next morning, Chaeyoung found Momo sulking.

'What's with the dejected face? Shall we move?' Chaeyoung asked.

'I'm not in the mood of sightseeing today,' she said.

'What's wrong?'

'My step- brother texted me saying it's been heaven in Japan because he didn't see my annoying face for three days. He wish I disappear from their life forever. I WISH THEY DISAPPEAR FROM MY LIFE FOR EVER!' she yelled the last sentence. It startled Chaeyoung.

'That was really cruel,' he said.

Momo glanced at Rei and then looked back at Chaeyoung with a sort of discreetness in her eyes. She started speaking in Korean.

'I need your help,' she told Chaeyoung. The latter stared at her dubiously.

'What?'

'You do all sorts of jobs for money, right? I'll pay you. Kidnap me.'

Chaeyoung's eyes widened. He looked at Rei panicky but the latter seemed to have no clue of the conversation.
'Are you crazy? I'm not going to jail for money.'

'Okay okay let me rephrase that. Help me run away. It's not kidnapping if I'm willing, right? I'll pay you. Just make me an escape plan.' She looked at him expectantly.

'And I won't get into trouble?' Chaeyoung asked with doubt.

'No. Everything is my responsibility. Your only responsibility is to get me out of Seoul. OK?'

Chaeyoung furrowed his eyebrows and contemplated the proposal. All the while Momo stared at him with pleading eyes.

'Why do you trust me?' he asked.

'You're the only person I know here. I have too many hurdles to cross if I want to run away. The biggest hurdle is this bodyguard. I can't do it on my own. I need someone to help me. Besides, I think you strictly follow your philosophy of not hitting on a girl twice after rejection. I feel safe with you already.'