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

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"1:03" the timer read when the warehouse's big door opened. And through it, entered Hirai Makito, Yuto and 8 burly armed men in black uniform. A wave of relief came over the captives when they entered. The 8 security personnel quickly scanned the area and grasped the situation.

'Father,' Momo said. Jeongyeon, Chaeyoung, Sana and Mina could tell right away who Momo's father was, both from his superior air and his resemblance to his daughter. Makito had chartered a plane to come to South Korea as soon as he could locate Momo from the signal of her old phone.

'Free them,' Makito said. The men undid the ropes that bound the five. Two of them took the bomb and hurriedly left.

Yuto remembered Jeongyeon's face from the last time he saw him in Japan. He whispered something into Makito's ear and Makito's expression hardened.

'Does my daughter live with you?' Makito asked Jeongyeon, directly facing him. His stare was intimidating. Jeongyeon looked down and nodded. Makito exhaled angrily and punched Jeongyeon's face and kicked his shin consecutively.

Jeongyeon kneeled down in pain. Sana, Mina and Chaeyoung gasped in surprise.

'No! Please don't hurt him!' Momo shrieked.

'You helped her run away, didn't you?' Makito said. He gestured his men something and the men circled around Jeongyeon giving him bout of kicks.

'There seems to be a misunderstanding,' Chaeyoung tried to intervene but he was stopped by two of them and he couldn't physically do anything against the professional men. Sana and Mina couldn't even look at Jeongyeon being beaten. These men were trained to follow orders, they knew no mercy.

'Please stop,' Momo cried and pulled one of the men. She was quickly pulled away by Makito and Yuto.

'Will you explain how you ended up in a warehouse with a bomb?' Makito said. Momo only looked at Jeongyeon and cried.

'Stop,' Makito ordered and the men stepped away from Jeongyeon, leaving him groaning.

'Come with me if you don't want him hurt more,' Makito said and dragged Momo with him outside the warehouse. Momo had no choice but to follow, weeping.

'Hyung! Are you alright?'

'Jeongyeon-ah!' Sana and Chaeyoung dashed to Jeongyeon.

'Let's take him to a hospital,' Chaeyoung supported him with Sana's help.

As soon as Makito and Momo came out, they confronted a team of policemen and SWAT that had just arrived. The policemen pulled out their guns and pointed at Makito and his bodyguards, as they were not expected to be there. The tension quickly died down when the bodyguards showed their ID cards.

'He needs to go to the hospital. He's hurt,' Chaeyoung said, appearing out of the warehouse with Jeongyeon and Sana, and Mina behind them, still shaking from the nerve-wracking experiences. The police immediately put Jeongyeon in their car.

The bomb had already been taken care of by Makito's well trained bodyguards. Momo, Makito and his men were sent off after a little interview with the police.

'How did you find us?' Chaeyoung asked the officer driving them, on the way to hospital.

'A reporter in Seoul saw your video. The police in Seoul tracked down the identities of the people in the video. Fortunately, Taekyung is a popular young businessman. It was easy to recognize him. The station from Seoul contacted us and we went to arrest the culprits. During our investigation, one man named Gu told us about you and the bomb here,' the policeman said.

'Hongchul...??' Chaeyoung muttered to himself. The policeman heard him.

'Yes, that's the name of the reporter. How did you guess it? You know him?'