AN:- I don't much like this guy... 🤨😒
"Excuse me!" I was quick to snatch my hand back.
What the hell did he think he was doing?!
He looked at me innocently after my horrified exclamation. "Did you not like it?" He asked. "Here let me adjust it for you so you can see it pr-"
"Stop!"
His grip on my hand only intensified. "Please don't create a scene, Ma'am."
I looked at him in weird bafflement. "Let go of me!"
His lips pulled upwards slightly. "I'll pack this bracelet for you- on the house, from myself to you."
I gave him a freaked out look, not liking the glint in his eyes at all as he once again swept his eyes roguishly over my now slightly exposed chest as JongHyun had unbuttoned it, making it open for his ministrations and now for unwanted perving eyes. I snatched my palm out from his, the heavy band on my wrist making a tinkering sound as it slapped on my jean-clad thigh. Hurriedly I turned around and quickly busied myself with looking at the other pieces of jewellery displayed on the pillows and stands, all the while simultaneously buttoning up my blouse again from his disgusting stare.
His eyes had seen what JongHyun had done on my neck and I visibly saw them darken dangerously at the love marks splattered across my skin, his jaw clenching menacingly as his eyes swept back up to mine when I accidentally looked up to him for a brief second. I had been on the verge of opening my mouth and yelling at him for being so unprofessional but seeing him, my heart froze in my chest at the menacing look he was delivering to me and I shivered, the cold air of the AC now seeming like a punishment for my suddenly newly precarious state. At first I had been annoyed with how rude and arrogant he was but now I was slightly more wary of his wandering hands and gaze as he clearly seemed to have the wrong intentions in mind.
'JongHyun! Come back quickly.' I closed my eyes momentarily as I quietly willed for his comforting presence to be back by my side.
Staying resolutely quiet, I carried on with my task and walked away from him, going over to other stands just in efforts to be as far away as possible from him. My heart was actually racing like a galloping horse in my chest at the fearful emotions he was evoking in me and suddenly the spacious area of the shop seemed claustrophobic and awfully stifling.
I turned on my heel and let out a small shriek at seeing his face so close to mine. "What the...!?!"
He smiled deviously at me, his head lowering as he glanced at me through heavy lashes. "Did I scare you, Ma'am?"
My hand pressed on the cloth around my chest as I forcefully tried to steady my breathing. "Y-Yes you did!"
He smirked wider. "My apologies, Ma'am."
Nodding I pushed past him eager to put some distance between us. "Excuse me."
His hand grabbed mine as I was walking away, pulling me back. "Come with me, Ma'am."
"W-waeyo?"
"You're my customer." He sounded awfully close. "And I must stay with you till the end."
"R-really, it's no need, I'm f-fine."
He ignored me and dragged me by the hand back to the counter we had previously been at. My heart sunk to the soles of my feet and I pressed my feet childishly into the ground in protest at being taken back there.
"I don't like anything the-"
"Don't worry I'm sure you will now. I'll take out something that will for sure catch your eye this time." He pressed, hands burning my flesh where he was tightly gripping me.
"No, no really it's f-"
"Just, come!" He hissed turning his head to glare venomously at me even when he was smiling.
My saliva dried at that dreadful expression and I gulped, my words and senses scattering mindlessly around me. The man finally let go of my hand after dragging me all the way to where he desired and went around the counter to grab something from underneath it before coming back to be stood in front of me again, a beautiful and extremely delicate necklace in his hands.
"No, no. I don't want to try anything else on." I stepped back quickly, not trusting his deathly icy look at all.
"Oh, I insist." His tone was almost spiteful now as he stalked towards me in a predatory fashion, somehow cornering me into a dark and secluded place.
"Well I'm sorry, but I really must decline."
I gestured to the bracelet still on my hands, "I don't want this either so please j-"
"It's already been paid for." He murmured lowly. "You won't make me return a gift I gave you so lovingly, will you now?"
My eyes gauged out my sockets. "Y-you've already p-paid?" I stuttered.
He sniggered noiselessly as he advanced on me. "Let's add to the gifts, shall we?"
"N-no, no!"
He paid no heed to me and with harsh hands settled behind me, sweeping my open hair roughly to the side as he clipped the necklace on around my neck. His hands purposefully went to where my blouse was still slightly open, brushing his fingers across the bare skin there. I vehemently cursed myself then at not having closed all my buttons once I saw him staring so rudely and crudely down there!
Stupid, stupid TaeHee, I chided myself, wanting to cry out at the unfairness that I had been headfirst thrust into.
He wound the necklace on tightly around my neck and I gasped a little as I began to find it hard to take even a single breath with how harshly the jewellery was being embedded into my skin. His cold digits pressed uncomfortably into the sore flesh of my nape and I felt a rush of fear hit me when my source of oxygen suddenly cut off and my skin began to clam up as a response to the attack.
I violently shuddered away from his touch, using the minute strength I still had in my last few seconds of consciousness, to push away from him, recoiling backwards, chest burning with a desperate fire as I madly gulped in air, my head feeling all light and woozy. I stumbled a bit on my feet due to that, falling back flimsily onto a hard and thankfully extremely familiar chest. Arms encased around me steadying my fall and I instantly knew who it was when that comforting cologne invaded my nostrils again.
