AN:- Saved... or no...? 🧐🤔
"JongHyun." I gasped out as he swiftly took me into his arms, his hands stroking my waist.
"J-JongHyun I, I- I c-couldn't b-breathe." My eyes watered, as the fear of what the man had tried to do me suddenly settled in.
"I'm here now, love." He cupped my face reassuringly. "Breath sweetheart, I'm here TaeHee. I'm here, baby."
I choked back a sob, hiding my face in his chest, my hands shaking as I latched onto him. He stroked my hair softly, dropping sweet kisses onto my head till I eventually stopped crying, calming down somewhat by being in his arms. I sniffled hoarsely, rubbing my face in his chest, taking immense comfort in his embrace.
"You okay now, my love?"
Releasing a shaky breath I nodded, my hands automatically going up to grab his coats lapel. "I want to go home." I whimpered, fresh tears rolling down my cheeks as I stared up imploringly at him.
I was tear-stricken by what had happened and wanted nothing more than to curl up in my bed with JongHyun by my side to sleep away this horror. This small and seemingly innocent shopping expenditure had taken a turn for the worst and my heart was in frenzied distress by it and the need to get away as fast as I possibly could was the only thing that was heavy on my panic wrought mind.
He rubbed my cheeks free of tears, gingerly palming my face in his hands. "I'll take you back to your house so you can rest alone in peace, okay."
Shaking my head, my eyes filled up again. "No!"
"No?" He repeated confused.
I whimpered, pressing my body close to his. "No, no." I parroted, looking up at him in distress.
"What's wrong sweetheart?" He asked. "Is that not where you want to go?"
I shook my head again. "Don't leave me alone." I looked up sniffling. "Will you stay with me?"
His eyes softened, mellowing in despondency slightly at the pure fear in my tone. "Always."
He placed a soft kiss on my palms before taking off his coat and wrapping it firmly around me. His hands gently rubbed my teary cheeks once more, his eyes sorrowful as he gazed at me. Kissing my forehead gently he then positioned me protectively behind him, after his hands gently brushed my hair off of my face.
"YOU!"
JongHyun's eyes flashed dangerously as he spun around to face the dangerously amused male slyly stood there in the shadows watching us closely. A small, bustling crowd of shoppers had gathered around us at the random outburst, but none of us paid any heed to it, too transfixed on the other to notice any third persons.
"Me?" The man pointed to himself. "Are you asking for my assistance?"
"How dare you!" JongHyun sneered at him. "How dare you touch her without her permission!"
"I was just helping Ma'am put the necklace on." He looked over JongHyun to whistle at me. "Looking good, doll face." He winked, sniggering at the look of total infuriation on Jonghyun's face.
"YAAH!" JongHyun's nostrils flared at the gall of him and I involuntarily shuddered, my figure backing away, even more, his very presence scaring me.
"I told you not to touch her!" He breathed deeply in from his nose trying to control his anger, as he lowly growled out at him, barely controlling the urge to throttle him by his neck.
"Well, to put on the necklace I had to touch her." He sarcastically retorted, still looking deeply at me.
"Stop looking at her!" JongHyun snapped, knowing how uncomfortable it was for me, even with his back to me.
He raised a thin brow. "Who's going to stop me?" He scoffed. "My eyes dude, my choice where they land."
"You're honestly very lucky that there are ladies in the room and I respect them or else I would have taught you a very valuable lesson by now!"
The guy scoffed again. "Yeah right, big guy. You're all talk and no action. You're a pussy who just chats shit!"He loudly voiced out.
His loud exclamation made a few people gasp horrifiedly and murmur amongst themselves at his disgusting choice in language. Although, surprise surprise, no one stepped up to intervene and tell him off, too busy taking euphoria in the scandalous situation that had been readily presented to them.
JongHyun's nostrils flared angrily and he looked at him with contempt. "Real men have standards unlike pathetic scum such as yourself who have to be violent and disgustingly crude to prove their dominance!"
"Nothing on that woman says she's yours!" He spat out, pointing a harsh finger in my direction.
"She's mine." JongHyun's stance was protective and dominant as he used his body to cover me from view.
"Says who!?"
"She's mine you bastard! I don't need to place my sign on her for you to know that she is!"
"She's your woman?" He looked over incredulously at us before he began to laugh hysterically. "I don't believe that even for a second."
JongHyun merely raised a brow. "I wasn't aware we had to make you believe in our relationship for it to be real."
The man's eyes sparkled dangerously as he disregarded JongHyun completely, his hands reaching out to touch me again. Seeing him advance closer I shrieked out fearfully, my fingers digging into JongHyun's back, as I used him as a shield to cover myself. I was never one to be so highly scared by men and their cheap advances so easily but this animal had tried to strangle me and with that realisation my level of sensitivity had skyrocketed and my heart physically felt as if it dropped to the soles of my feet, the more he neared me.
"JongHyun!"
At my call for help, he immediately tensed up, his hands shooting out to grab the man's hand back, a vicious look in his eyes.
"Don't. Touch. Her."
At the hidden underlying menace in JongHyun's tone, the man stepped back, albeit with a lot of reluctance his eyes still stuck firmly on mine. A nasty leer in his swaggering walk as he purposefully looked at me lustfully, licking his lips when I fearfully look into his eyes.
"I'll see you again soon enough, doll face." He winked knowingly at me and for the life of me, I hoped that such an unfortunate event would never ever happen. "And next time there won't be anyone stopping me." His eyes sparkled with malice, positively delighted at that thought.
"Over my dead body." JongHyun was livid.
"Oh, that can be arranged." The man smirked widely, before sauntering off back to his counter, leaving behind a god awful whistle in his wake. "Wait for me, doll face." He turned on his heel to glance back. "I'll get you soon enough... you've been promised after all."
And with a final knowing smirk, he walked away, hands in his pockets, slowly disappearing from view.
