ILLICIT ° nct dream, wayv + srg

Chapter Thirty: Being X-posed

Dedicated to:
revelarmylnct

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"They're gone."

The possibility that Johnny must have taken Koeun added to Mark's concerns regarding this mission. It didn't even take five minutes for them to look away, and now they found out that they were no longer around.

Without further ado, Mark decided to contact Renjun through his earpiece. "Renjun?"

Beside Mark, Haechan did his best to look around the room in hopes of spotting even a glimpse of Koeun's physique or even her dress. "Where could they be?" He mumbled under his breath.

"Renjun?" Mark repeated in calling his name. Why isn't he answering?

Haechan watched as Mark remained silently waiting. "He's not answering?" He asked Mark after a few seconds, getting more and more confused on what was happening.

Mark was about to answer him when he finally received Renjun's response. "Mark?"

Mark let out an impatient sigh. "What took you so long? We have an emergency here." He emphasized, a little pissed by the fact that Renjun wasn't being alert.

"One of our tires had gone flat and I made the other boys fix it quickly. It seemed like it had gotten a hole." Renjun explained as he glanced at the younger boys changing the tire. He and the others were outside the van yet tried their best not to be seen by other people.

"Tell them to hurry up," Mark ordered. "and I want you to find Koeun, quick."

Renjun's forehead creased at this. "Why? Where is she?" He swiftly got inside the van and landed in front of his laptop. He began his search in every camera he had opened.

"That, I don't know." Mark was starting to regret losing sight of her.

"You lost her?" Renjun was in disbelief, pausing from his work. "I thought you were watching her."

At this time, Haechan had connected himself with them and decided to intervene. "Don't blame us on this. You weren't watching her either."

Unbelievingly, Renjun asked. "Now you're putting the blame on me?"

"I'm just saying let's not be hypocrites-"

"Everyone, this isn't the time for this." Mark butted in. "Finding Koeun is our top priority here." This made the two shut up and Renjun continued to search for Koeun, his eyes scanning every camera angle inside the building.

As Renjun did his work, Mark couldn't help but to retrace their steps. How long had it been before they were gone? It wasn't longer than three minutes, or maybe even two. They couldn't have gone too far.

Once Renjun had found her, his eyes went wide. "She's entering a room, three floors above you."

"Three floors?" Haechan exclaimed. We only looked away for a few seconds.

"The room number is 610." Renjun informed them as he watched how the door closed behind Koeun.

What are you planning, Johnny?

Whatever it was, he didn't like it.

Before Renjun could tell Mark to hurry up, Mark had already given his order to Haechan. "We have to go there, now."

Haechan nodded at him once before following Mark, who began to push through the crowd of glittering dresses and fancy suits.

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