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It was almost 2pm when Mark woke up.
His head was pounding and there was this ringing sound that he wasn't qute sure came from his phone or his imagination.
Fuck, my head hurts. He drowsily reached for his phone to check for new notifications. He was a party animal and a social butterfly, but he didn't have that many close friends surprisingly. At least not many that bothered checking up on him, that is.
Two missed calls from unknown number.
He furrowed his brows.
One unread text from unknown number.
He clicked on it, then nearly dropped his phone in shock at the contents.
unknown number : i'll take up the deal of being your second-in-command, but only under some conditions - ty
Oh how the tides have turned.
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To a hypnosis professional like Kim Taeyeon, Jeno was barely even considered a hurdle to cross.
He bit the bait and fell right into her trap the moment she snapped her fingers.
"It was an ordinary day, nothing special. There was no tests, no exams. You wanted to chill, and yeah, you were chilling. Until you received a text," the White Lady paused, judging the semi-unconscious boy's expression. "It was from Lee Donghyuck. He was asking you to dig up on a girl named Kwon Seulgi. You told him you didn't know anything, but that was a lie, wasn't it? It wasn't the first time you've heard her name. You definitely didn't know nothing about her too."
She halted, waiting, feeling the usual anxiety creep in.
The boy remained motionless for a good three seconds, and just as the White Lady started to doubt her own statements, he nodded. Well more of jerked his head, but fair enough.
"Someone else had told you about her. Told you how she was related to the White Lady. Can you remember who it was?"
She pursed her lips at the lack of response. Was her little hunch wrong? But it felt so likely-
"Soyeon," Jeno mumbled, still in a blurry daze. "Jeon Soyeon."
"Good," she breathed out, smile growing across her face. "In twenty seconds, the door is going to slam shut and you're going to wake up. Everything that happened here never happened. You're exhausted. You've been working too hard lately. You've just dozed off in class."
