Little Romantic *Second Book*

Chapter 18: Her Sadness

I texted Jihwan after the tears stopped and I was able to see. My sobs had stopped a while and turned into hiccups.

I really need to talk, I wrote out to Jihwan. Please come when you get the chance.

I sent the text and waited for an answer. It was a couple minutes when my phone rang. Jihwan's name and picture showed up on the screen.

I quickly answered with a sore throat from crying, saying, "Jihwan, it all went wrong!" I practically sobbed it into the phone.

"I know, EG just called me," a different voice said through the phone. I didn't recognize this voice. It wasn't any of them Top Seven. Who could possibly have Jihwan's phone.

"Who is this? Where's NJ?" I asked.

"Oh, he's busy right now," the man said. "Something to do with Elmer George Barnes? I'm surprised it took you all long enough to figure this out. Maybe your family isn't as perfect as you thought."

"Who the hell are you?" I growled into the phone.

"My name is Chao. I'm a member of Zhanshi. I'm a good friend of your brother. I was the one who gave him the deal to give us information about NJ."

"Why didn't NJ answer? What is going on?"

"I want to talk to you, Anastasia. Such a pretty name you have. Then again this comes from the parents who named their firstborn Lancelot. But naming the middle child Elmer? No wonder he goes by EG and resents your family."

"What do you want to talk to me about? And don't think about going off topic. Just go straight out with it."

"I wanted to talk about your beautiful relationship with NJ. You just recently started f*cking, right? I'll bet that the two of you do it every chance you get. I wouldn't be surprised. But just so you know, I would be a much better partner. I have much more experience. Besides I've seen pictures of you, not only from EG, but our own spies."

"You have people watching me? Where? Who?"

"Oh, you know who they are. But I won't tell you. There's no fun in that."

"Chao, you said your name is. I'm not scared by idle threats. I won't be scared of you. Not when Gabos is here to protect me."

"I'm so scared, Anastasia. Gabos is going to hurt me. Yawn. I wish they would try."

"I want to talk to NJ. Put him on the phone."

"He's in the middle of a meeting, Love. I would be glad to take a message. Or just take your heart completely."

I rolled my eyes at his comment. "This is his phone. Why do you have it?"

"Oh, I took it from him when he wasn't looking. Right after your brother texted me and told me that Gabos knew about our partnership. So I knew that you would try contacting your boy toy to let him know."

"Why are you trying to take down Gabos?" I asked.

"There's the detective part of you. And it's obvious why Zhanshi is doing this. We want to be on top. NJ's family has been running things for too long. Once NJ is out of the way, it'll be easier to take down Gabos since Prince can't run anything without NJ there to pull his leash."

"Do not talk about Prince like that. He is a great man who can run Gabos without NJ. You have no idea what you're talking about. You don't know these men like I do."

"And you don't know NJ like you think you do," Chao snapped loudly. I took the phone away from my ear to save my eardrums. "He is not the man you think he is, Anastasia. He would push his friends in front of a moving train if it meant getting some money."