Dan-Han felt the world at standstill when he saw her on the floor, lying in the pool of her blood.
âEun-sun!â He called and hurried to her side. His eyes moved across her body and his heart fell into his stomach. She was in bad shape. Her ankle seemed broken, same as her hand. She was bleeding from her head and stomach.
âDan-Han?â She weakly fluttered her eyes open and whispered out. Her face and body was pale. She was losing a lot of blood.
âIâm here.â He said as he quickly placed his hand on the wound on her stomach, applying pressure on them.
âDan-Han, I think Iâm going to-â Tears rolled down her eyes and Dan-Han felt a tight squeeze in his heart.
âDonât talk, save your breath.â He interjected and dialed the emergency number.
He was trying to be calm, but Eun-sun could hazily see the fear in his eyes. She couldnât see the other part of her body, but she knew she was in horrible state. Other than the stab wound on her stomach, her legs werenât feeling the same, and she could feel something wet on heavy head.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
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Eun-sun knew what was going to happen to her. Who could tell her now she wasnât cursed? This life had something against her, and her happiness. It hated it when she had something good going on for her, and this time it didnât try to take the happiness from her, it was taking her instead.
A soft chuckle slipped out her lips, but tears accompanied them.
âI...Iâm going to die, arenât I?â Dan-Han frowned when he heard her words.
âYou will not.â He rebuked her.
âDan-Han-â
âPark Eun-sun, shut up! Youâll be here with me. Here! If you dare die on me, Iâll hate you. You hear me?!â He yelled and threatened her.
Eun-sun could hear the pain and desperation in his voice. He was desperately holding on to life for her, but her life was already eluding her.
Dan-Han held her closely to himself and kept applying pressure on her wound till approaching footsteps echoed through the stairways.
He held her face. âYouâll be fine.â He told her in a firm voice. Though Eun-sun found his words hard to believe, for his sake she nodded. If there was ever going to a minute chance of survival, for their sake, she was going to cling onto it.
Soon paramedics came and Eun-sun was carried away with Dan-Han trailing behind. All through the way he held her hand, and when she lost her conscious, he felt a cold steel run through his heart.
Eun-sun was wheeled to the theater and Dan-Han almost joined them.
âMr Lee, youâll have to wait here.â One of the surgeons stopped him.
Dan-Han gripped the manâs neck with his bloodied hand. âMake sure she comes back.â
âYes sir.â The man replied before scampering away.
Dan-Han whipped out his phone dialled a number.
âSurgical wing, now.â He ordered and ended the call.
Jae-Hyun who had been at the other end of the phone was utterly stumped out of his mind. He wondered what was wrong as he hurriedly grabbed his lab coat and dashed out of his office.
The intimidating man standing in front of the entrance of the surgical area caught his eyes. It was Dan-Han. His eyes widened when he saw the blood all over him.
âWhoâs in there?â
âEun-sun.â
âHuh?â He looked at the Dan-Han from head to toe. There was blood all over him. Jae-Hyun felt cold run down his spine in an instant. Was there still blood left in that small woman? He understood why Dan-Han had called him.
âIâll go in.â Jae-Hyun said and hurried towards the door.
âJae-Hyun,â Dan-Han called. Jae-Hyun turned back to him.
âShe mustnât die....please.â Hearing Dan-Han plead and sound that way left Jae-Hyun in a state of shock. He felt bad for him. He had only lost his mother, and now his woman? He wondered what happened to her.
Jae-Hyun nodded and ran past the glass door and towards the operating room.
âBoss.â Tae-Ho called from behind the man.
âDid you find him?â He asked.
âNo boss. We swept the whole building.â
âThe cameraâs?â
âNothing boss.â
Dan-Han felt his blood boil on the spot. Anger and darkness flashed through his eyes, as he gritted his teeth. The men behind Tae-Ho instantly quivered, only Tae-Ho remained calm.
âFind that bastard, and bring him to me! Everyone involved in this must pay with their lives!â
âYes boss.â Tae-Ho bowed. He could tell the boss was in a murderous mood. He was hungry for the blood of the people who had done this to his woman, and their blood he would have. Itâs been ages since he saw the boss like this.
Dan-Han had always been a monster who set fear in the heart of the people, till he became tamed by the little woman, now someone dared to touch her. It wasnât going to be a good for whoever did this, because theyâve just reawakened the beast in him.
Tae-Ho stationed men around Dan-Han and left. They had no idea who had done this, but it could be an indirect attack on the boss and whoever they were might come back, so he had to be careful.
Tae-Ho called Chang-wok and asked him to bring new clothes for the boss, before leaving.
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Ni-Naâs Home.
âMom, have you spoken to brother today?â Ni-Na asked as she strolled down the stairs.
Her mother, who was receiving a feet massage from her husband shook her head and said, âNo.â
âThatâs strange.â
âWhatâs strange?â Her mother asked.
âHe isnât answering my call. He never does that.â Ni-Na dialled the number again.
âHe must be busy.â Her father said.
âDidnât you say he had taken his girlfriend on a date? Maybe theyâre still spending some time together.â
âThat was yesterday.â
âAnd?â Her mother stressed.
âI want to hear the gist.â Ni-Na hissed as she stormed to a sofa and plonked herself there while she continued dialling Dan-Hanâs number.
Her mother sat up right and looked at her.
âWhat?â Ni-Na asked, not liking the look in her motherâs eyes.
âI think itâs about time you get a boyfriend.â
âHmm?â Her eyes darted from her mother to her father, who seemed to be in agreement with her motherâs idea.
âYour mother is right.â Her father said.
âOf course, I am. Youâre clinging to Dan-Han too much, and his girlfriend might not like it.â
âI donât think Eun-sun is like that. Sheâs friendly and she likes me just as I like her.â Ni-Na told her.
âSheâll never tell you. Just consider finding your own boyfriend.â
âThen call President Lee and tell him this, because heâs the only obstacle to my love life.â
âThen Iâll call him.â Her mother said.
âMaybe you should do that tomorrow.â Ni-Naâs father adviced when he heard his wife, but Ni-Na had already passed her motherâs phone to her.
âNosy,â her mother clacked.
âItâs my brother.â Ni-Na retorted.
They patiently waited as the phone rang, but it wasnât answered. She tried again but there was still no response.
âNow, that was strange.â Ni-Naâs mother ed.
âCall his secretary.â The man suggested, passing his phone to his wife, as she didnât have Chang-wokâs number, and she quickly called him.
âSecretary Chang.â
âGood evening, Madam.â Secretary Chang-wok greeted.
âWhereâs my son? He isnât receiving his calls.â
âMadam, president Lee is at the hospital.â
âHospital?â Ni-Na and her mother echoed. Ni-Na grabbed the phone from her motherâs hand.
âWhat happened to big brother? Is he fine? Why is he at the hospital?â She ranted out.
âNi-Na, the phone.â Her father demanded and she angrily passed it to him.
âWhat happened to Dan-Han?â The man calmly inquired.
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âPresident Lee is fine, but Ms Park was attacked.â
âAttacked?!â Ni-Na was shocked.
âBy who?â The old man asked.
âSir, thereâs no information on that yet. But the miss is in bad shape.â Chang-wok replied. Hearing those words Ni-Na felt her stomach churn.
âWhat hospital is she?â She yelled into the phone.
âThe family hospital.â
Ni-Na immediately dashed towards the dinning table and grabbed her car keys, and ran towards the door.
âNi-Na wait!â Her mother called.
âI canât!â She said as she ran out of the house. She knew something wasnât right when Dan-Han didnât take her calls. He had never missed her calls, not even on purpose.
âDoes your brother have something to do with this?â Ni-Naâs mother suspiciously asked.
âI donât think so.â
âThen who would attack her?!â
âI donât know.â The man replied again.
âThere has been one death in this family, and thatâs enough, there shouldnât be another.â She declared as she picked a car key and passed it to her husband.
âLetâs go.â She said and he obediently followed as she stomped out of the house.
...
Ni-Na was driving like crazily driving on the road, like she could run all the cars over in a second. The word âattackedâ and bad âshapeâ kept reverberating in her head.
Had he used the word accident, she wouldnât be this anxious. If someone had made an attempt on Eun-sunâs life, then it must be bad. But she hoped not. For her brotherâs sake she really hoped not.
Ni-Na frowned when her phone rang. She glanced at it and hissed. She ignored the call and kept her eyes on the road, but the call came in again.
âWhat do you want?â
âWhy are you driving so fast? Do you have a death wish?â
âAre you stalking me now?â The frown on her face deepened.
âYou seem angry. What happened? Did your lovely piss you off?â
âIt is you who is pissing me off, Lee Ji-Tae. Of you have nothing to say then good bye.â
âWait! Whatâs up with you? Where are you going so late? Is mother and father okay?â He sounded worried, but Ni-Na wasnât in the least concerned about him at the moment.
âIâm going to the hospital to meet Dan-Han. Someone attacked-â Her words trailed off when she heard him chuckle. She snapped her head towards the phone, a suspicious look coating her eyes.
âJi-Tae, you didnât do this did you?â
âDo what?â He sounded innocent.
âHurt Eun-sun. You didnât hurt her to get back at Dan-Han, did you? If itâs you, Iâll kill you!â She half yelled into the phone, but the other side was quiet.
âSomething happened to her?â
âAre you trying to act innocent? Youâre my suspect.â
âSuspect me all you want, but tell where she is?â Ji-Tae asked. Ni-Na was silent for a while.
âAt the hospital. You better be innocent about this.â
âI am, but whoever laid a hand on her, just sighed their death warrant.â