Chapter 18
Thea had tears rolling down her face as she drank her sorrows at a barter that night.
I’ve known Keh for five long years, and I gave my all in order to make myself useful to him. I
thought I had be irreceable to him, but his words today have proved me wrong. He used to
let me do as I please without a singleint, so why has he changed all of a sudden? Does he
not know how I feel about him? Have I not made myself clear enough? Why does he always ignore
my feelings?
Thea had never felt so upset throughout her entire life. Unbeknownst to her, a few men sitting in a
corner had set their sights on her while she continued downing drinks at the bar.
Eventually, one of the guys approached her with his drink in hand.
“Hey there, beautiful. Are you by yourself?”
Thea shot him a nce and carried on drinking as if he wasn’t there.
“What’s the matter? You feeling upset? How about I have a drink with you?” the man pressed on.
“Get lost!” Thea snapped at him impatiently as she found such men to be extremely disgusting.
Not wanting to give up just yet, the man boldly wrapped an arm around her as he continued, “Wow,
you sure are a feisty one! Come on, tell me about your problems! I might be able to help you out of
it!”
“Get your filthy hands off me!” Thea stood up from her chair in an attempt to break free, but could
barely maintain her bnce after all that drinking.
The man quickly reached out to catch her when she stumbled forward. “Whoa! Be careful there,
“F*ck off!” Thea shoved him off and red fiercely at him.
“Aww, don’t be mad! Getting mad will only make me like you even more!” the man said with a
shameless grin.
Realizing that he was just a troublemaker, Thea didn’t want to waste her time talking to him. Right
as she turned around and prepared to leave, the other guys in the corner came over and blocked
her path.
“Why the angry face? We’re just having a few drinks with you!”
Thea realized she was in danger when she saw those men surrounding her. “Stay away from me!”
“Don’t be afraid, miss! We just want to get to know you better over a few drinks!”
Left with no other options, Thea pulled out her phone and gave Keh a call on the spot.
“Come save me, Keh! I’m at Golden Street Bar!” she shouted anxiously when the call got
through after a few rings.
“What’s going on, Thea?”
“Who do you think you’re calling, huh? We just want to have a drink with you! There’s no need for
you to be calling anyone!” said one of the men as he snatched her phone over and ended the call.
“D-Don’te closer!” she stammered while backing away.
Hearing her words only prompted those men to close in on her even more. “Geez, all we want is to
have a few drinks with you! Why are you overreacting like this?”
“I know, right?”
“F*ck off! Get away from me!” Thea shouted. One of the men added something into his drink as he
said, “All right. Just drink this and we’ll be on our way!”
Thea knew they were up to no good, so she snatched the ss from his hand and smashed it on
the floor.
“You insolent b*tch!” the man yelled while raising his hand.
He was about to bring it down on her face when someone shouted from behind, “Freeze!” The
men turned around in response, only to see a few police officers rushing toward them.
They immediately tried to make a run for it, but the police officers were faster and easily had them
surrounded.
“We didn’t do anything, officers! We were just trying to have a drink with her!” they protested while
kneeling on the floor.
“Shut up and show me your ID!”
Too shocked to do anything, Thea simply watched silently from the side.
Momentster, Keh came in through the door and walked right up to her. “Thea, are you
okay?”
Hearing his voice snapped her out of her daze, and she burst out crying the moment she saw him.
“Oh, Keh! I was so scared!” she wailed while hugging him tightly.
“It’s okay. You’re fine now,” Kehforted her after scanning their surroundings.
A police officer then came over to ask them some questions, and Keh helped answer them on
her behalf.
Right when the police were about to dismiss the entire incident as a mere misunderstanding,
Keh noticed a white-colored pill on the floor.
“What is this?” he asked with a frown while picking it up.
The men tried to make a run for it when they saw that, but the police officers were quicker and
pinned them down on the floor.
One of the police officers walked up to Keh and examined the pill that had yet to dissolve
theb to confirm it.”
“Please do, officers,” Keh said.
The police officer turned around and looked at the men on the floor as he said, “Bring them in!”
Keh waited until the entire incident was over before bringing Thea out of the bar.
As her clothes had been torn from the physical altercation earlier, Keh draped his coat over
her shoulders to keep her covered.
Thea felt a lot safer after he had saved her in the nick of time, and she found herself bing
more and more dependent on him.
“I’m sorry, Keh…” she said when they arrived at his car.
“What are you apologizing for?” Keh asked.
“I know I shouldn’t have kept what I did a secret from you, and I shouldn’t have yelled at you either.
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I’ve been reflecting on my mistakes today, Keh. I’m really sorry.”
Since she had always taken care of things at work really well, Keh chose to turn a blind eye to
her little misdeeds. “Workce conflict is a verymon thing. There’s no need for you to
apologize.”
“Are you still mad at me, then?” Thea asked.
“It doesn’t bother me at all,” Keh replied.
Huh? It doesn’t bother him?
Thea wasn’t sure whether tough or cry after hearing that.
“I was really scared…” she sobbed with tears in her eyes.
“Don’t go drinking all by yourself next time, Thea. You’re not a child anymore. You should know
what’ll happen if they forced that drink down your throat earlier. This is the first time you’ve made
such a silly mistake,” Keh reprimanded her.
“I know that, but don’t you forget that I’m a woman! Could you not talk to me so formally,
Keh?” Thea eximed coquettishly.
Keh simply frowned at her without saying anything.
“I just want to be treated gently…” she mumbled while stepping forward, only to lose her bnce
and fall into his arms.
Little did they know, a few people were snapping away at them in a car nearby.