CHAPTER 15: The Fine Art Of Bullshit

HO-SEOK POV

It was a bit amusing to me when Bella speedily dashed to the back line after stubbornly refusing to budge at my initial command.

Okay! I'm not commanding but I hate disruption when doing my duties and Bella knows, guess she wanted to test my patience. Have I told you guys this. Bella was a cute little demon, a daredevil to be precise. So when I saw her stubborn refusal to move to the back at one call, I understand and also knows the best way to handle it.

The dance kicked off, but just as the little devil she was, she was going a different direction, entirely doing something different from what others were doing.

Hip thrust, that was when she would remember to twerk. To the left, that would be when her demons would tells her to roll it. Elbow twist, that would be when she would move to the right and shoulder twist.

I swear, Bella would be the death of me. If not literal death, then the death of my sanity and patience. Of that, I was certain since we would be working together till the next one month.

I'm not judging based on her absence earlier, believe me when I said I've known Isabella very well to not understand her quick adaptation nature and how she was also a fast leaner especially when she sets her mind on something unless she was doing all these on purpose.

Did she really wants to spite on me because what is all these wrongs moves, she is making everything tiring and it was annoyingly disturbing. I hate when I'm putting out my best out for the audience and someone is purposely there, trying to sabotage my efforts because it seemed that was what Bella was doing.

I could feel it all over her, the hatred she got on me and how nonchalantly she was ignoring my instructions like she was daring me to do my worst. I was willing to endure every of her stupid acts and tagged it first attempt until my eyes caught her through the mirrors while she wrinkled her nose disgustingly at my call out and gave out an evil sneer that boiled my heart.

That alone was the evidence I needed to realized how she hated to see me and when I turned around, oh my God! I wish I didn't, because the bitch was standing and backing the rest like the once she had been doing wasn't enough.

That was the last straw that broke the camel's back. She wants to make a fool of me. That's it. I could feel my veins pulsing in my temple, I was still in disbelief.

I called out to her calmly, trying my best to not sound hostile as I walked over towards, and stood in front of her. Running my hand frustratingly through my hair.

"Are you doing all these just to spite me?"

She rolled her eyes before giving out a chuckle at my expression, a mocking chuckle and I frowned at her.

"What if I am, what are you going to do about it, cry about it?"

I looked at her, trying to dive into her soul for I hope that I can find reasons to support my other thoughts which says she wasn't spitting on me. Yet, I found nothing. All the evidence were shown in those eyes, in her laughter.

I could hear people talking but all I'm seeing was what was standing in front of me. I realized it been years we stood this close, looking beautifully at each other, not this daggers we were exchanging.

Those pinky plumpy lips I used to adored were fixed on me, those cute thick eyebrows that was graciously carved on her pretty face, and those beautiful long lashes that grace her perfect alluring eyes that always steal glances at me were set out mockingly at me.

I felt my heart repeatedly racing like a strange bullet. Everything have changed, I could feel the chaos beneath my unfathomable mind ensued by a warzone of my past.

I exhaled tiredly, taking a step back and when I looked up, I was shocked as I took into the different eyes fixed on us, and I knew I fucked up already, I shifted my gaze and saw Bella's tight-lipped smiles.

And it dawned on me, the cute little demon succeeded, she succeeded in making me angry and having me loss my shit therefore causing stirs. Exactly what I was avoiding.

Tugging on my bottom lip, "Thirty minutes break then "I murmured out an instruction before stomping out of the practice room.

BELLA POV🍁🍁

I squealed happily after seeing how disorganized Ho-Seok was. I felt proud of myself for being the one to put him in that sad,angry and confused mood. Sometimes, it good to have the upper hands, and it had been long I made him mad and embarrassed with my character.

"Hahaha." I chortled, immediately he rushed out of the room embarrassed. Juana looked at me and I stick out my tongue playfully at her. I was filling like I won a lottery, Ho-Seok embarrassed and annoyed with my character? Aha!!! I felt fulfilled.

Ignoring the eyes which were fixed on me, I rushed to the staff stand to have my lunch, the rest also joined because the order was for everybody. Courtesy of Ho-Seok. He never stop showing how rich he was. His egotistical auras.

I could hear the murmuring within the staff, the confusion on their face but I'm not interested, neither am I seeing myself explaining anything to anybody.

I was smilingly eating my food, slurping on my juice when Juana smacked my shoulder.

"Aaaaa." I squeaked.

"So, how much were you paid to get on his nerves?"

I laughed childishly, ignoring her question. She knows. I was happily spinning the desk chair I was sitting, slurping from my juice. Feeling like a happy camper.

Everything was working according to my plans until my dumb ass decided to take a walk down the hallways, conversely, a millisecond did not passed and I saw myself being pinned against the wall.

As Ho-Seok pulled me to the corner, my poor heart was in a whirl. The butterflies in my belly went spinning like a twirl. His eyes locked with mine, and my pulse quickened too.

He leaned in closer, bearing my face and I held my breath. I could feel the tension building, right down to my last breath.

I realized it was no longer the butterflies that had my tummy churn. It was my need to be free from the hold that was choking me.

His tightened fingers on my neck that blocking my windpipe and depriving my God given air to breathe.

"So you are trying to cause trouble by purposely doing that over there?"

I tried to smile,but it wasn't coming out. "Can you at least let me breath." My voice quivered as I choked out, my words barely audible.

He scoffed, ignoring my pleading remarks, the tips of his mouth curled up and I was eagerly anticipating his next move.

"Trust me, I knew it even from the beginning, right there at Sound-Mind that you were nothing but a trauma awaiting to happen. Even so, I thought that was someone based on my misjudgment. That I based my judgement on a surface level. Yet, you went ahead to prove me right. I know you know how deceptive you are, and as cynical as this sound, I strongly believe you don't want people to find out your horrible past, the venomous snake you are which you masked all these years."

He took a step away from me, the anger in his eyes burning flames, if he wasn't perfect in every way, he'd have strangled me for testing his patience like this.

His eyes spoke grey, his frowns reflected shock. A heavy mist of sadness was seen in his eyes which were slowly falling dark and void.

I tried to swallow the lump in my throat. Every words he spits hit like an arrow. Each menacingly leaving with it own piercing bullets.

A waterfall of tears flows down my eyes. It was killing me to the core. I wanted to hold him but then I realized I no longer have that right. It was killing me to do that to him but what was I supposed to do.

"Don't ever think I have forgiven you for ruining me, for your own safety, Bella.....I hope you play far away from me, very far away..." He warningly stressed out the words, pointing a finger at me. "And I really hope you disappear from my life."

Ho-Seok's words spread a painful scabrous feel as he step away from me, and I crouched down grievously, the air in my ribs tightened, my anxiety skyrocketed immeasurably, then I realized I was drastically doomed.