~Chapter 6~

Warning! Violent scenes ahead!

"Aaah, look who it is, my wonderful girlfriend. Come inside and close the door behind you, will you?" His voice wasn't deep, but it was full of mockery and cunningness.

The trembling girl did as she was told, slowly approaching him. Jacob stood up, sliding his hands in the pockets of his pants.

"Where. The fuck. Have you been?!" She flinched at his words. "Why didn't you answer any of my calls?"

"I-I...I was out with some f-friends"

He was laughing maniacally. "Friends, what friends? You don't have any of those, I made sure of it!"

"J-Jacob please, I can't live like this anymore!" She looked at him with teary eyes

"Shut up! Your parents gave you to me and you' ll do everything I say!" His tone was getting louder and louder

"No! I'm sick of this! I don't wa-" her protest was cut short by a stinging pain on her cheek. He slapped her, hard.

"You ungrateful bitch! You dare to talk back to me?! You even went to that fucking concert, how many times have I told you to stop listening to those morons?!" Jacob yelled and hit a cupboard near them, making the mirror on it fall and shatter into tiny pieces.

"P-please s-stop..." Tears fell down her face as she begged him to calm down. She could feel the phone in her back pocket buzz, but she didn't have the courage to answer it.

"Oh shut your stuttering mouth! You're never leaving this apartment again do you hear me?!" He lunged towards her, grabbing her by the hair and slamming her on the hard floor.

She let out a loud scream as she felt a sharp pain through her leg. She landed on the broken mirror, and one small piece of glass was now piercing through her lower leg. She watched in terror as Jacob was grabbing a vase.

"N-no no!! P-please d-don't!!" She begged through her sobbing.

The man lifted up the vase to his head, and she closed her eyes waiting for the blow. But instead she heard the bedroom door kick open, and the sight made them both stand in shock, she lets out a gasp.

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!!"

15 minutes earlier

Narrator's POV:

Jiiun was walking behind Aera keeping a safe distance so she wouldn't see him. She told him she was fine walking home by herself, but he wasn't. He had this feeling that something bad is going to happen, and his intuition was rarely wrong.

After she entered the building he stood by the door for a few minutes. She got home safely, so why couldn't he just leave? It was like his feet were glued on the pavement. "Oh for God's sake, I'm just going to call her.." He took out his phone, dialled her number and felt a wave of relief when she answered. But she didn't say anything, he just heard muffled noises and a loud thud.

"Hello? Aera are you there?"

"J-JACOB PLEASE S-STOP!!" His heart dropped in the pit of his stomach when he heard her scream.

Jihun’s POV:

I ran into the building and stopped when I realised that I don't know which apartment is hers. "Come on Jihun, think...think!!!!" I ran my hands through my hair in despair trying to remember our conversations from today. My mind replayed everything from the beginning, and then it hit me...

Flashback

"I live on the fifth floor and the elevator's broken so when I was going down the stairs I tripped and hurt my leg"

End of flashback

I ran up the stairs as fast as I could, a thousand scenarios running in my brain. When I reach the floor I see 3 apartment doors, great..now which one is it?! I see one that is slightly open, so I put my ear close to it and I feel the fear starting to grow inside me when I hear Aera screaming again. I barge inside the condo, all the lights were out except in what seemed to be the bedroom. I kick it open and my heart stops.

I found her.

She was laying on the floor with pieces of glass sorounding her body. In front of her was a tall man with a big vase in his hands, he was about to hit her.

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!!"

"J-Jihun?" She asked in shock as I approached them.

"Who the fuck are you?" The guy asked. I felt angry since the second I stepped in this room, but right now... I swear I can see smoke coming out of my nostrils. I slowly tilt my head to the side and clench my fists.

"I'm your worst nightmare!"

Narrator's POV:

Jihun lunges at Jacob and knocks him down with one punch in the jaw, the man stumbled and fell on the floor. He wanted to hit him again, but his anger faded when he heard the sobbing girl behind him.

"Shit! Aera are you ok? Did he hurt you?" Jihun ran to her.

"M-my leg..."

He touched her right leg and felt a warm liquid on his palm.

"Fuck!! You're bleeding!! Come on, we have to take you to the hospital!"

"What? No! P-please don't take me there!"

"Aera you have a piece of glass in your leg! We have to!"

"Please not the hospital! I-I hate it there.. I'll go anywhere you want, anywhere but there!!" Her tears broke Jihun's heart.

"Ok, not the hospital then.. but we need to take you out of here." He picked her up in his arms and took one last glance at the man who was wincing in pain. Jacob's eyes met Jihun's and through his gritted teeth the man on the floor spat out:

"This isn't over. I'll find you and RUIN you!! She's mine! MINE! Do you hear me?!"

"She's not yours and she will never be! Stay away from her you sick bastard!"

Jihun's POV:

I exited the building with Aera in my arms and placed her on a nearby bench.

"Stay here ok? I'll make a quick phone call and be right back." She slowly nodded.