The Male Lead's Boyfriend Is Obsessed With Me

MLBOWM

Posted by Sid, Released on April 1, 2024

Chapter 51

Halting his hand, which had been rummaging through the handbag to return the medicine, he lifted his head.

His gaze tangled in the empty air.

And then, right after, the sprinkler on the ceiling burst.

“…!”

The water sprayed from the ceiling poured down like a torrential rain.

The cold stream of water pouring over his face instantly cooled the blood flowing through his body.

The already noisy surroundings turned into chaos beyond comparison.

The situation surrounding me felt unreal, but as surreal as the temperature of the water dripping down my cheeks.

In the midst of that chaos, Yuhwa’s eyes were fixed on me without a hint of wavering.

“Shall we go now?”

The smile that emerged on her pale face truly resembled a villain straight out of a comic book.

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Yuhwa ran like a motorcycle without brakes. I was right behind her.

There was no chance to loosen the grip on my wrist. Yuhwa deftly dodged the people crowding around as if under a spell.

“Hey…! Can you just stop for a moment…! Agh!”

I shouted as I felt like I was about to fall at any moment, but my voice was drowned out by the surrounding noise.

There were too many people around to make any meaningful resistance.

I didn’t want innocent people to suffer because of me. What I thought was a safety measure also turned out to be shackles on my ankles.

Honestly, it wasn’t because of some noble reason, but because I couldn’t handle it.

Every time I faced the fact that I couldn’t do anything, I felt even more helpless.

I wanted to grab her shaking black hair in front of me. Even though my hand wouldn’t reach even if I stretched it out, it felt that short.

Several members of the organization had already fallen behind due to her fierce driving. Now, only one or two were barely trailing far behind.

I couldn’t see Angel. That guy was never around unless absolutely necessary, whether when he met Yugyeom at the shooting range or now.

Yuhwa emerged from the crowd and headed towards a corner. There was an elevator in an inconspicuous corner.

As soon as she pressed the button, the door opened with a ding.

“Get in.”

Resisting here would only shorten my lifespan. I reluctantly followed her footsteps. It felt like walking into the mouth of a beast.

In a fire situation, it’s common sense not to take the elevator. It didn’t seem like there was really a fire, but the department store was so big that it would take time just to confirm the facts.

Therefore, there was no one else in the elevator. Thanks to that, I was left alone with Yuhwa in the enclosed space.

The elevator, which directly connected to the basement 4th floor, descended quickly without stopping on any other floor.

I wiped my wet face roughly and exhaled heavily. On the other hand, Yuhwa, standing behind me, was humming nonchalantly.

If I opened my mouth, curses would come out immediately.

“It seems like killing today would be a mistake anyway, right?”

He didn’t have the confidence to hold back words that shouldn’t be said in this situation, but as the floors drew closer, his mouth opened first.

It almost felt like his eyes met Inyoung’s reflection in the door. He didn’t bother turning around to directly face her.

“If you want to poison me, shouldn’t we go to a café or something? It’s weird to have a conversation in the middle of this chaos.”

The tightly packed elevator was excessively quiet. Instead of a response, silence followed.

The silence broke when they finally reached the basement.

“Is that so.”

There was no soul in her response. He could be sure of his suspicions as they descended in the elevator.

Continuing the conversation, he discreetly put his hand into the handbag.

“Isn’t it better to expect what comes next?”

Fortunately, what he wanted was immediately found in his hand. His heart pounded heavily.

Can he do it?

And then, the elevator stopped.

“I don’t want to bring forward the day I die just because of a failure.”

Without hesitation, he withdrew his hand from the handbag and simultaneously, the elevator doors opened.

He had to do it.

Bang!

The sound of a gunshot echoed through the space.

Darkness descended as the gunshot reverberated through the air as if tearing through space. Bang! Another bullet was fired, hitting the ceiling light again, completely shattering the glass.

Glass fragments poured down like rain, gleaming as they caught the light streaming through the open door.

Yuhwa raised her arm and brushed away the glass fragments. Her movements were as casual as flicking away water droplets.

A smile, as if drawn on her darkened face, hung there.

I dashed out through the open door.

Unlike the chaos upstairs, the basement was eerily quiet. Numbers and arrows indicating the zones were written on ashen cement pillars.

The magnitude of the space without end caused frustration to surge up to his throat. Damn it, it was too wide, even too wide.

He turned between parked cars, ducking his waist to hide his body. After all, it would be troublesome if he got shot in the back.

With his waist bent, he quickly moved his steps.

Getting out of here first was the priority. I was convinced by Yuhwa’s attitude, which didn’t answer my question.

Yugyeom isn’t here.

If so, there must be a real reason why he dragged me down here so recklessly, regardless of what else happens.

Holding the gun tightly in one hand, he took out his phone from the handbag with the other.

“It was a good idea to install it beforehand.”

It was a location tracking app installed in case he got kidnapped or something. As soon as he activated the app, his location was marked on the map.

After activating the app, Angel would have received a notification as well. I had asked him to call Hanbin immediately if my location appeared to him.

Praying for Angel’s sanity, he crouched behind a parked van in the corner of the parking lot. He put his phone in his pocket to ensure it wouldn’t fall out.

“Don’t come. Please, don’t come.”

Jiik, jiik. The sound of shoes dragging on the floor grated on his nerves sharply. It was coming from not far away.

He held his breath and waited, but the sound of footsteps circling around didn’t seem to be getting any farther away.

Damn it. His mouth felt parched. He struggled to stay calm and forced himself to turn his head.

“I parked the car on the 3rd basement level, didn’t I?”

The car keys were with him. He didn’t expect to end up using them like this after evading the organization’s members, but he had prepared them just in case he had to move alone.

It’s only one floor. If he could just go up one floor…

That seemed to be the most plausible option.

He tried to recall the parking lot in his mind as best as he could. Following the arrows painted on the pillars and going through the vehicle passageway would be the fastest way.

But not knowing the exact direction was the problem. Even just sticking his head out of the car might give him a rough idea of the direction.

He hesitated, fearing that he might meet Yuhwa’s eyes if he was unlucky.

“Damn it. What am I supposed to do?”

He leaned against the car body. Water droplets from his hair slid down to his chin. His whole body felt sticky from the wet clothes clinging to him.

How could he move without being seen by Yuhwa?

“Yeah, I’m alone now. The 4th basement parking lot.”

At that moment, Yuhwa’s voice echoed as if in response. It seemed like she was talking to someone on the phone.

“I’m playing hide and seek. Should I sing a song?”

Is she playing around with me? From her perspective, this situation seemed like nothing more than a game of hide and seek. Like a cat playing with a mouse instead of immediately catching it. There was no chance for him to feel overwhelmed in his position.

“Hide well—let your hair show.”

It was a creepy voice that induced a delusion as if he had entered a horror movie. The humming lasted quite a while.

Whenever the singing approached, he had to resist the urge to block his ears.

“Isn’t there a prince coming to save you? At this rate, you’ll really be caught by me.”

The nonchalant tone of speaking about someone else’s business made him shudder with the possibility that he might actually be caught.

“It seems you’re wrong this time, Theo.”

Moreover, Theo was Kang Taejun’s English name. My heart throbbed instinctively, and my breath caught in my throat.

In an attempt to calm down, he tried to recall the facts he knew.

Kang Taejun approached Yuhwa after Yugyeom started ignoring his calls.

As the eldest son of the TO Group, he could get away with things, but as he wasn’t the successor, he couldn’t afford to be caught. It was more likely that he didn’t care about what Kang Taejun was up to.

He knew about Kang Taejun’s relationship with Yuhwa, but confirming Kang Taejun’s involvement in this incident made his body stiffen with unease.

He wanted to find out about Yugyeom and me. So he could figure out how to use us.

Wasn’t Yugyeom the one who dealt with Yuhwa?

“Lee Chan? I haven’t seen Lee Chan.”

His breath was tense with tension. He tightened his grip on the gun in his hand.

Maybe his guard was down now that he was making a phone call. He immediately put the thought into action.

He cautiously stepped toward the end of the car body. His heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst.

And finally, the moment he peeked his head out.

“…!”

He was grabbed by the neck. Then everything in front of his eyes spun, and he was forcefully thrown to the ground.

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Editor: Red