Samantha half-jogged her way out of the hotel. 'Nope! Not happening! Tonight's not the night that my vajayjay loses its virginal identity. Nah-uh, not to Andrew Park!'
She was fine dating Andrew but she just didn't want to go all the way and run home with him. He was quite infamous for being a ladies' man but he was always nice to Samantha so she didn't mind having his company. And losing her virginity to him was too much for her. Even third base was too much for her.
As she was waiting for her car from the valet, her brother called her again. "Hey, brother~" she answered, sounding sweet knowing that he must have been so confused earlier.
"Don't you hello me, young lady!" he replied with an irritated tone.
Samantha chuckled and teased. "Oh, is that you, dad?"
"Very funny, Sammy! What just happened?"
"I was in a sticky situation and I had to get out. Thanks for calling, by the way, your timing was superb!"
Breathing out a sigh of relief, her brother probed, "You're safe, right? Where are you?"
"Yep! I'm at The Meridian Hotel."
"Good, you're nearby. Come over at the club."
Her eyebrow raised, wondering why he wanted her to go to his club. "Why?"
"Just come over. Hurry up. I'll wait for you." Seo Joon hung up the call before she could even respond.
...
Zero Gravity
Samantha's brother co-owned the club apart from being the current Vice President of Kimsun Electronics. Zero Gravity was one of the top clubs in Mayne where socialites gather and party.
Stepping out of her car, Samantha's mouth hung open when her eyes landed on her brother's Metallic Gray Porsche 911. The once-neat-looking car was now wrecked—its windows, windshield, lights, and hood were all damaged.
Not far from the car stood her older brother, Seo Joon who was two years her senior. He was six foot, a few inches taller than her. They shared the same color of eyes and his hair was darker than hers—it was almost black. "Sammy," he called his sister and saw the expression on her face.
"Oh my god, Joon. What the hell happened?" Samantha was still shocked upon seeing the wrecked car. Her gaze flitted to her brother by instinct and she scanned him from head to toe, anxious and wishing he wasn't hurt. "Are you okay?" She hurried over to him.
"I'm fine, Sammy. Don't worry about me. But my car though…" He sighed, running a tired hand down his face in frustration. He was worried that this would reach his father.
"Who did this to you?!" She snapped.
Scratching his head, he began to explain as he took out a cigarette and smoked, "It was Holden. Chairman Xuan's son. He's a friend of Andrew's."
"Okay... and? Why did he do this to you?"
"He is Rea's ex-boyfriend."
"Rea? Your new girlfriend Rea? What about them?" Samantha subconsciously rubbed her hands together in an attempt to warm herself up.
Without thinking twice, her brother removed his suit coat and placed it over his sister's shoulders. "Holden was drunk when he saw me and Rea together entering Zero Gravity earlier. I guess he got pissed that she dumped him for me. I only found out when an acquaintance entered the club and told me about it. When I came out, it was already like this."
"You do know she's just after your money, right? I already told you about girls like her. And it's been a month... Why are you still dating her?"
"I'm a guy, Sam and she's a babe. We like to date. It's that simple. Besides, I should ask you the same. Why are you still dating that prick?"
"Moot point." Samantha retorted. She couldn't argue with her brother like this as she wasn't really a good example.
Seo Joon snorted, shaking his head. His attention went back to his car and another sigh escaped from his lips. "What the hell am I going to do? I'm thinking whether I should just call the cops—"
"I don't think that's a good idea, Joon. That would just attract attention. If this blows up, the media's gonna make a big deal out of it. Who knows what kinda twisted story they're gonna cook up? Forget the car damage, the situation and the people involved... this is not good. You know how dad feels about scandals."
"I know that. This is why I haven't called them yet. Fûck I'm screwed!"
"Let's just deal with this discreetly. As for Holden… Well, I might have a plan. But I don't know if you're going to like it." A wicked smile broke Samantha's face causing her brother to narrow his eyes at her.
...
A week later — Samantha's birthday.
The Kim family was having lunch at their mansion, enjoying their meal while a television in the background ran a news report.
"Holden, the son of Chairman Xuan of Xuan Enterprises had a "stinky situation" last night right after attending the birthday party of the famous celebrity, Serena Lawrence—" the female reporter went on and on with her spiel.
Samantha and Seo Joon sat next to each other at the table. Upon hearing the news report, they looked at each other and snickered, reminded of their mischievous payback from last night. Secretly, they gave each other 'low fives' under the table, trying not to catch their parent's attention.
...
~Last night~
An inconspicuous car parked at a dark corner several meters away from a five-star hotel. Inside were Samantha, Seo Joon, and Alexander Li. They sat inside the car eating Chinese food like detectives on a stake-out.
Seo Joon filled-in Alexander about what happened to his car and that tonight, they were going to get even. There were tons of reporters at the front of the hotel, waiting for a scoop from a celebrity's birthday celebration. Some of these reporters were tipped by the Kim siblings, making sure their cover story will be centered at Holden.
Holden Xuan came out of the hotel an hour later and reporters flocked towards him as he walked to his car. He was famous as the heir of Xuan Enterprises, so the reporters were excited to gather around him and tried to get any information they could get. Loving the attention, Holden waved and smiled arrogantly at the media.
When he got inside his blue Lamborghini, a black van stopped in front of it. Then a masked man very casually walked towards the passenger's seat of the Lambo while carrying a medium-sized box. The masked man opened the door and placed the box on the seat saying, "Happy birthday."
Puzzled, Holden murmured, "It's not my—" But the masked man had already closed the car door, and left with the van.
Still confused, Holden lifted the lid of the box and was shocked to see what was inside. However, before he could do anything, a skunk jumped out of the box and sprayed all over the car's interior. He screamed his lungs out, panicking his way out of the car. He swore a thousand words in front of the cameras and burst in a fit of rage kicking his precious Lambo. "F*ck! F*cking piece of sh*t! Who the f*ck did this to me?" He was so mad 'f*cks' were flying everywhere.
Everything was caught on camera by the media and very quickly, the news spread online with the hashtag #HoldenInStinkySituation.
Samantha, Seo Joon, and Alexander cackled and guffawed inside the car as they watched the scene not far from them. Although they didn't do any physical damage to the car like what Holden did to Seo Joon's, the latter was pretty satisfied with the stink-bomb-surprise that her sister, Samantha, planned. The strong unpleasant smell of the skunk's spray would definitely last for weeks — on Holden and in the car.
"That was hilarious!" Alexander chortled.
"Sammy, remind me not to offend you." Seo Joon was proud of his sister but at the same time, he was quite frightened of her.
The memory of last night's incident and the TV news report put the Kim siblings in a good mood that noon.
"Kids these days," Mr. Kim clicked his tongue and shook his head.
Seo Joon and Samantha side-glanced each other and snickered. 'Oh dad, you have no idea.'
...
9 p.m. at The Crown Hotel — Mayne City
In a private room, Daniel Cho, along with Mr. Su and other business partners were discussing future projects. They had been there for more than an hour and were now just enjoying the night over some drinks.
"Let me just say how impressed I am with your success, President Cho. My son, Oliver… He's twenty-five now but…" Mr. Su sighed. "All he does is party here and there. I thought sending him abroad would straighten him up. He worries me."
Daniel softly chuckled. "I'm sure he's just going through a phase. Maybe he has yet to find what his passion is."
"I wish that's how it is! I'm just afraid that one day he'll come home and tell me he got a girl pregnant!" Hesitantly, Mr. Su lowered his tone as he asked, "What about you, President Cho? Do you have a girlfriend... Or are you married?"
Downing the rest of his whiskey, Daniel shook his head. "I'm always busy."
...
A few private rooms down the hall from where Daniel Cho was, a birthday party was in full swing.
Samantha had no idea where Hannah invited all the guests in the room. She could recognize a few but most of them were strangers. There were around thirty guests, and she could count the people she knew personally in one hand. The room was big enough to house fifty and soon, Andrew came with some of his friends—the room became instantly crowded.
"Hey, you promised me that you are going to have fun tonight. So... gimme your purse, forget about everything else and just let loose!" Hannah winked and handed her best friend a cocktail drink.
"Alright." Samantha received the glass and finished the drink in one shot. "There! Happy now?"
Hannah's jaw dropped at what she just saw. "Wow! Okay~ Take it easy on the drinks but, hell yeah~ Let's do this!"
Daniel's around the corner, do you think they'll cross paths tonight?
What about you? Party or no party?
~
Revised/Edited 4/29/2020
Later, Samantha was on her third Margarita.
She was people watching from where she sat at the corner sofa while the rest of the guests were sh*tfaced drunk. She tried to scan the area in search of her best friend Hannah—but who knows where she was at the moment. Probably locking lips with Harry… Henry? Whatever his name was… Samantha was already buzzed and she couldn't care less what that man's name was.
"All right everyone, keep the shots coming! Tonight's my girl's birthday and no one is allowed to pass." Andrew spoke loudly to everyone in the room, his arm snaking around Samantha's waist as he did. "Happy birthday, Sexy," he whispered in her ear. She gave him a small smile and sipped her margarita in silence.
The guests cheered and screamed, competing with the already loud music inside the private room.
"Yo! Have you heard what happened to Holden last night?" one of Andrew's friends asked as he joined them on the sofa.
"Who do you think did it?" another one questioned.
"No one knows. After all, he has a lot of enemies. But they're investigating it."
Samantha did not react and continued to listen to the men talking.
"Three shots for the birthday girl over here!" One of Andrew's friends came over with a tray of tequila shots.
"Oh no, I'm okay... I don't really do shots," she rejected and waved her hand.
"We won't take no for an answer. C'mon just three shots!" He insisted and side-glanced Andrew.
She contemplated for a second, thinking if she could handle the shots. She wanted to get this over and be done with so she relented. "Okay. But I'm only taking two." Samantha downed the shots and almost instantly, her vision swayed. She was officially drunk. Ugh. What the hell. It was her birthday anyway.
Andrew couldn't keep his hands off her. He got so clingy as he was getting so drunk himself. He pulled Samantha closer and kissed her neck but she felt so stuffy and she wanted to get some air, so she pushed him and excused herself to go to the restroom.
Dragging herself out of the private room in high heels, she supported her weight with her hand on the wall and clumsily walked towards the end of the hall.
This was why she didn't like doing shots. She could barely walk straight and now she felt like she was losing control over her limbs. Her body wasn't cooperative and the room just kept on spinning. 'What am I doing? Who said drinking was fun? So not fun at all,' she thought to herself.
She tried to walk in her condition and when she bumped into a man in front of her, she managed to utter, "Sorry." Without looking at the man, she overtook him and continued to walk.
Daniel Cho was surprised when the woman in a shiny red dress bumped into him. He was on his way to the restroom, heading the same direction as her. He watched as she zigzagged her way towards the lady's room, shaking his head at the sight and thinking to himself that drunk women were so unattractive.
...
After washing up, Samantha left the restroom and saw Andrew waiting for her. She almost stumbled but he caught her just in time. "Babe, you are so drunk right now."
"I wanna go home…"
Hovering over her slender body, he pressed her against the wall and trapped her in place. "Why don't we stay here for the night? I got us a room upstairs," he whispered and started kissing her bare neck.
She tried to push him away but she struggled in her drunken state. "No, Andrew. I wanna go home now."
"C'mon babe, let me take care of you. I promise I'll be gentle." He didn't stop feeling up her body. Stroking his hands up and down her sides, kissing her mouth insistently while Samantha pleaded him to stop.
Andrew courted Samantha for months despite her indifference towards him. And after a year of courtship, she thought: 'Why not? When I get bored with him, I'll just dump him. No big deal.'
Being the son of a CEO of an entertainment agency, Andrew had a lot of connections. Dating him was an advantage for her as it was easier to network that way when she needed it for her own company. Even if she hid her real identity to him, there were a lot of ways to use her resources.
After months of seeing each other, Andrew wanted to cross all the bases but Samantha always found excuses so he had never gotten his way. Because of this, he only became even more thrilled to claim her innocence. Which was why seeing her so vulnerable right now… he couldn't help himself.
Meanwhile, Daniel just left the men's room and caught sight of the scene. He was walking past the couple when he heard the lady faintly rejecting the man. He stopped in his tracks and turned his head towards them, seeing the woman whom he just saw earlier.
Samantha saw Daniel and she tried to mouth the words "Help me" but because she was so drunk, it probably didn't look like how she thought it would.
Noticing Daniel's presence, Andrew snapped at him, "What are you looking at? Do you have a problem with me and my girlfriend? This is none of your business."
Right. It was none of his business. Wordlessly, he turned on his heel and headed towards the lobby where he waited for his assistant. He stood by the reception desk while he browsed his emails on his phone.
"Is Suite 1515 ready?" Just then, Andrew came to the desk, his arm steadying Samantha by the waist. The receptionist kindly confirmed his room and directed him to the elevator. The two passed by Daniel on the way and the latter overheard Samantha slurring her words, "Take me home. Don't want to spend the night with you."
Daniel raised his head and his eyes followed the two who were on their way to the elevators. He could see that the woman—although she was drunk, was clearly opposed to him bringing her to a suite.
Unknowingly, his hand balled into a fist as he narrowed his eyes at the couple. Daniel recalled how the woman looked in the hallway earlier. He saw her move her lips as if she was saying something to him but he couldn't understand what she was mouthing. He now wondered if she was asking for help at that time.
He cursed in his thoughts when he imagined what could happen. He didn't know her but he wouldn't be able to live with himself if something bad happened and he just ignored it. Before he could even stop himself, he had already taken steps forward and followed the two to the elevator.
The three of them were the only ones inside the car. Daniel kept his eyes on his phone as if he wasn't paying attention to the man trying to take advantage of his drunk girlfriend. He knew he could just ignore this… but for some reason, he just couldn't let it go.
They reached the 15th floor and when the two stepped out, he followed after them at a distance. Andrew was far too busy supporting Samantha as they walked to even notice Daniel behind them.
Andrew stopped at his door and searched for his keycard when Samantha tried to get out of his grasp. "Why are we still here? I want to go home."
"You can spend the night with me." He had her pressed against the door to his suite and started kissing her again as he fumbled for his keycard.
"I told you. I don't want to sleep with you! Get off me!" She tried once again.
Frustrated, Andrew squeezed her cheeks harshly. "You are not to disrespect me," he said under gritted teeth.
"You're hurting me. Let me go!" Samantha fought back, trying to slap his hand away from her face but he was too strong for her weakened state.
"You listen—"
"Let her go." Daniel took long strides towards them, his eyes darkening as he glared at Andrew whose hand was still on Samantha's face.
"You again? Who the fûck do you think you are!" Andrew lowered his hand but kept an arm around her.
"Miss, is this asshole bothering you?" Daniel ignored Andrew and turned to Samantha who thought for a second before she nodded. The only confirmation he needed.
"Samantha!" Andrew yelled at her.
Then, a large hand grabbed Samantha by her wrist, yanking her off of Andrew. Her world spun around, making her even sicker as she crashed into Daniel's broad chest.
"Hey! That's my girlfriend!" Andrew tried to reach for her but Daniel kicked him straight in the gut and he fell several feet away.
Daniel's security detail arrived on the floor and immediately grabbed hold of Andrew who went wild after being restrained. "Don't you know who I am, huh? I'm Andrew Park! Who gave you the right to do this? Let me tell you, I'll have you and your family thrown out in the streets if I want to!"
Assistant Ahn who came with the security detail snorted. He recognized Andrew and knew who his father was but even his father, Hong Min Park, feared the Cho Family. If his father knew about his son's malicious acts, he would probably be the one who will throw his own son out in the streets.
"I don't know who you are and I don't give a fûck. Get him out of here," Daniel ordered his men.
Samantha, who had been trying to stay awake all this time, finally lost consciousness. Daniel caught her in time and tried to wake her up but failed. He sighed and contemplated before he carried her up in his arms. Already walking towards the elevators, he told his assistant, "Have Suite 1808 ready."
Daniel to the rescue!
Revised/Edited 4/29/2020
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