Capítulo 24: DANGER
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The first aid kit on Soojin's hands fell on the floor watching the guest take off his coat and unbutton his stained shirt. The six-pack muscles on his abdomen were perfectly carved below his puffed chest. And she now discovered the man has a perfect butt hidden by the jacket of his suit.
Rounded. Muscular. Protruding from the tight pants. The small hips where it curved made it easier to take a glimpse of. She gazed away to stop herself from gawking yet her teeth softly biting her lips showed her interest.
'Does Ghost have the same body???' She imagined.
"Ehem…" Dr. Ma cleared his throat.
The sound woke her from daydreaming. She picked up the kit and handed it over to the guest.
"T-There's an ointment for burns and clean pieces of cotton inside."
"Thank you."
She sat at the single couch opposite Dohyun and watched the man begin to open the kit and the medicine in a small tube container.
Soojin felt her body warmed up from eyeing at the stranger gently applying the ointment on his skin. The slight touch. The fair skin. The hard muscle. The thin hair on his abdomen going down to his crotch. She heavily swallowed her thirst.
"Thank you. The mint in the ointment lessened the pain."
"Here. My card. Call me." She mindlessly said.
"Okay."
The stranger took the card in Soojin's hand. The psychiatrist sat silently watching the man buttoned his shirt. The rough look stayed on his face from the moment they arrived at the woman's house. It appeared unusual to him that the psychologist would welcome an unknown man without question.
As Han Soojin's psychiatrist, he knew the woman was hiding a secret. It was obvious from the gesture and eye contact on every session they have together. Something dark. Something the woman doesn't want anyone to know. And he felt more curious. Drawn to the mystery of Soojin's hidden self.
'Behind the perfect innocent smile, was there something mischievous Soojin was hiding from everyone?' Dohyun wondered.
"Isn't your boyfriend going to get jealous that you're giving me your number???" The man turned his face towards the psychiatrist.
"I will get angry if you come back here so I suggest you better not." Dr. Ma stood up from the single couch.
Soojin raised her brow, "He's not my boyfriend."
The psychiatrist's face flushed with embarrassment. The man between them chuckled at their situation and glanced at the two strangers standing beside him.
"I think it's time for me to leave." Gil Youngjae said, dusting off his pants. "Next time be careful where you turn Ms. Han."
The man hurriedly walked out of the house while Soojin followed him out the door. She was hoping to talk to Gil Youngjae alone and asked him directly if he's Ghost. But she guessed the entity thought he's disturbing her date with the psychiatrist that presented himself as her boyfriend.
"Why did you tell him you're my boyfriend, Dr. Ma???"
"Didn't you see the danger you put yourself in, Soojin???" The psychiatrist answered.
"What do you mean???"
"He's a stranger you met at a cafe and you're a woman living alone in this house. He could come back here and attack you." Dohyun explained.
"I may look weak, but I'm capable of protecting myself, Dr. Ma."
"I care for you, Soojin. I like you." Dr. Ma confessed.
She wasn't surprised. She learned about Dr. Ma Dohyun infatuation from the first time she touched his hand. The admiration. The yearning gaze and a shy smile on his face. She didn't need her ability to read between the lines. He likes her but it felt unethical. They were not only colleagues, he was her psychiatrist. He knew her weakness and strength. Her nightmares. And she sensed Dohyun won't be able to comprehend her ability.
The psychiatrist carefully stepped towards her. The gentle touch of his hand on her face was both calming and alarming at the same time.
She was expecting the electrifying tinge in her skin. The memor5y that comes with it. There was nothing but the warm palm on her cheeks.
'Did Dr. Ma died and Ghost is wearing his face??? Or is it Gil Youngjae???,' Soojin felt scared.
Her head starts to spin. The confusion. The questions. All filled her head with one obvious question. Did she lost her ability to see people's memories???
'No, my mind is just exhausted." She told herself.
She notched back from the psychiatrist and made his hand leave her face.
"Y-You should go, Dr. Ma," She pleaded.
"B-But Soojin???"
"I'm tired."
The hurtful eyes of the man made her stare down on her feet.
"We both need to be early tomorrow."
"You don't need to answer me right now, Soojin. I can wait." Dohyun defended.
She flashed a quick smile on her face, "Thank you."
Dr. Ma paced himself to leave the woman's house. At the door, he turned to face Soojin and warned her again.
"Lock your doors. Don't let strangers get inside your house."
"Okay." She nodded.
Dr. Ma left and walked into the street. At the corner near the coffee shop, he hailed a taxi to reach his home. On the road, a black car driving fast cuts the taxi at the front. Four men moved out from inside the vehicle and forced Dr. Ma out of the car.
"WHO ARE YOU???" Dohyun resisted.
He tried to shove one man away and ran but the other kicked his back and he fell on the ground faced down.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME???"
Dohyun tried to stand up but another man charged him on his back.
"We don't want anything from you." A man answered.
The four men all wore a black leather jacket and a black full-headed mask, but the man standing beside him was the only one who responded.
"We just want to send a message to Gil Youngjae."
"W-Who???"
"GIL YOUNGJAE!!!" The man yelled in his ear.
The men cackled.
"I… I b-barely know him."
"But you do know him, right???"
Dohyun nodded his head. He felt baffled how these men knew so fast when he and Soojin only met the man at the cafe an hour ago. There was only one answer.
Gil Youngjae was followed.
"SOOJIN!?!"
Dohyun abruptly stood up from his spot but a punch on his face made him fall on one knee.
"We should have taken the girl instead, this one is easy to put down." A man snickered laughing.
"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH SOOJIN!!!"
He lifted his knee but another punch landed on his face and broke his nose. Blood started to drip from his nostril and into his mouth.
"We won't touch the girl… yet."
The men devilishly laughed.
"We're going to save her for something special."
"YOU—"
A punch on his gut almost made him vomit. The pain weakened him and he fell both on his knees. Another man kicked him on his jaw and he dropped down on the ground.
"Hey!!! Don't break his jaw, we need him to be able to talk." A man shouted.
"Oh right… "
The man standing in front of him pulled his hair to lift his head closer to the man's mouth.
"Before we hurt you too much, let me tell you our boss's message to Gil Youngjae." The man sneered.
"WE KNOW YOU TOOK SUN AH. GIVE HER BACK TO US OR ELSE… "
The man took a gun on his waist and smash it on Dohyun's head, making him unconscious on the dirty ground in the middle of the street. The other three men carried their dummy back inside the taxi.
The driver of the vehicle stood silent witnessing the horrible men beat his passenger. He doesn't want to get involved and get into trouble so when one of the men approached him, handing a thick load of cash for his silent cooperation, he accepted it without question.
"Take your passenger to the nearby hospital. I don't want him to die, okay???"
"Yes, sir." The driver nodded and began to steer back to the freeway.
"What do we do next???" A man asked the other before they left the street.
"If Younjae doesn't give us boss's daughter in a week. We kill the girl next."
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