CHAPTER 10

Jonghyun was about to call the police, but Jessica beat him to it, by calling him first before he could make any call. Jonghyun quickly pressed reject button, he wasn’t in mood to hear her rambling right now. His mind was occupied with his lost husband.

Since her called was ignored, Jessica decided to send her ex-boyfriend a message. Well, more like a threat.

From : Jessica

Answer the phone call, if you want your little husband, safe!

Jonghyun eyes went twice bigger than usual, after reading his ex-girlfriend’s message. He forgot about the police immediately, but he didn’t stop dialing. The police aren’t the one he was calling, but Jessica.

“Hello, Oppa…” Jessica answered innocently

“WHERE IS KIBUM?” Jonghyun for the first time in his whole life spoke in that kind of murderous tone with anyone. Never in his life, he ever wished to kill someone so bad. 

Instead of answering, Jessica let out an annoying chuckle. Obviously wasn’t affected with the way Jonghyun shouted at her just now. She wanted more than anything to choke Kibum and let his body rot in that abandoned factory, but her ally wanted Kibum for himself and she wanted Jonghyun to feel the hurt of being away from his loved one. It doesn’t matter if Jonghyun didn’t want to be with her, but Jonghyun’s misery was her priority.

“He’s right here…tied against the chair with a knife that are waiting to slit his throat and sent him to the hell” Jessica replied with an evil chuckle.

Kibum never felt so scared in his life. His whole body shook terribly in fear as Jessica decided to push the knife to his porcelain skin, letting it drew the blood out from his body. He wished this is just a nightmare and he would be in the mansion, cuddling with Jonghyun.

“AH!” he shouted in pain as Jessica pushes the knife even deeper into his skin.  

Hearing his husband’s shout, Jonghyun heart dropped. He felt useless. “Please, don’t hurt him” He couldn’t help but to plead. He was vulnerable when it comes to Kibum.

His plead wasn’t doing a good job in calming down the kidnapper, but instead it makes Jessica even more furious. Never in five years being with Jonghyun, she ever heard the older man plead. The hatred towards the tied man in front of her, is increasing as she heard her ex-boyfriend, vulnerable voice.

“SHUT UP!” Jessica shouted with all her might.

With that, Jonghyun instantly stops his pleading.

“Look..if you want him safe…just follow my lead and you will find him safe and sound in the house. Don’t ever dare to call the police or anyone, if you didn’t want to see his corpse in front of you door…” After saying those vicious words, Jessica hung up the phone, leaving the very shocked Jonghyun.

He never knew Jessica would stoop so low to get her revenge on him. Why didn’t she hurt him? Why would she use Kibum to get her revenge? He could bear all the torture she gave but he couldn’t let anyone touch his Kibum, let alone to hurt him. He had always protected the younger before, when they were still friends and now, Kibum is his husband, which makes him wanted to save the younger more than ever in any way.

The sudden vibration came from Jonghyun hand phone, makes his body jolted up a bit, obviously surprised by the vibration. He was too caught up in his own thought to notice there was a message from Jessica. As he saw Jessica’s name appeared on the screen, without wasting any time, he opened the message.

From : Jessica

Don’t ever try to call the police or anyone, because if you did…that’s mean you wanted your dead!

After reading the message, Jonghyun couldn’t help but to feel weak on his knees, which forced him to sink to the ground. If he knew Jessica was this kind of girl, he wouldn’t even want to look at her, let alone be her boyfriend.

“I’m sorry, Bummie…I’ve hurt you once again” Jonghyun whispers to no one in particular, hoping Kibum would forgive him. Everything was his fault. If he realizes his feeling for Kibum earlier, He wouldn’t know Jessica.

Then, comes another vibration from his phone, which the sender is obviously Jessica.

From : Jessica

I’ll meet you at your house tomorrow morning. Till then, sleep tight.

As if he would sleep, knowing that his husband is in danger. No way in hell he would close his eyes and get a rest, even though his body is screaming for it. He couldn’t. No, scratch that, he wouldn’t. His conscience prevents him to. He has no right to sleep knowing his husband is in danger because of his crazy ex-girlfriend.

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Jonghyun is resting his body against the sofa with his eyes closed, when he heard his door bell chiming ever so loudly. In that instant his eyes fluttered open and his leg hastily makes their way to the bell. He was waiting for that person to come. If he wasn’t thinking of Kibum, he swears he would choke his crazy ex-girlfriend to death. He would dare to do more than that, if Kibum wasn’t in her possession.

“Hello Oppa” Jessica greets her ex-boyfriend as if nothing happen, but she gets a low growl from Jonghyun as reply.

“Oh, that was very nice of you” she replied sarcastically. Knowing that Jonghyun unable to do anything to her.

“What do you want? Where is Kibum?” Jonghyun asked while gritting his teeth in anger.

“He can wait…he won’t die if I didn’t want him to.” It took all of Jonghyun patience from stabbing Jessica repeatedly on the same cut, after hearing her reply.

It was her intention to make Jonghyun go berserk like a hulk. But Jonghyun surprisingly hold his anger so well and it started to irritate her.

“Argh! You know what irritates me the most? It was you, by acting so vulnerable like this! I hate it so ing much!” Instead making Jonghyun lose his temper, it was her who exploded first.

Jonghyun could only stare her in pity, which makes Jessica even more furious than before.

“Fine…I would return Kibum to you, under one condition…” Jonghyun eyes instantly light up when Jessica mentioned about returning Kibum. He ignores the smirk that Jessica had when she demand a condition from him. He would do anything to save Kibum…anything.

Jonghyun shouldn’t be happy so soon, without hearing the condition from Jessica.

Jessica’s smirk hasn’t fade of from her face ever since she saw the light of hope in Jonghyun eyes… “I want you broke his heart…so he would hate you and wouldn’t even want to see your face anymore”

Jonghyun world crumbles down in that instant, after Jessica voice out her condition. How in hell he could do that to his Bummie? Hasn’t Kibum hurting enough after all these years?  Kibum didn’t deserve to feel any of this. It was his foolishness, but why Kibum is the one who are paying for that?

“I can’t” Jonghyun barely let his voice out. It surprised him to hear himself speak. He thought he had lost his voice.

“Then you would rather see his corpse in front of your house?” Jessica dared to ask

But Jonghyun kept his mouth shut. He didn’t know what to say or rather what to choose, since both of the option that Jessica gave, will hurt Kibum and him.

“If you didn’t agree to my condition, then you want to see your husband and your future baby, dead” after saying that, Jessica started to make her way to leave the mansion.

But she was stopped by Jonghyun. Her smirk grows bigger than before. It only meant one thing, Jonghyun are ready to break his husband heart into a thousand pieces.

“Why are you doing this Jess? You’re not this kind of person before” Jonghyun tried to talk to Jessica, but she replied it with a small chuckle.

“I’m always like this…only you didn’t know”

That makes Jonghyun shuts up. After all these year, Jessica lied to him. Their relationship was not meant to be at the first place. They only thought they love each other, but the reality is way too different than that.

“Anyway Kibum is on his way and I’ll be here to watch it. If you dare to explain the whole situation to him, I wouldn’t think twice to pull the trigger” said Jessica while taking out a gun from her pocket.

“And one more thing…Don’t ever try to think to take the bullet in Kibum’s place. You would regret it. I could do something worse than killing him.”

Jonghyun swallows his own spit as if he was swallowing the bitterest poison ever. He wasn’t ready to let Kibum go or let just say, he wouldn’t ever be ready to let his husband go.  He didn’t know how to hurt the younger the way Jessica wanted.

“Jessica, please give me time to tend his injury and calm him down before I did that” Jonghyun didn’t care if he looked pathetic in Jessica eyes. He couldn’t break Kibum’s heart after he just got kidnapped.

“An hour. You can delay it for only an hour or you can say goodbye to Kibum. Just so you know, it will be harder to let go of him after you being kind to him” Jessica said before hid herself away, leaving Jonghyun utterly speechless.

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Kibum was forced to sit in the car before the kidnapper put a blindfold against his eyes. His hands were tied together; he already tried his best to untie the rope, which was a total failure. Instead of untying the rope, he hurt his wrist till it bled. He winces in pain every time the kidnappers touch his bleeding wrist.

He silently prays for Jonghyun to find him as soon as possible. He needs the older to tell him that everything is okay, that he was safe. He needs Jonghyun to be there with him. He wanted to be in Jonghyun warm hug. He wanted Jonghyun to kiss him and make him forget this horrible experience.

In other words, he need Jonghyun. No one else. Only his husband.

He tried his best to get away from the kidnappers, but being a pregnant man didn’t help him at all. His move was restricted to its fullest. Dr.Jung had told him that his feeling will affect his baby and it was proven right, considering how his baby had been kicking him ever since he was kidnapped.  Damn Jessica and her sidekick. What did she want from him?

Kibum couldn’t see anything around him, but he could feel that the car has stopped moving. It scares him somehow. What if they decided to throw him into the woods or worse into the water? What will happen to him and his baby?

The blindfold was taken off him a little too harsh, causing his eyes to sting a bit seeing the lights. When his mansion came to his view, he couldn’t help but to rub his eyes using his tied hands. He wasn’t dreaming, right? Did Jessica do something to Jonghyun?

Kibum decided to step into his mansion a little fast then he intended to. He scared that something might happen to Jonghyun, seeing how the kidnapper didn’t make any move to stop him from entering the mansion. 

He breathes out a relief sigh, as soon as he saw Jonghyun is sitting peacefully in their living room. He was a little disappointed seeing Jonghyun in that state. He was hoping that Jonghyun is now moving around in panic searching for him but Jonghyun looked extremely fine, as if he didn’t care if Kibum is missing or not.

Jonghyun didn’t even move to welcome him home. He was tired and all he wanted to do right now is stayed in Jonghyun warm embrace. He took another step closer to Jonghyun and stood in front of Jonghyun without uttering anything. He wraps his hands around his husband waist. As if on cue, his tears also fell along with that.

Jonghyun didn’t make any move to return his hug. But Kibum couldn’t care less of that, since he was drowning in his own misery. He had just been kidnapped and almost get killed by Jessica. How in hell he would notice it.

“Jjong…I’m s-scared” Kibum managed to stutter out in his sob, which breaking Jonghyun heart because he can’t do anything to calm the younger.

He wanted to hug the younger and never let him go ever again. He wanted to tell his Bummie that everything is going to be okay. If only Jessica wasn’t there with a gun and ready to shoot his pregnant husband. Even if Jessica is well hidden in that mansion, he could feel Jessica’s eyes are watching them. He couldn’t let the younger die. He won’t. He was sure Kibum could move on after this. He rather took all of blame that will swarm after him than watching Kibum and his baby die.

 Without uttering any words, Jonghyun loosen the younger’s hug even if his heart is against it. He let the younger sat on the sofa while he knelt down in front of him. Jonghyun’s self control fall apart into small fragment as he saw Kibum’s red and teary eyes. In that Instant, Jonghyun shifts his eyes away from Kibum, afraid that he would do something that could make Jessica pull the trigger.  

“Jjong, what’s wrong?” Kibum asked in pure confusion, seeing Jonghyun’s weird behavior and he didn’t like it at all.

Jonghyun could only shook his head to answer the question, he couldn’t trust his voice enough to utter a simple ‘nothing’. He was afraid that his voice will fail him, if he chooses to talk. Jonghyun quietly start to tend Kibum’s cut with trembling hand, holding his anger towards Jessica. How dare she hurt his Bummie. Only god knows how much the hatred he had towards that girl.

“Jjong…I was kin-”

“Kidnapped…I know” Jonghyun tried to sound as cold as possible.

Guess what? It works, seeing how Kibum flinch as he heard the older. How Jonghyun could act like it was nothing? Didn’t he worried about him at all?

“What? You know? How?” Kibum ignored the sting in his heart, seeing how Jonghyun react over this.

Jonghyun swallows the lump in his throat before he continued “The kidnapper called me” was all he replied.

That kind of answers started to annoy Kibum. He needs an explanation from that and Jonghyun didn’t provide the answer that he wanted to hear. Kibum push Jonghyun hands away, before standing up with a little huff.

“Why didn’t you call the police or my family at least?” Kibum voice came out harsh, obviously angry on how Jonghyun taking his kidnapping case. He was scared to death, being tied and was about to get killed by Jonghyun’s crazy ex-girlfriend. He was hoping Jonghyun find him, not sitting in the house as if nothing had happen.

Jonghyun stayed on the same place without moving an inch. He had succeeded in making Kibum angry. All he need to do right now is, break Kibum’s heart into a thousand pieces and crush his soul like a cherry. But it’s not as easy as it sound. In fact, it was the hardest thing to do in his life. He already broke Kibum heart before and he was about to break it once again.

“…because the kidnapper is my girlfriend. Why would I send my own girlfriend to the prison?”  Jonghyun said it with his back turned. He couldn’t face Kibum, or the whole thing would be ruined.

Kibum eyes widen twice bigger than usual in that instant “W-what?”

Jonghyun isn’t talking about Jessica right? Jonghyun said that he already left her right? Jonghyun wouldn’t do something that will hurt him, right?

“Look Kibum…I don’t think I could pretend anymore.  I never loved you, it was always Jessica who I loved. Not you. I just felt responsible towards the child you’re bearing”

Jonghyun didn’t even turn his body to face Kibum as he utter those heart breaking words to Kibum and what hurts Kibum the most is when Jonghyun decided to call him with his real name. It’s not that Kibum hated his name, but Jonghyun never called him by his real name.

“I was spending time with Jessica while you were kidnapped, I’m sorry to make Jessica do that thing. If only I ended with you earlier, she wouldn’t have to do this.”

Stop it…

I don’t want to hear anymore…

How could you Jjong?

After making me looked like a fool…

Are you happy now?

Kibum face is wet by now…he didn’t even realize when he started crying. He was too occupied by the sound of his heart breaking into million pieces.

There were a thousand questions he wanted to ask, but he unable to utter any words. His lips are moving but no sound came through it.

“Jess…could you came out for awhile?” Jonghyun called his so-called girlfriend

“Oppa…I’m not decent. You ripped my clothes earlier, remember…” Jessica played along Jonghyun’s act with her not-so-innocent voice.

What a !

“ Right…” it came out a little hoarse but Jonghyun managed to hide it.

Kibum felt his heart wasn’t there with him anymore, after hearing the conversation between Jonghyun and Jessica.

You were busy ing her all day when I was being held and struggling alone in that abandoned factory?

“A-are you finished? Or do you have any other thing to say?”  Kibum finally found his voice back, but it came out hoarse and sloppy.

“I’m going to divorce you…” Jonghyun still isn’t showing his face to Kibum. He wanted to face Kibum but he couldn’t, when his own face are wet with his own tears.

Kibum isn’t the only one is hurting. Jonghyun is too. It was too hard to determine who hurt the most. Is it Kibum who just got kidnapped and have to hear those cruel words came out from his own husband, which also the father of his child or Jonghyun who had to say those cruel words to his pregnant husband without his consent.

“A-are you happy now Jjong? After making me looked like a fool? I hope you’ll be happy with her after tearing my heart apart…” Kibum gathered all of his strength to speak up to himself and his baby.

No, I’m far from happy…

“…and one more thing, don’t ever call this child yours. We don’t need your sympathy” Kibum wiped his tears away, not wanting to look weak in front of the douche like Jonghyun.

I’m not pitying you…I love you, Bummie…

“I’ll be waiting for the divorce paper” was all Kibum said after he walked away from the mansion and from the source of his heartache.

Only then Jonghyun decided to turn around and watch Kibum retreating back. His eyes were red and puffy and tears still running heavily on his cheek. He took out his phone and typing something, before putting it back in his pocket.

I’m sorry, Bummie…Please don’t ever forgive me and be happy with your life and our baby…

Jessica finally came out from her hideout while clapping by herself “Oppa, you should earn an award for this.”

Jonghyun turns to Jessica instantly, with a look that seems murderous. Jessica couldn’t help but flinch a bit seeing that glare of Jonghyun.

“DON’T EVER DARE TO TOUCH KIBUM AGAIN! If you did, I swear I’ll kill you…” Jonghyun screamed on top of his lung while choking Jessica with all his might.

Jessica started to struggle in Jonghyun grasp. Jonghyun seems like a beast, who found his prey in the middle of hunting. Of course he would look like a beast after what Jessica had done. Only after Jessica’s life about to slip out from her, Jonghyun let her go.

He wanted more than anything to kill Jessica, but he wasn’t that type of person. He wasn’t raised by his mother to turn into a murderer. Enough with disappointing Kibum, he didn’t want to disappoint his mother too. Even so, he had to disappoint her after this, by divorcing Kibum.

Jessica couldn’t help but to cough, at the same time took a lungful of air to keep herself alive. She never thought Jonghyun would turn into something like that.

“Don’t you ever dare to touch even a stray of Kibum hair…or I’ll send you to the hell. If you could threaten me, I could do much worse than that. You don’t know me well enough Jessica.” Jonghyun warns ruthlessly.

“I won’t…but do you really think that I planned this alone?” Jessica forgot about her ally for awhile.

Seeing Jonghyun’s confused face, Jessica decided to continue her little scheme “I couldn’t do this thing alone…but I assure you, as long as you stay away from Kibum, he won’t be touched by me or my ally.”

Jonghyun felt like a useless , he was planning to threat Jessica and explain everything to Kibum, but then everything he planned had gone to waste. In the end, he couldn’t be with Kibum. 

 “Even if I die, Kibum won’t be safe if you were with him”

“GET OUT! LEAVE ME ALONE!” Jonghyun screamed with all his might. He was mad, but he unable to do anything. He had no proof or witness against Jessica’s crime towards his husband, much worse when the victim hates him and thought he had something to do with the abduction.

Jessica didn’t think twice to sprint out from the mansion. She was pretty sure that Jonghyun will go berserk once again, if she chooses to stay there and Jonghyun could kill her for real, unlike before.

Jonghyun let out an animalistic growl while grabbing his hair in anger. What was his fault? What did he do, to deserve this kind of torture?

To : Taemin

Please take Kibum to his home. Don’t ask why, just do as I said. Please come as fast as you can.

To : Jonghyun

Bummie Hyung won’t tell me anything, he keeps on crying. We arrived safely at his house.

Jonghyun for umpteenth time let his tears slip out from his swollen eyes. His head hurt and he was tired, physically and mentally. Darkness start to surround him as his eyes fluttered closed. 

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