Sara"s legs shook as she pa.s.sed the last door which led her out of the hotel.
She kept walking in a daze until she was sure no one was in sight. After holding it in for long, she finally allowed her emotions to take over and before she knew it, she had already fallen to the ground as her eyes stared blankly at nothing in particular.
Her hair was a mess, her face was red. Her eyes were lifeless and she had no single energy to lift herself up.
Tears began to stream down her face as she remembered what had happened in there.
"We all saw you as our family. I took you as my daughter. Isn"t it unfair that you are treating us this way? Come back to us." Fuji said calmly but his eyes were still dark.
She turned around to look at him in disbelief. "Are you high on expired drugs or something? You took me as your daughter? Would you treat your real daughter the way you treated me? Think long and hard about how you treated me and tell me if you would ever treat your real daughter like that. Would you... try to rape your daughter? You should be happy I am not putting a knife to your throat right now you disgusting old man" She yelled at him in anger.
When the others heard her, their eyes widened in shock. They all knew something had gone bad between Sara and Fuji back then but they did not know it was as serious as that.
Fuji tried to rape her? She wasn"t even 18 then and he was old enough to be her father!
Fuji had been really strict with her. But they knew he cared about her. It was the reason no one messed with her because she was practically his "daughter".
A time when a level two member had tried to make a pa.s.s at her, Fuji had seriously dealt with him in an imaginable way. In fact, they still got gooseb.u.mps whenever they remembered that day. And from that day, they all began to feel bad for Sara"s unfortunate life.
They all looked on in shock and surprise but no one dared say anything. The only thing they could do was to s.h.i.+ft uncomfortably in their seats.
"Don"t get me angry. I really...don"t ever want to see you all again."
She hissed before heading towards the door. But she got a bigger problem when she tried to open it but the door refused to open.
For the first time since he sat down, Fuji stood up and gradually approached her.
He did not seem to be shaken by the fact that she had just mentioned that incident in the midst of other people.
When she saw him approaching, she began to get scared but still tried to maintain eye contact with him, with the hope that he would let her be when he sees that she was being serious and also see how angry she was.
The others exchanged glances among themselves— except Snake whose eyes were looking at anywhere but at Fuji"s direction.
They were all curious about what he was going to do. Then, they saw him try to place a hand on her shoulder but she quickly moved away from his reach.
He chuckled lightly before looking at the others.
"You all...should leave" He ordered them before adding. "I"m sure you"re making her uncomfortable"
It took a few seconds before Snake stood up and the others reluctantly followed suit.
Snake touched his hand to an almost invisible wireless earphone in his left ear. He whispered something and the door opened.
They all gave Sara an apologetic look when they got to the door.
Sara did not waste time at all. After Blue Rays and Sword pa.s.sed through the door, and it was Black Sword"s turn to leave, she hurriedly tried to leave before but unfortunately for her, she was not fast enough.
Before she could pa.s.s through the door, she felt a strong hand wrap around her waist and forcefully pulled her back while lifting her off the ground.
No matter how hard she screamed, threw her legs about and even tried to fight, she could not do anything. She knew it was Snake who had pulled her back and his hold was really firm to the point where she could not even move her hands.
She knew it was going to be a terrible idea being stuck in here together with Fuji and she did not want that.
"Don"t think about running away. I have no intention to hurt you."
Sara was firmly in Snake"s grip with both hands locked to her sides so there was nothing she could have done to free herself.
She simply stood there with teary eyes as Fuji used a hand to help smoothen and tuck in her hair beside her ears because it was scattered all over her face.
The feel of his hands slightly grazing her face frightened her to death. It reminded her of the past and as she shook her head from side to side to avoid his hands, tears began to stream down her face.
At the end, she lost! She concluded.
There was no way she could win against these people. She knew that for sure.
"Please...let me go" She managed to say the words out and felt Snake tense lightly behind her.
The door was still open and so, the others— including the bodyguards by the door could see what was going on inside.
"Don"t make me threaten you before you agree to stay. I only have a job for you to do for me. That"s all." He tried to reason with her.
"I don"t want to do any job for you. Please I don"t want to." She pleaded with tears in her eyes.
As the others looked at her right now, all they could see was the younger version of Sara.
She had also pleaded like this back then but no matter what she did, Fuji still made sure she obeyed his orders.
It made them realise that the stubborn act she had been putting on since she arrived there had been a façade. And this right now, was the real Sara.
"It involves your boyfriend. Are you sure you don"t want to hear it or should I ask someone else to do it?" Fuji said to her with an expressionless face.
When Sara heard the words "boyfriend", her eyes shone. She desperately prayed and wished for the "boyfriend" to be Jinyong but she knew that was impossible.
The Blacks were always up to date with every information and so, even if it was a secret to outsiders that she was dating Muchen, they would obviously have found out about it. In fact, from the very first day she began to work for him as Heya"s coach, they would have known from that day that he was eventually going to be her boyfriend.
They were that scary!
"So are you going to stay or should I ask someone else to do this?" He asked her again.
Sara shook her head vigorously. "I don"t know what you are talking about. I do not have a boyfriend." She denied.
She did not know what they were planning to do with Muchen and she did not want to continue this conversation either.
"Blue Rays..." Fuji called leisurely as he returned back to where he had been sitting to continue sipping his wine.
Blue Rays was on cue and returned inside to stand in front of Sara with a tablet in hand. He gave her a sorry look before he began to speak...
"Name: Li Muchen, twenty nine years old. Only son of Li Fazhan and Jiang Dana. Younger sister"s name: Li Heya, nineteen years old. Recently traveled to Country V. Lodged in Valor"s hotel. Room number: 6601..."
As Sara heard him mention a whole lot of things about Muchen, she knew it was over for her.
There was no way she could deny anything now. They had even known his room number?
She saw Blue Rays" mouth continue to move which meant that he was still talking but she was no longer paying attention. She would rather die than to let anyone hurt Muchen.
"It"s enough. You all can go. I believe she is going to stay now"
Snake finally let go of her which caused her to almost fall to the floor but she managed to remain standing.
She turned to look at him and he stared right back at her. He was almost turning to leave before Sara"s hand landed on his face in a fierce slap.
He could have easily dodged that. Everyone knew that!
But he did not move at all and had purposely stood there for her to hit him.
Sara guessed he was probably doing that out of guilt since she could clearly see the apologetic look in his eyes. Everyone thought so too.
"I will pay you back for this" She a.s.sured him with bloodshot eyes.
He nodded before finally leaving the room.
He walked faster to get away from the others and they couldn"t help but feel sad for him.
"This is messed up" Blue Rays said first.
"It really is." Sword added while Black dog walked away like none of it was his business.
"She must have really felt betrayed for her to hit him like that."
"Of course, he had been her closest friend then. It"s such a pity they had to meet again like this" Blue Ray added sadly before he looked at the closed door where Sara was locked in with Fuji.