Twisted Fate : Chapters 4-6
CHAPTER 4
i tried to open my eyes...my head was hurting so badly, and everything seemed to be spinning around like crazy.....it was as though i had juss got off a roller coaster.....
i winced, as i sat up weakly. the last thing i remembered was fighting with my kidnappers and getting knocked out.........
where was i now? wait a minute...what am i doing on a king-sized bed? in sum bedroom?
"u're finally awake, " a low voice sed. a guy stepped out of the shadows and switched on the light. i squinted, trying to make out who dis guy was.
he was tall, and handsome, with silvery blue hair.......his eyes stared back coldly, without any warmth or tenderness, making me shiver. there were 2 other guys behind him, i recognised them as the bastards eric and jin..........
"what do u want??? "i shouted, as i backed away. "hey, i dun know u guys......who are u?"
the silver-blue haired guy sat down on the bed next to me, and smirked. " elizabeth vivienne kim......." he stroked my cheek, and i stiffened immediately.
" hang on, who are u??" i pushed his hand away roughly. "dun u dare touch me!"
he looked at me silently for a minute, his cold cold eyes boring deep into me. then he snapped his fingers.
" here, mr lee, "eric stepped forward and handed him sum sheet of paper.
the lee guy threw the paper down at me, and sed, " does dis look familiar?"
i snatched the crumpled piece of paper up, and studied it suspiciously. it was some IOU.....it read, " .......audrey melissa kin owes lee associates a total of US$ 1 million which is to be returned in full within a period of 1 year........"
"audrey melissa kim is ur sister right? "
i nodded. "yeah, but she died a few months ago........in a car accident......"
the lee guy smirked. "yeah, of course we know dat.......she didn't even pay us back before she died.....not a single cent....."
"so?? dat's none of my business!!! how did she owe u guys so much money anyways??" i retorted. until now, i had no idea where dis was leading to..........
"she used to work for my company......lee associates......cos she was heavily in debt, we agreed to lend her US$ 1 million, but on the condition dat she return us the money within 1 year, with interest.......dat would come up to 2 million......." he looked at me intensely. "but she died before she could pay up........"
" yeah, but look, i have no money! " i stated. audrey was my stepsister and an incorrigible gambler.....she would spend the nites gambling away at casinos and losing big bucks. but a few months ago, she was knocked down by a van and pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. i shed a few tears at her funeral, but din grief as much cos i wasn't dat close to her.... we weren't on best of terms anyways.
he smiled slyly. " u din study dis document carefully huh?? read the bottom, my dear......"
i glanced at the document, and gasped. at the bottom, was my signature......
"u're the guarantor, miss elizabeth vivienne kim.........so obviously, since ur sister can't pay off her debt, dis responsibility naturally falls upon YOU!" he sniggered and his 2 lackeys eric and dat stupid jin joined in.
i looked at them in dismay. " look, i don't recall signing any fucking document!!!"i yelled. "dun try and shift the responsibility on me, u jerks!!! i have nothing to do with dis!!!"
the guy stopped laughing and glared at me fiercely. "so u deny dat dis is ur signature??" he leaned forward and pressed his face close to mine.
damn it....how did i get into dis mess? oh shiet!!! i recall now........one afternoon, audrey had knocked on my door. "come in!" i cried. i was in a good mood dat day cos i had a hot date with dongwan. "what's up?" i asked. she beamed at me and thrust a piece of paper in front of me. "i need ur signature for dis lucky draw thing.....our whole family is taking part......" i glanced at the innocent white piece of paper with the words LUCKY DRAW!!! DON"T MISS UR CHANCE IN A LIFETIME TO BE A BILLIONAIRE!!! splashed in bold across the top. without thinking, i signed it. "ok, done!" i handed it back to her, and she smiled gratefully and skipped out of the room in glee. damn it.......it was all a trick!!! dat was no lucky draw thingo, but some stupid freaking IOU! dat schemey sister of mine.....i could feel anger rise up in me........wait!!! she's no sister of mine!!! bleh!!! bleh!!! bleh!!!.....she set me up!!! got me into dis stupid fix!!!
i cursed myself for falling for it so easily, for being so stupid as to trust her.......to be so stupid to agree to dat ride and to get myself kidnapped.......hot tears filled my eyes, and trickled down my cheeks. i missed dongwan even more, i thought, as i stared into the faces of the 3 freaks in front of me........
"ok! so what do u want now???" i wiped my tears away hastily. " like i sed, i have no money!!! and i din know anything about dis....my bloody sister tricked me.......i'm broke! dun expect me to pay off dat 1 million bucks! I HAVE NO MONEY!!!"i yelled.
the three of them covered their ears. "ok, miss......we know dat. but we're not after money ok? we have heaps......money is not an issue, " he sed coolly, his small eyes rid of emotion. looking into them reminded me of cold, hard cash................lifeless, drained of all feelings.......
"then what do u want??come straight to the point will u."
he juss smirked again as he looked me up and down, and his eyes rested on my cleavage. what the heck? was dis another pervert again?? i wanted to cry so badly, and run away but i was frozen..........
he edged forward and breathed down my neck. "u can do alot of other things to pay off the debt........"
my heart started thumping really fast. "what do u mean??"i asked desperately. "pls let me off ok? i have a fiancee.........."
" u have no choice but to cooperate with us...."
"and if i don't? "i asked defiantly. i know i was asking for trouble, but i had to get dis straight first.
suddenly, he pulled out a silver revolver, and aimed it at my head. i gasped in fright, as i eyed it warily. i could feel my heartbeat quicken even more and cold beads of perspiration appeared on my forehead.........
"u wanna get ur brains blown off? "he hissed. "and i have ur home addy.....i know where ur parents are......and ur fiancee.........i'm sure u dun want any harm to come to them do u??"
eric threw some photos down on the bed.........my eyes widened when i saw them...they were recent pix of me and my parents walking out of the house.........my dad jogging in the park......my mum chatting with a neighbour......dongwan and i kissing.......
"DO U??"he roared, as he pushed the gun closer to my head. the cold metal of the weapon sent shivers down my spine.
tears welled up in my eyes. "what do u want then??? take away ur gun.........i promise i'll cooperate......dun kill me........"
he smirked, satisfied, as he withdrew the gun. "smart gal......ok, here's the deal. eric, u tell her....."
"ok, u're gonna be mr lee's fiance....."
i shrieked. "what??? i'm getting engaged to him??"
"calm down.....it's juss a pretence........when mr lee's parents return from america tomorrow, u have to pass off as his fiance, and go thru the wedding ceremony and all dat......and when his parents leave in a month's time, u are free to go, and ur debt will be cancelled....geddit??"
i couldn't believe my ears. they kidnapped me here to ask me to act as dis jerk's fiance to bluff his parents? what kinda son was dat??? and they were gonna kill my whole family and dongwan if i din go thru dis silly game with them?? were they outta their mind or something??
"but why?" i finally managed. "why do u wanna bluff ur parents? and why ME???"
the lee guy charged over to the bed and grabbed me by my shoulders. "look here......dun ask so many questions!!! juss do what i say ok!!!!!!" his cold gaze scared me again, and i quickly mumbled, "ok ok.....u dun have to get so violent......."
he released me. " juss do as i say and no harm will come to u, i promise......don't disobey me or else....." he drew out his revolver again, and fired a shot at the ceiling.
"ahhhh!"i screamed, covering my ears. there was a huge hole in the ceiling, and some smoky dust was coming out of it.
"take a rest here, i'll tell u what to do later, " he strode out of the room, with those 2 bastards following after him.
the minute they left, i ran towards the door and locked it. i knelt down, gasping for breath....i couldn't believe this was happening to me......dis was a nightmare.......it was crazy.....
my gaze fell upon my handbag.........my fone.......i dashed over and rummaged thru it.
"shiet!!! where's my fone!!! " i cried, flinging out lipstick, my wallet, tissue, perfume, everything until my bag was empty.....but still no fone.......
there was a knock on the door. "and oh yeah, miss kim, we took ur handfone.......no outside calls allowed......." there was a soft chuckle. i recognised dat as jin's voice. damn.
i glared angrily at the door. "take dat!!!"i yelled at the top of my voice as i flung my sandal at the wooden door. "go to hell!!!!"
CHAPTER 5
i could feel dongwan's lips on mine as we kissed passionately.....we were sitting on the sandy beach, overlooking the clear blue sea........palm trees swayed in the breeze.....i could hear soft soothing music in the background.....i leaned closer to dongwan.....ahh.....paradise * sowwie, very cliched!!!*
* we are the future!!!! ................*
plop!
ouch!!! i yelped as i fell off the bed, and hit my head on the floor, which thank goodness, was carpeted. i seriously think if i got hit on the head another time, i might go into a severe concussion......which might be a good idea--- anything beats being stuck in dis weird mansion with weirdoes.......
and what was that music anyways? i looked at the alarm clock in surprise.....h.o.t's "we are the future" was booming out of the enormous clock on the bedside, and the h.o.t figurines around the clock were swaying to the beat. eh??? what was dis crap?? dun tell me dat lee guy is some crazed h.o.t fan......
i slammed the alarm off violently. as i rubbed my forehead, i looked around the room. it really was very pretty........beige walls, gold curtains with tassels, an enormous wardrobe, leather sofa, huge tv screen....there was even a glass ceiling in the centre of the room, and ooh, a huge jacuzzi! and a pretty balcony also.....neat! i walked around the room, in awe......it was double, no, triple the size of my apartment!!! dis guy must be RICH!
hmm, might as well enjoy myself while i'm here, i thought to myself as i flopped down on the comfy huge sofa and helped myself to the stuff in the fridge ( yes, there's even a fridge here and a bar....).........what should i have? i'm starving......i finally decided on some sushi, some expensive chocolate pralines and some yummy looking lobster salad.
i switched on the tv....ooh! my favourite channel!!! MTV!!! and hey, the sound effects are good.......juss like hearing live at some stadium thingo......bliss
i eyed the huge jacuzzi and decided to have a bath afterwards...... they even have those crabtree and evelyn bath salts and all dat....and a rubber duckie!
juss as i was gobbling down my last piece of sushi, there was a knock on the door. "come......." i started, swallowing. without waiting for me to finish my sentence, the door flung open and there stood eric! argh, i juss lost my appetite!!!
" gosh, look at the way u eat!!! i hope u dun embarass us tomorrow when mr and mrs lee arrive! u gotta make a good impression u know!"eric commented sarcastically.
"hey, none of ur business, "i sed, spluttering rice crumbs all over him. " i eat how i want to....and i dun care what kinda impression i make on the old couple!!!" i made the music even louder, hoping to drown out his annoying voice.........
"anyways, come down in 5 minutes time!!! mr lee wants to talk to u!!!!!" eric yelled at the top of his voice.
i pretended i din hear. "huh? what did u say??"i cupped my hand against my ear. "repeat please!"
eric glared at me. "I said, mr lee wants to talk to u in the hall in 5 MINUTES TIME!!!"he shouted, until his face turned blue and his voice cracked. * wheeze*
"oh okies, "i sed coolly, as i fixed my gaze on the screen and popped a chocolate glazed cherry into my mouth. "mmm....."i licked my fingers, knowing how annoyed eric would be at my yukky manners.........
eric growled and stomped out of the room. i laughed wickedly. shinhwa's "wedding march"mv was playing now, and i thought of dongwan again.......ahhh, i missed him soooo much....=(
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i changed into a black tank top and a hawaiian print wrap skirt which i had bought in tokyo. i din have many clothes with me at the moment and these were the only stuff i bought in tokyo, since it was summer there and hawaiian beach wear was all the rage......
i stopped in my steps the minute i stepped out of my room, and gasped. wow!!! dis place was huge! and it's so beautiful, juss like a palace!!! high ceilings, chandeliers, spiral staircases, and almost 20 rooms.........before dis, i had no idea how the house looked like because when i entered, i was unconscious, knocked out my scary eric's mighty fist......
i walked down the stairs slowly, feeling like a princess in sum fairy tale. the lee family must be rich!!! who were they exactly??? there were so many millionaires in korea with the surname lee, it was hard to pinpoint who the owner might be.........but judging from the grandeur of the place, they had to be billionaires...........
the three of them were seated in the grand hall, chatting animatedly when i entered. they stopped their conversation immediately and gaped at me.
"why?"
"is that how u usually dress??" jin spluttered.
"actually no, but i juss came from tokyo and these are the only clothes i have......as u can tell, i was not prepared for dis STAY at all, " i sed sarcastically.
the lee guy smirked. " oh thank god.....i thought u were some hippee........i would never go out with some hippee gal, too degrading......" he took a puff of his cigarette.
"excuse me!!! i'm not ur fiancee!!!" i sed coldly as i sat down opposite him. great, first they kidnap me and scare the shit out of me by threatening to kill me and my family, and ask me to pose as dis weirdo's fiance and now, he's insulting my clothes!!! dis was too much!!!
"whatever, " he sed nonchalantly. "about tomorrow.....we gotta get u prepared......my parents are coming over in the evening, at around 6pm.....but before dat, we gotta go shopping in the morning and get u some decent clothes......and remember, be polite and nice to ur in-laws, and dun say anything which shouldn't be sed ok......."he pointed his cigarette at me.
"dun worry, i know what to do. i used to belong to my school's acting troupe and i graduated in theatre in college....." jin and eric looked impressed.
" good, "he smirked again. " but to be my fiancee, u have to know some stuff about me and my parents........and i guess u have to tell me more about urself........but the main emphasis will be on ME, cos my parents are involved, geddit?? anyways, tell me more about u......"
i sighed. "ok, u know my name..."
he continued smoking. "uh-huh......i know ur name, ur family, ur hobbies, ur daily routine, everything......dun forget i checked up on u before, "
i was getting impatient. "ok, so u know practically everything!!! what else do u wanna know???"
he thought for a second. "nuthing i guess, i'm not interested anyways......ok, here comes the hard part.......u hafta memorise all these stuff about me, and not make a single mistake ok? my mum is really nosey, she's sure to quiz u.........u better be on ur guard. " man, dis house is scary...i have to be be wary of these 3 weirdoes, and now, dis fake mother-in-law of mine? and for what? so dat i won't get caught in a game i dun wanna play in the first place? it seemed so ironical.........
"ok, so what do i have to know? like, what's ur name, fiance? " jin stiffled a laugh.
"lee. min. woo." he sed proudly.
hmm, dat name sounds familiar......i remember seeing it sumwhere in the papers before. ahh!!! i recall now.......he's the stepson of the famous self-made millionaire lee soo man and the rumoured heir to his empire! and he had an elder brother who was clashing with him for the property. min woo was also a flamboyant, egoistic player, judging from the different partners he turned up with for every ball. he was rumoured to have about 30 girlfriends, one of them being the sleezy porn star with the fake boobs, angel park. she had the face of an angel and the sweetest name ever, but her movies and the number of guys she had been sexually linked to betrayed her superficial sweetness. personally, i hated sluts like her. one particular image was especially etched in my mind- it was a photo taken at some charity ball; she was wearing a sexy red dress with a plunging neckline, and min woo was dressed in some designer suit thing. they were kissing, and he had his hand on her exposed bosom. dat photo created a large stir and was printed on the cover of practically every magazine in korea.
"nice to meet u, mr lee min woo, and what else should i know?"
he glared at me coldly. sure, he was handsome and rich, and i understood why all those cheap sluts were head over heels in lurve with him, but the guy had no attitude, no charm at all.....he had no warmth, no emotions.....i was pretty sure he had never experienced true love at all. women to him were juss playthings, to keep him entertained, bed partners, but not true lovers. as i looked into his cold steely eyes, i felt sad for him........
juss then, the door bell rang. " what the fuck!"min woo yelled. "where's that servant of mine? maria!!!"
a filipino maid scurried out of the kitchen. i smiled sympathetically at her, she was so tiny and she seemed scared to death at min woo's loud voice. in fact, i pitied everyone serving min woo, whether it was maria, jin, eric or whomever. i'm sure it's because of the attractive pay and not the pure joy of being of service to such a egoistic, arrogant, demanding tyrant........but most of all, i pitied ME, for having to act at his orders. i mean, i wasn't getting paid or anything like dat. i was juss here to pay off some stupid debt dat my stupid sister tricked stupid me into taking responsibility for. next to min woo, dongwan was like an angel and my heart ached at the thought of him. wannie, i love u soooo much.....................
the main door slid open, and angel park sashayed in. my eyes almost popped out, at the sight of the famous sex goddess in front of my very eyes. she was wearing this tight, revealing white lace camisole and dis short pink skirt, dat left little to the imagination. her childlike face was caked with heavy makeup and she swung her tiny beaded bag from side to side as she walked over to min woo. jin and eric were practically drooling, while min woo looked as expresionless as usual, as though he was used to the sight of half-dressed babes parading in front of him all his life.
"min woo oppa, "she cooed sexily as she sat down next to him and stroked his thigh.
he ignored her. she tried again, dis time leaning even closer and showering him with kisses. jin and eric watched on, the mouths wide open. i giggled.
min woo pushed her away roughly. "angel, save dat for later....i gotta settle some important business first, " she pouted and looked away.
"er, boss, it's ok, we can settle dis with ms kim oursleves, u guys carry on, " eric stammered.
min woo looked at me. "u sure?"
i nodded. "go ahead, we can do perfectly well without u..." i din wanna look at him so i inspected my nails instead. time for a manicure.......
min woo looked rather annoyed as he pulled angel up roughly, and grabbed her waist. "let's go, "he sed gruffly.
"ooh KAY, wooie, "she chirped happily as she followed him upstairs. i could hear her ask, "who's dat gal? i've never seen her before......."and min woo telling her to mind her own business.
"ok!!"jin clapped his hands. "now we gotta get u aquainted with boss also known as the invincible lee min woo, also known as ur fiance!!!"he announced dramatically. he sounded like he was gonna introduce some stupid circus act.
"i'm alreadie acquainted with him........i know he's a sexist jerk, a kidnapper, a playboy and he has a huge ego and 2 stupid followers......"
eric and jin glared at me, steam almost coming out of their ears. jin forced a smile, which resembled a grimace more, and continued, "ok, here's a list of things u need to know by heart......" he unfolded the sheet of paper in front of him.
i stared in disbelief and dismay, as the paper rustled open. it was at least 1 metre long!!!!!! someone, save me!!!!!!!!
CHAPTER 6
loud moans could be heard coming from upstairs. "ooooh, min woo, dun stop......dat feels sooooo good......." angel's cries filled the whole house.
jin looked up from the paper he was reading, distracted and slightly uneasy. eric sat in the corner, expressionless, sucking on a lolly (!!!). apparently, he was used to their sex romps and the disturbance dat came along with it.
"oooh, oooh...... MIN WOO!" she moaned. geez, din this couple have any shame???
jin cleared his throat. "ok, min woo's 21 dis year, blood type A, christian...... when he's not working, he likes sailing, painting, sports like golf and tennis....and he plays the piano and violin.....he likes korean and italian literature.......doesn't drink....... he likes bach and mozart......"
"what?" i interrupted, in disbelief. dis din seem like the min woo i met earlier, who seemed as though his whole life revolved around parties, gals and alcohol. and here, jin was painting dis picture of a different min woo, an intellectual gentleman? i was amazed.
"yeah, dis is the persona min woo takes on in front of his parents. he has to be perfect for his perfectionist parents. they will kill him if they find out what kinda life he's really living........" eric's voice trailed off when a loud thump was heard from above, and more moans. obviously, things were getting very very heated up there........
"what a hypocrite, "i thought to myself in disgust. but something was bugging me.....
"hey can i ask u guys a question? " i asked hesitantly, fearing dat eric might shoot me any second, juss like what min woo almost did a few hours back.......
"go ahead, "jin sed coolly as he sat down next to eric, and snitched a piece of candy from his pocket.
"i wanna know.......why ME?? why was i chosen to act as min woo's stupid fiancee? i mean, he's loaded and he has the looks, he can get any gal he wants!!! why must he drag me into dis freaking plan of his?" i was dying of curiousity.
eric smirked. ""ok, first of all, min woo wants dis to be purely a business deal. NO EMOTIONS INVOLVED. " he continued. "all these girls dat cling to minwoo are after one thing in common~status. they wanna marry into the lee family and share in their money, power and fame. they want this to be a life-long thing. but dat's not what minwoo wants, he doesn't even wanna get married in the first place. once his parents leave the country, the game is OVER. geddit???"
"but he can juss pay any gal and make all these conditions clear! dat it's juss a business deal and dat's all! why does he have to go to all the trouble of kidnapping me and forcing me to go along with his stupid game??? it's a criminal offence!!"
jin sniggered. "well, he can have u for free......why would he wanna pay some other gal to act ur role? dun forget, ur sister owes us money........"
"what the fuck!!! she's juss my stepsister!!!" i burst out angrily. this was juss soooo unfair. "we 're not even close! we dun even TALK! for heaven's sakes!!!"
"then mabbe ur other family members would like to pay off her debt instead........ "eric sed coldly.
i glared at him hatefully, wishing dat i could punch him in the face... he was so annoying.
then an idea struck me. "hey, can't minwoo get dat angel park to pass off as his fiancee? they're close right??"
eric sighed, as he licked his red lollipop. " miss elizabeth vivienne kim......seems like u're not as smart as i had assumed. u still dun understand what i'm trying to say. i give up!! jin, u explain....."
jin shook his head in exasperation. "okies, firstly, angel park is a porn star!!! there is NO WAY minwoo's parents will allow him to marry such a slut. they're so particular about the pple their son associates with. secondly, angel park is madly in love with minwoo, she's obssessed over the guy! and the Number 1 condition of this game is that NO real emotions should be involved whatsoever. it's like a one-night stand. once the night is over, everyone goes their separate ways, geddit??"
i sighed in resignation. ok, i finally got the rules of the twisted game. "in the first place, why does minwoo wanna get married for? u sed earlier dat he doesn't intend to get married at all. then why's he doing dis?? what does he stand to gain?"
eric stood up suddenly. " look! dun ask so many questions if u know what's good for u, bitch! and dun play any games or else!!! "he threw his lolly on the floor and stamped on it fiercely. it shattered into a million glass-like pieces. with dat, he tossed his head and walked out. jin followed behind.
oh my gawd....what had i got myself into?? how was i going to leave dis place? i was determined to escape, but in the first place, i had no idea where i was, and there were at least 10 bodyguards guarding the house. and 3 enormous watch dogs. i shuddered at the thought of them.
my gaze rested upon the fone next to me. should i risk it? i picked up the fone quickly, planning to call my darling wannie........
"pls enter ur code number before dialling........"
oh shiet, i should have guessed. i slammed down the fone angrily, and looked in the direction of min woo's bedroom angrily. the ceiling was rocking and loud moans could still be heard. disgusting!!! damnit, i guess my worst fears had come true......i was a prisoner in dis mansion, there was nowhere i could run to........
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