CHECKMATE

Chapter 5

He grabbed my hand forcefully dragged me to a mini-SUV parked by the side lot. I would have protested but I couldn’t because of our agreement this morning. I watched him maneuver the car out of the school lot and internally screamed for help.

His phone rang loudly disturbing the peace of the vehicle and he scrunched up his face. Whoever was calling wasn’t someone Jeong Gyu was very fond of. I ignored him and focused on my phone, making doodles on the blank screen.

After about ten minutes of driving, he pulled up in front of an old building. Honestly, if this was a date, it was the worst possible place a person could thing of. But of course, coming from a person like him wouldn’t be a surprise.

“Just stay in the car and find something to do”, he instructed before getting out and banging the car.

I raised a brow as I watched him disappear into the building. I was not about to wait around like a goody-two shoes, hell no. I immediately scurried out of the car like a house rat and headed for the building. When I was closer to the door, I saw a tall lanky man with a disgusting frown on his face. I smiled a little at him hoping to use my charms on him, not that it worked because he folded his arms and gave me stern look.

“You’re in the building”, he said to me in a curt voice

I straightened my back, raised a brow so high, I though it would start to twitch and pulled on my most daring look. The man however was not intimidated, he looked like a person who had to deal with brats every day.

Damn! I need to get inside.

“I need to see your invitation code if you insist ma’am”, he said, almost in a polite tone.

I looked him dead in the eyes with my heart somersaulting in my chest. He stared back unfazed.

“I will have you know that I’m the girlfriend of Jeon Gyu. He must be waiting for me in there and you’re wasting my time buddy. If you draw your gun, you should be willing to bet your life”.  I said in a deceptively confident tone. My mind was screaming at my recklessness, but my curiosity was egging me on.

There was a brief pause, a chill in the air as the man took in my subtle threat and processed it into bullshit. For a brief second, he looked at me unwaveringly and then he stepped back slightly, giving me access to the building. I took a deep breath once I got inside and glanced around. There were few people in what looked like a dusty old auditorium, 5 boys and 3 girls but Jeong Gyu was easy to spot with his white hoodie and black slacks. The first one had long pink hair and he looked very feminine with two piercings on his left ear. The second one had an undercut dyed silver; he also had a tattoo on his right wrist. The third boy had a brown mullet and the fourth one basically had a rebellious shaved hair design. The last one was Jeong Gyu. The girls were basically blonde and nude, but the boys looked like they liked it. I hid in the far corner on the right and watched as Jeong Gyu made himself a cocktail of alcoholic drinks. There was a round of shots before the pink-haired boy slid an arm around the silver-head’s shoulder and snaked a hand up his torso. The silver-head groaned and pulled the pink-head for a heated French kiss.

One of the boys, the one with the shaved hair patted his thighs and one of the girls immediately jumped on swirling her waist in circular motions. The rebellious boy moaned and grabbed onto her waist tightly while Jeong Gyu kept a surprisingly straight face. The two girls were busy with the mullet-head and honestly, he looked like he was the leader of the gang. Within seconds, the room was filled with the unbearable sounds of groaning and moaning. I was at this point questioning my life choices and made it a point to never follow Jeong Gyu again, if I made it out safely.

I turned around and made my way back to the door. I smiled at the man as he held the door open, and I was ready to walk out when someone with a deep baritone voice suddenly spoke behind me.

“Wallace, where’s my vape?”

I froze almost immediately in surprise. When and how did he come up to quickly behind me? Almost a split second later, I felt the heat of his gaze on my back and made it a point to pretend I was dumb.

“And…. look who we have here, a brunette in the wrong building. Why are you leaving so early babe? Didn’t like what you saw?

I straightened my back and took a step out of the door. I thought I made it till I was dragged by my hair back into the building. My hand immediately went to my head, feeling the overwhelming pain from his tight grip. He roughly pushed me into the wall making me dizzy from the sudden spin. His hand wrapped around my neck in a grip that made it difficult for me to breathe, almost choking me. My reflexes immediately kicked in and I kneed him the guts. He groaned in pain and retaliated with a sharp slap. I fell on the floor and immediately tasted blood, my lip was busted at the left corner and was pulsating. I gulped when he pulled me by my hair and dragged me across the room.

 The floor began to move like sea currents, and I could feel my lungs struggle to take in oxygen yet the only thing my brain could process was how Jeong Gyu would react to seeing me there. The last thing I wanted to do was anger him, because I absolutely did not want to disturb the fragile peace we had managed to establish today, and I did not want him to get rough with me either. My vision blurred and I almost zoned out completely.

Guess I will die before I find out.