Angelica's POV
"Thank you for listening to me, come with us tonight." my eyes widened in shock and I ran to get my phone.
"Don't, you'll have to receive the money later," I told the supposed chef who's talking to Angelica right now.
"I'm sorry, chef, but I have to go after working here. I still have work after this."
"Oh, is that so?" she asks "How much does your boss pay you there?"
"Uh..." she trails off and she turns on the earpiece again.
"500 grand," I said.
"What? How did you know?" she blurted out.
"How would I know? Of course, you said you have to work after this." Angelica explained.
"Be careful," I warned her.
"Oh, yeah, must've slipped my mind."
"So, how much?" Angelica asked again.
"500 grand."
"That big? You must've been working in other branches. I'll double it up." she gasped.
"I'll pay you 2 million dollars, so, you have to decline." she gasped harder.
"Iβ I'm sorry, chef, but I have to go after this," Choi says, I sighed in relief.
"Oh, wait. I think I must've stuttered, I'll make it five." Angelica challenges me, even though she's unaware.
"Five... Million dollars?" she raised her voice.
"I'll make it ten, so, do your best and decline it." Choi gasped even harder and she started coughing.
"Stop gasping too much, you might choke. The money that you'll receive might be your payment to the hospital," Angelica jokingly said, tapping her back lightly. Enough for me to hear it.
"Thβ thank you, but I'm sorry," she said, then I hear the shuffling of plates around
"It's okay, now, where did I put my phone?" she started looking for her phone, I immediately ended the call. I looked at it and saw that the phone call had just ended. Did he listen to the entire conversation? I never cared less, the work was done and she said her farewell to everyone. I gave the staff all their paychecks and they dressed up.
"Where will we be drinking, chef?"
"You guys go pick the place, I'll just call my sister."
"Yes, Chef!" they said in unison, I dialed Angelique's number and she answered. I explained that I'm going home at midnight and she agreed.
"We found the place, it's not far away from here." one of the waiters said.
"Okay, I'll follow you guys." I ended the call and as I walked behind them, I felt someone was following me. I looked back and nothing showed up, I walked again and we reached the place.
"Excuse me, seat for 12 please!" I said.
"Okay, coming!" A lady shouts, the woman from earlier is here also and is already drinking.
"You're also here, Ms. Choi!" I said, she turned her head and her eyes widened.
"Ms. Park, you guys are also drinking here?" I nodded and she raised her hand.
"Mom! Put her here and the staff beside us," she said.
"Huh? Why?"
"We're just going to talk a lot about our days." she starts to slur and her mom starts smacking her.
"Why did you even drink? You know you are a light drinker."
"Mom, this is my friend. Ms. Park, this is my mom." We bowed at each other and her mom sat down beside her.
"I know, I know." she gestured for me to sit down.
"You know, I never expected that she'll have worked there," Choi's mother said
"Why? Is something the matter?"
"We're just really poor. We started this business because I know there are a lot of people that are drunkards like them." she points secretly to those men sleeping.
"When did you start this business?" I asked her.
"Probably 10 years ago, we had nothing and all until now. But, when she worked there," she pointed out the window and it landed on Beon-Yeong.
"She got 10 million dollars instantly on her first day!" Mrs. Choi claims.
"Excuse me, how much again?"
"Ten. Million. Dollars," she said slowly.
"But we don't get ten million dollars instantly," I exclaimed.
"Oh, really?" she asks and I nod.
"Then how did she get it?" I opened my phone and searched Jonathan's name on the web, I tapped her daughter to wake up and she looked at me.
"Yes, Ms. Park?"
"The one who gave you ten million dollars, this?" I showed her Jonathan's picture and she squinted at it, she shook her head.
"No, not him." I looked at the photo and it was another Jonathan, I swiped it and it's his picture.
"What about him?" she looks again and she starts smiling, she nods, her head hitting my phone. I got angry again and I asked her "What did he do to you?"
"He said... I have... zu follow...." her head starts to drop and she starts to have hiccups.
"Follow who?" I asked, she raised her hand and it fell on me. My brows furrowed deeper and I walked out.
"Ms. Park, are you okay?" one of the staff asked.
"Yeah, I just have to call someone." I walked outside and clicked one on the dial, he answered and I started screaming at Jonathan.
"You jerk! Why do you have to involve someone to do your deed?!"
"What? What are you talking about?" he yawns, he must've woken up.
"You even dared to play innocent, you stupid jerk?! I know that you sent someone to follow what I was doing and you even paid her ten million dollars?!"
"Okay, fine, you caught me. Mom'sβ" I cut Jonathan off.
"Don't even talk about your mom, because I am not doing that!! You hear me," I screamed at the top of my lungs and someone tapped my shoulder, "Can you wait?!" when I turned around someone covered my face with a handkerchief, I fought it off and screamed but with a smell that made me dizzy... It knocked me out eventually.
"Angelica, is everything okay?" is the last sentence that I've heard.
[A/N: The following sequence might contain strong language and gore.]
Jonathan's POV
"Angelica? Angelica?!" The call suddenly went off and I hurried myself to get up and get dressed, I stormed down the hallway and I'm standing in front of the elevator. I clicked the button several times and I punched it because it was not going up quickly. I happened to pass by Nicholas who was still half asleep and I grabbed his collar down the staircase.
"Whoa, what are you doing?" he lets go.
"It's Angelica, something happened to her."
"What? Don't even kid withβ" I slammed the glass door close and it shattered into pieces from the big impact.
"I'm not kidding with you." I hissed.
"Okay, I'll just call her sister." We both headed down and into the underground parking lot.
"Hey, Angelique. It's your sister, something happened to her." We both can hear her shouting.
"What?!" her voice was groggy yet loud enough for us to understand, they talked and agreed. After that, he ended the call and went out.
"Angelica?" someone called her, "Angelica! Stop!"
"Who's that?" Nicholas shrugged his shoulders knowing he doesn't care who those people are, I ran and followed the scream.
"Mr. Lee?"
"Oh, thank heaven you're here, Sir Jonathan."
"What happened?"
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