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Irene's whole body was aching with pain due to sleeping in an uncomfortable position whole night. She turned a little, opening her eyes but gasped crawling back in fear when she saw that monster guy sitting in front of her. 
                          
He had an evil smirk on his face as he opened the water bottle in front of her, just then Irene realized she was thirsty. She hadn't had even a drop of water since she came here. Give me some water, she pleaded through her eyes as her mouth was shut with tape. Her eyes filled with tears when that guy let out a sarcastic laugh. 
                          
"Princess want water?" he had a smug look on his face as he approached her with slow steps while Irene crawled back. She wanted nothing more than to be swallowed inside the earth this second. "Tell me if you want water or not?" he again asked, sitting on his knee. 
                          
Irene was scared but she wanted water more than anything, so she nodded her head slowly. 
                          
"Awe... I'll give you water sweetheart." he said before tilting the water bottle, throwing all the water on the floor. Irene's eyes widened in shock as she leaned in to catch some but couldn't due to her bounded hands and taped mouth. "Here... Take water. Come on don't be shy." he taunted. Irene's body shook with tears as she cried silently in pain, closing her eyes tightly. 
                          
"Enough!" 
                          
Another loud voice startled her as through blurred vision she saw someone approaching her. "Go. I'll take care of her." her heart jumped in fear when she recognized that voice. 
                          
Suho.
                          
"Newbie wants all the fun to himself." Minho chuckled, making Irene sick to her stomach. 
                          
"I'm in charge of her and I know how to do my work." Suho said, making Irene shiver as she remembered the last night. Suho watched as Minho put his hands up in surrender, smirking he strolled out of the basement, leaving him alone with Irene. 
                          
His gaze shifted to Irene who was bundled up against the wall, looking down. He  closed the heavy door and small window which could provide anyone inside view before approaching her. Irene almost lost consciousness when Suho wrenched his hand towards her, she expected a strong slap but it never came. Instead he untied her hands and feet slowly. 
                          
"Can I trust you enough to take off the tape? Don't scream okay?" 
                          
She didn't trust him at all after last night but the look in his eyes made Irene nod her head. She watched as he carefully took off tape, not harshly like the last night. "There there" his voice was soft as honey and he traced her lips with his thumb to make sure they were still soft. He traced the outline of her lips, noting how sore and irritated the skin looked around the edges of the tape. 
                          
"Don't hurt me please." Irene whispered, scared of his actions. "I'm not gonna scream or anything." she looked up at him but his sole focus was on her lips. 
                          
"I know." Suho replied before taking a small water bottle out of his jacket. He had tucked it in for her as he knew no one was going to take care of her needs. He watched her with a light smile when she gulped nervously. "Here." he gave her the bottle and she immediately gulped down the water desperately. 
                          
"Easy there." Suho patted her back when she almost choked on water and sighed. Irene wiped her mouth with her back hand and then handed him an almost empty bottle. 
                          
"Thank you." she told him still looking down. Don't let your guards down again Irene she scolded herself. 
                          
"Eat this. I doubt they are going to give you anything to eat anytime soon." he said. Her eyes widened when Suho gave her a big chocolate. "It has calories, it'll do the work." 
                          
"Why are you doing this?" she asked him, gathering some courage. 
                          
"You don't want me to?" he raised his eyebrows in question. 
                          
"I... I don't understand." Irene hung her head low, avoiding his intense gaze on her. 
                          
"You don't have to Irene." Suho sighed and raised her head slightly to stare at him, completely confused. He sighed, gesturing her to eat chocolate. "Hurry up before someone come here." 
                          
Irene nodded unsure before unwrapping the chocolate and eating it slowly. You confuse me Suho she thought as her eyes remained on her kidnapper. After finishing her chocolate, she gulped some remaining water in the bottle. 
                          
Suho tried not to smile as a look of satisfaction covered Irene's face. He couldn't help but reach out for her, wiping some traces of chocolate from her face. "You eat like a child." he said, caressing her corner of lips. He gently twirled a little curl of her hair around his finger, however he didn't say a word. "You're beautiful." He softly stroked her hair. 
                          
"Let me go please." Irene begged him, taking his hand with hers as she hung her head low in front of him. "Jebal." 
                          
"I can't." Suho immediately pulled his hand back as he avoided her gaze. Just then he heard footsteps, his eyes widened dramatically as he went to Irene hurriedly. He tied her hands and feet but before shutting her mouth he glared at her. "If you told anyone I went nice on you... Be ready to endure last night again." he threatened her, securing the tape on her mouth. 
                          
Irene just looked at him with pure hatred as she continued to squirm around. 
                          
You're just like everyone else... A monster! 
                          
He hastily put the empty water bottle somewhere in all the stuff thrown in the basement and pushed the chocolate wrapper in his pocket. "Suho?" 
                          
It was Jin. He gave a cold look to Irene before opening the heavy door. "Hey." 
                          
Irene raised her head a little bit to stare at new guy. She saw him for the first time and noticed that he didn't look like a dangerous man at all just like Suho. "Hey there beautiful." he smiled comfortably. 
                          
She averted her gaze to look at the ground. "Don't be an ass. You're making her uncomfortable." Suho atonce said. 
                          
Irene rolled her eyes at that. Like you were making me comfortable last night! She watched as the new guy chuckled lightly, patting Suho's back. "I'll take care of that... You go. Boss wants to see you."
                          
Suho was uncertain about leaving Irene with someone else but this was Jin. He won't do anything. He trusted his friend. "Don't worry. I'll take care of her." Jin smiled, gesturing him to go. 
                          
Suho nodded, not having any choice he walked out of the room. Irene didn't make any movement as the new guy sat in front of her comfortably. "You must be angry with my friend." 
                          
I hate him! 
                          
"He's not as bad as he make out to be. If he wouldn't have done what he did last night, someone else had to do it and trust me sweetheart... " Jin looked at her and Irene stared at him as he gave her a meaningful look
                          
"It would've been worse."
                          
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Suho fell on the bed after he came back from the meeting. His hands were shaking while his heart wanted to come out of his chest. 
                          
"She's daughter of Mr Kim, the guy who had evidence against our community. We're using her as a bait." his boss told him. 
                          
"Why are we not covering our faces? If she went out.. she could-" 
                          
"She's not going anywhere Suho. It doesn't matter if her father gave us evidences or not. She has to die." 
                          
Irene's beautiful smile came in front of his eyes, the only time she smiled since she came here when they had first time talked to each other.
                          
"You're safe with me." he had promised. He remembered his words and realized something that day. No matter what.. He couldn't promise someone anything in this profession because... 
                          
Promises were meant to be broken. 
                          
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