5 Damn Liquor Shots 2 (1/2)

Daniel Cho carried Samantha 'til they reached the 18th floor of the hotel.

Samantha hooked her arms around him tightly, afraid that he would let her down; she did this while drifting in and out of consciousness.

She was so close to him that Daniel could feel her hot breath on his neck which tickled him but he tried so hard not to be bothered.

Samantha stirred for a bit, adjusting herself in his arms and when she did, her lips unintentionally touched Daniel's skin for a second. The sudden contact made Daniel freeze, he stopped walking and instinctively tightened his hold on Samantha and he swallowed.

Daniel thought to himself, 'I must be nuts helping this girl when it's none of my business.', he sighed.

Noticing that his boss has stopped walking, Assistant Ahn wondered, ”Boss?... Is... Is everything okay?”

Daniel Cho did not answer and just continued to walk towards the suite.

Once they arrived, he brought Samantha to the bed and lowered her gently. When he tried to back away, Samantha didn't unhook her arms and they remained secured around Daniel's neck.

Daniel didn't know what to do at this point. He turned his head to the side and was face to face with Samantha. He studied her sleeping face and noticed her eyebrows were knitted as if she was troubled by something. She trembled slightly; she bit her lip and a tear fell from her left eye.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Daniel Cho doesn't know why but he suddenly felt an ache in his heart; his instincts telling him to protect this delicate creature. Subconsciously, he inched closer as if he was about to kiss the corner of Samantha's eye where the tear just fell.

”Boss? The hotel staff--” Assistant Ahn just entered the bedroom; he was dumbfounded when he saw what was happening, he stopped talking and turned around to leave the room.

Daniel Cho snapped out of his daze, and he too was stupefied by his actions, 'I must really be insane! Was I just about to kiss this lady?!'. He cleared his throat and forcefully removed Samantha's arms from him then left the room.

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Standing by the window, Daniel Cho ordered the female hotel employees to help the lady bathe and change clothes. After Samantha was cleaned and clothed, the hotel employees left the suite.

Daniel returned to the bedroom to check on her. He was standing by the bed briefly and just when he was about to turn around, he noticed a shiny piece on Samantha's neck. That's when Daniel realized why she looked familiar; she was the woman in the elevator last week, the one who accused him of being a pervert... ”Interesting...”, he smirked.

Daniel Cho left the suite with Assistant Ahn following him behind. As they exited the hotel and boarded the car, he then turned to Ahn, ”What's the situation with that jacka*s?”

”Mr. Andrew Park has already been dealt with.”

”Yes, boss.”

Andrew was beat-up pretty badly, he broke a few ribs and injured his face and hands, he has to stay in the hospital for a couple of weeks.

”And the hotel?”

”The hotel has also been taken cared of, rest assured there is no evidence of what just happened that will be traced back to you.”, Assistant Ahn replied.

Daniel Cho nodded to him and leaned back in the back seat of his Maybach.

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The next morning, Samantha woke up with a throbbing headache. She realized that she wasn't in her bed and she's not wearing her own clothes but instead in a hotel bathrobe. She saw some faint bruises on her arms, and then she suddenly recalled what had happened last night. Andrew had almost deflowered her!!

”Andrew Park, you're a dead man.”, she hissed.

When she got out of bed, she saw a new set of clothes on the foot of the bed. She tried to jog her memory of last night, that's when she remembered more details that Andrew wasn't successful in forcing himself to her because someone else came into the room... but who was that man? Samantha recovered from her reverie and hastily put on the clothes then left the suite.

Samantha didn't have her purse with her because Hannah took it from her last night so she could ”enjoy and let loose” in the party. When she arrived at the reception, she thought of asking the hotel employee who that man was but she decided to put it aside for now and borrowed their phone to call her best friend. Hannah was panicky and relieved at the same time when she received Samantha's phone call. Hannah had been feeling so guilty and worried that she couldn't find Samantha last night. She was just about to call Seo Joon to ask him about his sister when Hannah received Samantha's call.

Without wasting time, Hannah speedily drove to pick up Samantha from the hotel and drove back to her house.

”I know you have a lot of questions, Han, but I'm seriously starving and nauseous at the same time so can you please--”

”Oh of course, of course..”, not delaying any minute, Hannah swiftly made her best friend a cup of coffee, some scrambled eggs and toast.

While Hannah was preparing breakfast for Samantha, she checked her phone and saw dozens of missed calls and messages from Andrew, a few from her brother and Alexander; She decided to call her brother first and at the second ring, Seo Joon answered,

”Samantha Bella Kim, you seem to have had a wild party last night. Where are you? Are you okay?”