Office Diaries - Chapter 130

8 years ago…

“Ah, the king is here,” the group of young people called out as the twenty-year-old Alvin made an entrance to the club and made his way towards the table where his friends sat.

“Shut up!” he told them off playfully as he took the glass which was offered up his face as soon as he came and gulped all its contents in one go.

“Hey man, why don’t you show us your crazy dance moves?” someone suggested which the others agreed to.

“That’s right, you’re leaving for the US tomorrow afternoon so this will be like the last time,” another one added and Alvin smilingly scratched the back of his head as he turned to the dance floor amidst his friends’ cheers.

The crowd parted like the Red Sea as he made his way in the middle of the floor. The DJ, upon seeing him stopped the music as he grinned. Alvin gave a grin back as he stopped and raised his hand. As if on cue, the DJ started his special music mix, specially prepared for the king of the dance floor, Alvin.

As always, the king of dance only performed his best, making all the spectators stare in awe as they watched his fluid movements and amazing dancing techniques. As the music ended, Alvin kneeled on the floor and spun before he stopped.

And stop he did…

“Alvin! Alvin! Alvin!” the crowd cheered his name but he paid them no heed. His attention was focused only on that one beautiful creature sitting just a few feet in front of him.

His mouth opened unconsciously as he noted the girl’s feature— her raven hair framing her beautiful elfin face, her huge doll eyes, and her rosy lips which was set in a firm line. Looking at her, Alvin noticed that the angel seemed to loath being at this place, and his eyes narrowed upon seeing the hands of the guy next to the angel touching her casually on the thɨġh which the angel obviously didn’t like.

“Hey!”

His reverie was broken when his friends picked him up literally from the floor and dragged him back to their table but his eyes never left her.

“What’s got into you, man?” one of his friends asked laughingly. “We thought you broke your back or something. You just froze there on the floor,” he continued making the others laugh but Alvin wasn’t into a jesting mood.

“Who’s that?”

All his friends looked to where he was pointing at and even they were amazed by the girl’s looks.

“Whoa! What a beauty!” they exclaimed. “We don’t know. It’s the first time I saw her. But I think she’s already taken.”

“I don’t think so,” Alvin countered, his eyes narrowing on the guy next to his angel. “You can see she hates the guy,” he continued just as the angel swatted the hands of her seatmate away.

“Aish, what happened to you So? Have you fallen in love at first sight?” his friend asked jokingly but he answered them seriously.

“I think that’s indeed the case,” he said, his voice rang with wonder as if he’d just realized the fact himself which made his friends whistle.

“Then go get him king. It seems the other guy wants to devour her.”

“Ah, yeah,” another one of his friends commented. “Someone rescue her,” they continued just as the beautiful girl stood up, looking like she was about to leave.

“Oh, she’s going!” they quipped and pushed at Alvin’s shoulder. “Go after her,” they urged, and he didn’t think twice to stand up and move. He reckoned he’d wait for the girl outside before he approached her.

He had been standing outside for a while though and the angel hadn’t yet come out and so Alvin decided to enter the club again. When he did, he spied the girl drinking something and so he sighed and went to the toilet to relieve himself first. It looked like it would take forever for the angel to finish her drink, seeing as how she flinched at the taste of the amber liquid.

Inside the restroom, he used the farthest cubicle. As he relieved himself, he thought of ways on how to approach the beautiful girl without seeming weird. He also cursed his bad luck since this was his last evening in Korea and it would take years before he’d be able to return. Being the only son of the owner and president of the biggest IT Company in the country, it was his duty to gain experience abroad, in the US so that when he returned, he’d be ready to take over the reins from his father.

Er…Why was she there? It’s the toilet for the guys… But he got his answer sooner.

“What’s going on?” he heard her ask just as she leaned over the sink. She looked totally out of it that he felt worried.

“Hey, are you okay?” he asked just as the girl swayed and almost fell on the floor if he hadn’t caught her. “Hey!”

“Hmmmmph,” the beauty whimpered, her body trembling, sweat covering her flesh which had turned hot to the touch.

Alvin’s eyes widened. He needed to get her out of there before others get in. The angel’s eyes were all glazed, obviously drugged but aside from that, there was something else. He was crouching on the floor, supporting the fallen young woman when the door opened once more and he recognized the guy as the one who had been pestering the beauty earlier.

“Oh, she’s down already?” the guy said, obviously amused and Alvin saw red.

Setting the beauty gently on the floor, he stood up in his full height which was a several inches higher than the bastard.

“Of course she’d be down. You spiked her drink,” he said accusingly, his eyes narrowing on the son of a bitch’s face.

“Whoa, this is a club dude, spiking drinks is natural,” the guy reasoned with a smile as he stepped closer to the sleeping woman. “I’ll take her home,” he added but Alvin blocked his way.

“I don’t think so,” he said just as Alvin’s friends entered the restroom.

“Geez king, we were looking for you. What happened?” they asked as their eyes shifted from Alvin to the guy, and then, to the beauty on the floor.

“This guy here drugged her,” Alvin answered and the guy had the gall to look angry.

“Look, it’s none of your business. Now if you’ll hand me Jena, I’ll be on my way,” he continued as he stepped closer again, but this time, Alvin’s friends clamped their hands on the bastard, stopping him from moving.

“Like hell you will,” Alvin countered; his eyes glittered dangerously on the ȧsshole. “I will not hand her over to you,” he continued as the beauty who was called Jena started whimpering once more. This time as if she was in pain.

“Hurts…” she cried and Alvin’s face darkened further.

“What did you give her?” he demanded and the man laughed,

“Like I would tell you,” the bastard answered and Alvin grabbed him by his shirt.

“Oh, you will,” he vowed just as he kicked open a cubicle and pushed the guy’s face towards the toilet bowl.

“Wait! Wait!” the bastard panicked, his face a few centimeters from the dirty toilet seat.

“What did you give her?” he demanded once more.

“Sedatives!” the guy answered just as Jena cried once more.

“Sedatives? Then why is she in pain?”

“I don’t know!” the guy answered but when Alvin pushed him further towards the toilet, the guy suddenly confessed. “Aphrodisiac— a big dose!”

“What?” Alvin growled as he pushed the guy to the toilet again and he latter screamed.

“It was not me! It’s her friends! They just dumped the whole thing in her drink!”

Damn!

“Go!” Alvin yelled as he raised his hand as if to strike him. In fear, the guy ran past his friends and exited the restroom.

“What to do now?” one of Alvin’s friends asked in concern.

They were carrying Jena who was crying in her sleep in their arms. Another one had the beauty’s wallet with her, searching for an ID.

“Jena Wang. She lives at T University’s dorms,” he said and all of them frowned. “We can’t take her back there Alvin,” his friend added and he nodded.

The university was known to be strict to its students. If they brought her back in her present state, she would no doubt be kicked out. It’s the same reason why they couldn’t bring her to the hospital too. The university was big and the nearest hospital was an affiliate.

“Let’s make her vomit first,” Alvin suggested and they tried to empty her stomach though she didn’t really vomit much.

“Let’s bring her to your place,” another one suggested and Alvin agreed again.

He was, after all, living in his own apartment. “Let’s go,” he said and all of them quickly brought the unconscious girl in his car.