CHAPTER 10

The dorm was quiet as I got inside. I just came back after shooting and the other members must have already fallen asleep. I went into my room and freshened up.

My phone lit up and a notification showed that I got a message. I checked it to see a random number sending some pictures. It was pictures of me and Alanna, there was me going to her house, they had three of them. Also, us holding hands at the park, and all showed our faces clearly. I looked at the text at the bottom.

Unknown

I know your little secret, wouldn't want it to be seen by others right?

How in the world could they have these?

Yeonjun

What do you want?

Reporting it to the police would surely get them into trouble but they will just pay a fine. They were not afraid of getting caught.

Unknown

You'll find out soon.

I threw my phone on my bed and walked around my room anxiously. Should I tell Alanna about this? What if that person already sent her the pictures?

I quickly picked up my phone again but it was too late to call her now. I should make sure to check on her first thing tomorrow.

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Our manager was thinking hard as I told him about the situation. I felt guilty as he always told me to be careful not to get caught, and reminded me of all the consequences. I still pursue it even though I knew what the outcome could be.

I called Alanna and she said that she didn't get a text from anybody, but I didn't tell her about the situation yet, I will tell her about it after we found a solution. I liked her, a lot. I felt like she was my window to another world, where I found my peace and happiness.

"We need to make sure the pictures don't get spread first, and we need to listen to what the other party wants." Our manager said, cutting off my thoughts.

I nodded, we had to be careful about how we acted, one wrong move could ruin all of it. And I just can't put Alanna at stake. Especially, when people at the University knew she was closed to us.

"I am sorry about the unnecessary problems that I caused. I will try my best to remove it." I apologized and bowed, I should be thankful for our manager's open-mindedness. He just nodded and patted me on the shoulders.

"Yeonjun, what are you planning to do?" Soobin asked after our manager left.

"I will have to cooperate with them first. I can't have them leaked out the photos."

"Do you have any idea who could it be? I mean, the first time you and Alanna met, you were being stalked. It could have been them." Beomgyu stated. I thought back to that night, it was two girls that followed me. But, I didn't see their faces.

I sighed and closed my eyes, I was worried that our group will suffer from this, and most importantly Alanna, I didn't want her to suffer in any way.

"Don't worry too much. We are all in this together." Taehyun said and side-hugged me, followed by the others with a bone-crushing hug.

*

I had a major headache but our semester exam was coming so I couldn't miss class, I didn't even know what I had learned all through those classes. I, for sure, was going to fail the exam. On top of that, Yeonjun had been ignoring me, he replied to my texts with 'Sorry, I am tired' or 'I'm busy, I tried to call him but he rarely picked it up. He even ignored me at the University, of course, we can't interact openly but he didn't even spare a look at me.

I sat down on my seat and took out my things, the guys were not coming and Haeun was sick, I had to be by myself. I let out a big sigh, I was worried, I didn't know what I did wrong. I wanted to talk but Yeonjun won't talk to me.

Was I too clingy? Or maybe he got tired of having a relationship on the side. God... If only I could sleep for a bit, I was too damn worried about everything that was going on. At this point, I was confused about whether to be angry or worried. It was not right to ignore each other like this.

The classes were so long unlike other days, and I can't wait to get out of here. I walked out of the hall as soon as the lecture stopped. I didn't want to eat by myself and I was not that hungry either.

I tried to go to the restroom on our floor but there was a notice saying it was out of order. I sighed and went up the stairs. Nothing goes my way.

I heard a girl's voice as I walked up, followed by a guy's voice, which oddly sounded familiar. I didn't know if I should be going past them or not, but I need to use the bathroom urgently, so I guessed I didn't have a choice.

I stopped in my tracks at what I saw. Yeonjun and Eunsoo? What in the world are they doing together? They both looked shocked at the interruption.

"Oh hey, where are you going?" Eunsoo asked sweetly, I just looked at her not saying a word.

"Right, you must be surprised. Please don't tell anyone, I know we can trust you," She said again. We? What the hell was going on here? I looked at Yeonjun who looked confused, he didn't even utter a single word.

How could he?

I turned around and run down the stairs as fast as I could. It all made sense why he ignored me now. I tried to suppress my tears but it was no use. I ran out of the building and walked as fast as I could.

I thought he was busy so I tried to understand. I thought he was tired so I tried not to interfere. It was all a lie.

I felt something hit me on the face, I looked up to see black clouds rolling around with rain falling. Great, at least someone understood me.

I kept on rejecting calls from him, he even made the guys call me. I rejected it all. I was not trying to listen to his lies again. I switched off my phone when I walked inside my home. I didn't even care that I skipped class today.

I hurriedly went inside my room. I was suddenly so tired and in pain. I made my way to the bed slowly. I didn't want to cry but my tears betrayed me. I didn't want to be hurt like this but it felt as if I was going to break. Why did I have to like him so much?

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