you'll carry my baby

The restaurant on the ground floor was filled with people, mostly the elites.

Some of them were tourist, others were there for a business meetings and others, conferences.

The sound of the dropped tray caught the attention of most of them, making them glance at Eun Ha for some split seconds.

They continued,

"the deadline is tomorrow evening don't forget that."

Eun Ha had wanted to say something to them, perhaps, beg them but the words never left her throat.

Eun Ha stood there for about two minutes, "will you get us our meal or will you just stand there?" the other muttered harshly.

she knew they were evil men. above the law. falling into their trap was the most dangerous place a person could be.

she resigned to begging for more time.

***

Mu Chen's phone gently vibrated on the table, he picked up the call, it was his little cousin.

"Hello, brother Mu Chen, please come home now! "

normally Mu Chen would have likely ignored her call but this time around he was going to opt for anything that could make him leave this place.

"what is it?" he asked putting up the usual cold expression on his face.

it's brother Jin , he hid my cell phone, he didn't give it back.

he cared deeply about his 15-year-old cousin.

but he knew this wasn't a good reason to leave the dinner but he was going to.

"Okay okay I'll be right there," he said hastily, cutting the call. Li Yung was quite surprised, she had been expecting him to shove her aside as he wasn't new to her prank calls,

" he said he was coming, what's gotten over brother Muchen?" she mumbled

"I'm so sorry I'll have to leave now, something quite urgent came up" he uttered the words apologetically

oh okay I'm leaving as well, there is more than enough time to catch up, she said with a bright smile.

***

People were slowly gathering to the scene happening on the ground floor a cute waitress was on her knees begging two men on the suit.

this was the kind of scene her manager hated,

"Please I beg you, we just need more time. Eun Ha said sobbingly her eyes were all red, she knew the loan sharks were brutal and showed no mercy and she was pleading, at their mercy, something they lacked.

"it's the 10000 dollars or nothing," the older man replied without a hint of expression on his face.

Mu Chen slowly got closer and immediately caught sight of the scene, he quickly looked away, whatever was happening was none of his business, he was just glad the meeting/date was over. He was about to walk past when something struck him,

"that was the waitress that served us dinner," the waitress he thought was cute. whoever she was or whatever he thought, he didn't like seeing people on their knees.

Mi Cha had decided to use the restroom after dinner, she was excited as this was the first time she was this close to him. her knight in shining armour, the love of her life.

she brought out her lipstick and slightly applied them on her lips. The dinner had cleaned some of it off. she washed and dried her hands then took the elevator to the ground floor.

Mu Chen had realised she disappeared after they left the restaurant but he didn't care to ask. he was just happy it was over.

one glance Mu Chen could tell what was happening

"X force" he whispered underneath his breath.

they had quite a reputation and were feared by many. They feared no one and could illegally obtain what was theirs if necessary.

He looked at the helpless young lady on the floor, he knew there was no way they'd let her go, no matter how much she begged.

he didn't know this girl, yet he felt a need to protect her. he went out and waited in his car in the parking area.

"Wait," he said with a deep voice. Chae won was surprised he would have sworn a few minutes ago that he was in a hurry to leave.

The loan sharks finished their meal as she handed them their bills,

"How ironic, we're paying for your service and you owe us," he said humorously as they both burst into laughter.

Eun Ha felt a knife pierce her heart, she had never felt so much humiliation in her life.

she followed them outside the building trying to plead with them for the last time to see if they'd cave in and give her more time but they just walked straight to the car and drove off.

Eun Ha stood outside the hotel, in despair, her father was going to die, this malware ruthless, the cloud had darkened earlier, soon few drops of rain started falling, but she was in no hurry to leave as if it were possible for the rain to wash down all her pain, she stood outside staring blankly into thin air while it rained on her, soon her hair was separating into clustered strands, tear a freely flowed down her cheeks, she felt like screaming, she felt helpless, Just then she couldn't feel the raindrops on her skin she turned as her eyes met with a tall handsome young man holding a big black umbrella.

Mu Chen looked at her sorrowful eyes, he could see the pain in her soul through them.

"I know who they were, and I can roughly guess what it is"

Eun Ha was confused, "what did he know? who was he? why is he being kind to me?" she asked one question after another in her head.

"How much?" he asked with a king like voice.

"10,000 dollars," she said as her lips trembled,

"How did you...?"

this time she was starting to get suspicious.

I have an offer for you, I'll clear the debt but you'll carry my baby"