Chapter 8: Chapter 8

●Nuri P.O.V.●

I was running from those men when I noticed the main Street. And I saw a familiar figure. Daniel!

Watching Daniel, I felt relieved immediately.

"Thank you, God! I knew you would keep me safe." I ran towards him twice as fast as before and Screamed, " Daniel!"

Daniel was staring at the black sky. After hearing my screaming, he started finding the source of the voice.

And finally, Daniel noticed me running towards him.

He was confused as hell because I saw him making a weird face, and then he said,

" Nuri?!" (¯―¯٥)

When I was almost near Daniel, I looked behind me for a second. The man was very close to me. So I left my belongings behind me to run faster towards Daniel, but I slipped and ended up falling over him.

"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!"

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●Daniel's P.O.V.●

And again, the big brown eyes were only 2 inches away from me. And the pink lips are almost touching my lips.

Nuri's Eyes were still closed. This time I deliberately held her by her waist and hugged her tightly. Why wouldn't I? It wasn't my fault. I was happy we met again. I didn't know the reason for this meeting, but I was fine with anything.

I was praying for two more minutes like this. Just two more minutes!

I moved her hair from her beautiful face to have a proper look. Was she scared? But why?

Finally, Nuri opened her eyes. She stared at me for more than a few seconds and then buried her face into my neck.

"Daniel!" She said while crying.

"What Happened, Nuri ?" I was worried watching her being scared like that.

"Let's go home!" She answered, still hugging me.

"Home ?" I was confused.

"Your Home !" Nuri screamed, "Please!"

"Nuri? Nuri glanced at me. Tell me what happened ?" I patted her head.

She pointed her right hand in a certain way, still burying her face in my neck. I shifted my eyes to the way she was pointing. And I saw a man in whole black, staring at us. His staring was suspicious.

Then I noticed, all the people around us were also looking at us, Laughing, joking, whispering things. But I didn't care. I was more concerned about who that man was and what he did to Nuri to make her so scared.

"Nuri?! Is he disturbing you ?! Tell me!."

I stood up slowly. Nuri stood up with my help.

She stood, almost hugging me, being scared but didn't say anything.

"You stay here. Let me see what that man wants." I assured Nuri and moved towards the man.

As soon as he saw me coming towards him, he just ran out of there and disappeared somewhere in the alley. It was confusing and suspicious.

I came back to Nuri, and she seemed terrified. Nuri was standing in a corner of the street while hugging her backpack, looking right and left for safety.

I walked close to her and asked, "You're fine ?"

My little sentence gave her a jump, and she turned to me with a scared look. I gave a smile and ruffled her long brown hair.

"It's me. Your Human Trafficker!" I chuckled.

She lowered her head for a few seconds, then she glanced at me and said,

"I am sorry, Daniel. I shouldn't have said that. I am sorry." She said those, almost crying.

This cute little thing was making me crazy. I patted Nuri's head lightly.

"It's Fine!

First, tell me what happened ?" I asked, smiling.

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Nuri's P.O.V

"It's Fine

First, tell me what happened?" Daniel lowered his head to my eye level, staring directly at my eyes.

He was tall, approximately 6 ft. And here I was 5'5" ft.

I glanced at his beautiful eyes and started telling him the incident had happened.

After telling the whole story, I said, "It was behind my booked hotel building."

"So you can't go back to that hotel ?" He said, thinking.

I nodded my head. Daniel made a thinking face for a second. Then he turned to me.

"Let's go to another hotel, okay? I know a good hotel. Is it fine ?" He asked.

"Wait. But only if you trust me." He added sarcastically.

"I believe you," I answered with puppy eyes.

He chuckled and glanced down at his phone.

"Okay. I booked a cab. Let's go." He said to cheer me up.

I smiled watching him smiling with his adorable bright smile.

I shouldn't have doubted him. He was a good man.

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We arrived at the new hotel. Daniel was there with me until I went into my room. I invited him to my room, but he left, saying he had some work undone. Or maybe because I behaved poorly in the morning with him, that was why he refused to come in. I was so dumb. I treated him so wrongly.

I sighed heavily, sitting on my bed, and looked at my phone.

Before Daniel's departure, I already took his number so we could meet again for coffee or something.

But I felt a tremendous urge to text him. I opened my Makao talk and texted him.

"Shouldn't we report him to the police ?"

After some time, I got a reply, " No! Not you. I don't want you to get involved in these things. And you are a foreigner. They can stop you from going back to your country for the investigation."

A second reply came.

"I will report this to the police. Don't worry."

He was taking care of me so well. I really did wrong to him. I texted,

"Thank You."

Before it turned 1 minute, I got two replies saying, " Human traffickers can be good, I guess. "

"Sometimes."

After getting the embarrassing text back, I just wanted to hide somewhere.

After that, I showered, called back mom, or she would have exploded and then slept till the night fell.

I became ready to go out. I was thinking about getting out and visiting the Han River for some time. So I went out wearing my black tee and faded white denim.

Standing on the bridge, I felt for the first time that I was on a trip. It had a great environment. I saw couples here and there. Many groups of friends were hanging out.

"So this is the taste of a trip alone? It is awesome!"

The light breezes were making me feel happy and calm. After staying there for more time and taking like 1000 selfies, I returned to the hotel and ordered dinner.

I planned my next day perfectly on my phone while having dinner in the hotel room.

And then, after brushing my teeth, I drifted off to sleep.

The night was so peaceful that I slept for 8 hours with no dreams at all. I was happy waking up the next day.

"I hope today will be a great day," I said while I moved towards the window.

I saw from my room window some little shops opposite my hotel building. Many people were there going for work, going on dates. It was great to study people for some time. Suddenly, my eyes caught one person.

"Omo! Omo! It-It's the Kidnapper!" I yelled as I recognised the kidnapper who was trying to catch me yesterday.

He was staring straight at my building. Was he finding me?

"How did he find my hotel? How?"