52 Here Without You (1/2)

Daniel and Liam were still at The Fortress at 6 in the evening.

The club was starting to get a lot of customers from employees who just got off work. Liam was no longer drinking, he's sitting at the bar with Daniel on his right who's about to finish his 2nd bottle of wine after drinking 2 shots of whiskeys.

”Okay, that's enough.”, Liam grabbed the glass from Daniel's hand.

A woman in a skimpy dress walked towards the bar and ordered her drink. She noticed Daniel by her side and checked him out. She recognized the most eligible bachelor in front of her, Daniel Cho. He noticed someone staring at him so he turned his head but after a very quick glance, Daniel turned his head away and looked at the bottle in front of him debating with himself if he should finish it or not.

The woman found Daniel hot and without second thoughts, she placed a hand on Daniel's arm coquettishly, ”Hey...”

Daniel moved his arm away as he glared at the woman, ”Don't touch me.”

The woman retracted her hand and smiled, ”Are you alone? Why don't you join me over there with my friends?”

Daniel's expression darkened, ”Get the hell out of my face.”, he said before he picked up the bottle of wine. But the woman was still unfazed, ”You're very sexy when you're mad.”

At this point, Daniel was very annoyed. He raised the bottle and smashed it on the ground about a meter away from them. ”AAAHH!”, The woman screamed and the other customers looked at their way.

Daniel stood up and walked towards the exit. Liam instructed one of the staff to help out before he followed Daniel out of the club.

”Nancy, my gosh! Are you okay?”, said one of the woman's friends.

”Yeah, I'm fine.”, she smiled.

”Who was that?”

”Just some drunk guy.”, Nancy didn't want to admit that she tried to flirt with Daniel Cho.

Luckily, no one got hurt from the broken bottle of wine but Liam's having a headache because of his brother.

”I don't mind going out for a drink with you, bro but please don't scare my customers away. It's bad for business.”, he said as he helped Daniel inside his car from the backseat.

”Bring him home, Ahn.”, Liam said to Daniel's assistant before closing the door.

When Daniel arrived at his penthouse, he took off his coat and shoes and dove into his bed. He sighed as he grabbed a pillow and hugged it. ”Where the hell are you, Samantha?”, he whispered as he closed his eyes.

Daniel has been helpless for the past few months since Samantha left. On normal days, he'd be working overtime and on days when he'd feel the worst, he'd end up drinking which has been happening a lot lately. Samantha has been away from him for far too long, she's been away even longer than they've been together and Daniel's not taking it very well. He's angry and he's sad and he's hurt and he's... longing for her very much.

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Meanwhile, Andrew and Isaac arrived at The Fortress just after Daniel and Liam left.

When Nancy saw Andrew coming over to their table, her smile widened. ”Andrew... I thought you said you weren't coming?”

Andrew Park sat down on the sofa and pulled Nancy to him. ”We're just dropping by before we leave.”

Nancy whispered to Andrew, ”Are you going to see Holden?”

He smirked and then he grabbed Nancy Jung's face and kissed her in front of her friends for a few seconds before he whispered to her ear. ”Don't talk nonsense.”

”Nancy, you are so lucky to have President Park as your boyfriend. He's very sweet. I wish I had a boyfriend like that.”

Nancy just giggled and leaned into Andrew's embrace.

”You can have me?”, said Isaac and the woman blushed.

Andrew freed himself from Nancy and stood up from the sofa. ”Let's go.”

”But we just got here?”

”You're leaving already?”, Nancy pouted.

”You enjoy, my treat.”, Andrew said as he patted Nancy's head and headed to the bar to settle the tab.

When Andrew and Isaac left the club, the women huddled and gossiped.

”Did they tell you where Holden Xuan is hiding?”

”Yeah, they must know where he is. They're friends, right?”

Nancy shrugged her shoulders and sipped her drink, ”I don't really know. Andrew doesn't tell me anything.”

”Tsk. I wonder where Chairman Xuan is hiding his troublesome son.”

”I bet he's not in the country. Out of all the people he offended, he chose Chairman Kim's son.”