Chapter 120

After searching for a while, Alex immediately locked onto the front section of the restaurant. Sitting not too far away from the entrance were two men dressed in casual clothes.

One was a native Korean and the other possessed deep western features, making him look like an English man.

Though they were eating and chatting like good old friends catching up over dinner, Alex noticed that every few seconds, the English man would casually glance toward their table, before quickly looking away.

The Korean guy wasn’t much better either. He too kept stealing brief looks toward Nyx.

Alex’s expression remained as calm and collected as ever. To keep up the facade, he casually picked up another shot of soju and downed it soon after, slamming the small glass onto the table with a loud, satisfied sigh.

However, inside his mind, his eyes had already turned cold. Now he was truly certain of one thing. That is, one of their drinks had been drugged.

But there was absolutely no use in confronting them right here in the open.

Firstly, there was no solid evidence to prove they had really done it; the restaurant was packed, the waiters were constantly moving, and a public scene would only draw unwanted attention from the local authorities.

Secondly, earlier when he was looking, he had noticed a small distinct bulge inside the English man pocket which was most likely a gun.

Now that had him feeling confused. Because why would someone bring a gun while drugging a beautiful woman?

Usually, underhand methods like this were meant for quiet, bloodless abductions. A firearm meant they were most likely fully prepared for any violent escalation if things went sideways.

It could also mean a lot of things. But what he felt might be closer to the truth was that they were here to either kill Nyx or kidnap her.

The main reason for this hypothesis was that he noticed that whenever they glanced at Nyx there was no lustful or sleazy gaze, or anything like that. Their eyes were actually calm... but in a way, they also reminded Alex of the cold gaze the other three mercenaries that the big boss had hired back then were giving him.

But there was no use standing around and thinking about all this right now. The best thing to do in this situation was to take the flushed Nyx who was beginning to look at him with a seductive gaze before it turned back to her icy gaze and then back to the seductive one.

Alex reasoned that it would not be good to stay here for even a second longer. The drug used on Nyx was already beginning to rapidly affect her body and mind. Which meant staying here any longer was a terrible idea.

Besides with too many innocent lives, and variables, protecting a compromised Nyx while dealing with two armed guys, needless to say would be a bit complicated.

So, the safest method he could think of right now, was to play into their expectations. Let them think their plan was working flawlessly before pulling a uno reverse on them and teaching the idiots a lesson of the lifetime.

After nodding at the plan he had made, Alex slouched his body, and let his head roll back slightly, making a goofy, unfocused smile spread across his handsome face as he grabbed the empty soju bottle, waving it weakly in the air like a thoroughly intoxicated tourist.

"Woah man that drink really hits the spot! Hey! Waiter! Check, please! Bring the bill over here, buddy!"

His loud boisterous acting immediately drew a few amused glances from the surrounding tables, who simply chuckled at the handsome man who couldn’t even handle his liquor.

The waiter quickly scurried over with the receipt. Alex shamelessly furrowed inside Nyx’s pocket, since he didn’t exactly have the local currency with him and Nyx would not even care about something as little as that.

He decided to borrow from her for now, and pulled out some bills which was more than enough for the meal, before slapping it down on the table.

"Keep the change, my friend! Truly the best hotpot I’ve had in a while!" Alex laughed loudly while trying to stand up.

The waiter looked at him with a grateful face before saying something in Korean that Alex couldn’t understand, but he had the feeling that it was a compliment.

After managing to stand, he seamlessly stepped over to Nyx’s side of the table, and without waiting for her permission, he wrapped one arm around her slender waist, and pulled her against his chest.

The moment his skin made contact with hers over her clothes, he could feel the abnormal heat radiating from her soft tempting body.

Nyx let out a soft gasp involuntarily and dropped her head weakly against his broad shoulder as she lost the strength to stand on her own.

"C’mon honey, let’s get you back to the hotel before you puke all over me," Alex muttered loudly, pretending to stagger slightly as he guided her toward the exit.

As they walked past the entrance of the restaurant, Alex kept his gaze fixed ahead, but his peripheral vision caught the immediate change in the two suspicious men. The moment Alex pulled Nyx into his arm and began moving forward, the English man and Korean man instantly stopped eating.

Alex’s sensitive ears were able to easily pick up the sound of the two men hastily throwing cash into their own table, paying the bills in a hurry before moving out of their seats to follow directly after them.

The moment they stepped out of the hotpot restaurant, the cool refreshing evening breeze hit them, but it did absolutely nothing to cool the raging fire burning inside Nyx’s body. What she wanted was a man at this moment but she used her will to hold off the hazy feeling in her head.

Alex made sure to tighten his grip on her waist, practically carrying her weight as they navigated down the brightly lit sidewalk. They walked for about three minutes, turning away from the main avenue and into a much quieter, dimly lit commercial district where the crowd began to thin out.

Beside him, Nyx was fighting a silent battle with herself. Her jaw was clenched so tightly that Alex feared that they might crack, and her delicate fingers dug deeply into Alex’s shirt with a terrifying strength, almost tearing the damn thing.

She was desperately trying to suppress the chaotic impulse and overwhelming heat spreading across her entire body with nothing but pure willpower.

She was a woman who prided herself on absolute control, so being reduced to this pitiful excuse of a state by a cheap chemical trick was beginning to bring an intense, icy fury to her somewhat hazy mind.

"Alex..." She whispered, while forcing herself to talk. "It’s... It’s not normal alcohol. Someone must have drugged me. My body... I can’t force it down. Get me.... get me to the hotel."

"Try and hang on. We’ve got some company. But don’t fight the drug so hard that you pass out. Just hold onto me."

Before they could reach the end of the dark alleyway, two figures emerged from the shadows of an intersecting shortcut, cutting off their path entirely. It was the English man and a Korean man.

The Korean man stood slightly to the side with his arms crossed and his eyes devoid of any human warmth. He didn’t waste a single second on something as meaningless as pleasantries. Instead, he simply glanced at his English teammate and said coldly.

"Charles, you kill the man quickly. Meanwhile I’ll take the pretty woman to the car. Make sure you hurry up, we are already behind schedule."

The English man, Charles, scoffed softly, while sliding his hand into his jacket pocket to grab his gun.

"Would you just relax Kim, I know what to do, okay! But Kim, since the drug has already started it’s effect. And I know that the woman is a very beautiful woman. Just remember that she is meant to be the plaything of the boss. So do not even touch a single hair on her body, no matter how beautiful she may be. And don’t get seduced by her charm."

"You don’t need to tell me twice. Just do your damn job so that we can be done with this and go visit a good casino."

Meanwhile, all the pretense left Alex’s body the moment he heard that someone had hired this two guys to kidnap Nyx just to make her his plaything! His face turned cold, and the temperature in the air suddenly plummeted.

His forest green eyes completely cold and devoid of any human emotion, locked onto the English man who was currently pulling out a black pistol with a silencer at the mouth, from his jacket.

Since they dared to target his woman, then Alex didn’t mind teaching them a lesson to remember forever.

Just as Charles’s finger was about to pull the trigger, Alex suddenly moved with an incredible speed that was simply inhumane.

He covered the distance between them in less than a heartbeat. And before Charles could even process what happened, Alex’s fist landed with a devastating force straight at the center of the man’s chest. Though he made sure to control his strength.

BANG!

A loud sickening sound of bones violently as every single rib in his chest was shattered. The English man didn’t even have the time to scream as his eyes rolled back into his head and his body was launched backward like a broken ragdoll, making him crash heavily into the brick wall before slumping to the ground, seemingly unconscious with his internal organs severely ruptured.

Kim Joon Seouk’s eyes widened to the point that they looked like the same size as big saucers, and his mind went completely blank for a moment as he unconsciously replayed the terrifying display of raw power. But he quickly regained himself and dug into his pocket.