Let Me Love You

Work/Family Collision

A/N: I've been super busy with a new job and moving, so I really haven't had too much time to write. Then I couldn't access my account. When I was able to, it accessed the first account I thought I had lost completely. So not only did I save the stories from the other account on to here, but I also had to completely reset things for this account. I have not been a happy camper, but I was able to get the last chapter posted. 

With that said, I'll have to reupload one of the other stories here. So if anyone sees it and thinks it's a copy and paste, it is not. I just found it and didn't want to delete it when I deleted the other account. 

This story will not have a picture because I have a new computer and haven't figured out how to add them yet. 

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Hyuk sighed and rolled over, arm slinging across the body beside him. Rowoon had worked well into the night, not going to bed until nearly dawn. He had been pretty sure most of it hadn't been KOZ work, but he hadn't wanted to upset her any further than she had already been. 

When she'd finally changed clothes and laid down, she had a clean bandage on her head. Every time he saw that, it reminded him of how one of them was to blame for her injury. Someone didn't like her being close to them. It was a man because in the last note he had called her 'noona.' No matter how hard he thought about it, no one in his circle was brave enough to do anything stupid. They were too afraid of Jiho. 

She had tossed and turned all night. No position she had been in brought her any relief. He hadn't touched her until he had been certain she was going to stay in that position for longer than five minutes. In the end, he had rolled onto his side and had gone to sleep. 

He looked up. Rowoon was awake and reading something on her phone. In the light of the new day, he could see the blackness peeking out from under the pristine bandage. It ran along her brow bone and down the side of her eye. It made sense as to why she didn't get comfortable last night. She was a side sleeper. If her face was hurt, she wouldn't be able to sleep. 

She looked down at him and smiled a little. He could tell that it was forced by the way the lines pulled at her mouth. He sat up and rubbed at his head. 

"How long have you been up?" he asked. 

"What time is it?" she asked in return. 

He looked at his phone. "Almost eleven.'

"Then I've been up since eight."

He nodded. "Three hours isn't bad then. At least you got four hours of sleep."

She turned her head to look at him. "I've been up since eight yesterday morning."

Hyuk felt like a fool. That had been when she had awoken at Dongwook's house. Right before he had kidnapped her and had taken her shopping. Right before the note had been delivered and they had come to the hotel. 

Rowoon got up and rummaged around for fresh clothes. "My family is meeting for a late lunch. I'm going to get ready. Seonghwa oppa is coming to get me."

She didn't give him time to answer before she left him in the bedroom. Hyuk scrubbed his hands across his face and stared at the door. Why did he feel like she was beginning to shut him out? Everything she had just done had been cold and calculating, like she was preparing to disappear. 

Scrambling from the bed, he followed her trail to the bathroom. The shower was running when he slammed open the door. Rowoon stared at him, hands paused on her head as she tried to keep the water from her stitches. She blinked at him slowly then tilted her head to the side as her mouth opened to ask him something.