The Rules | JAEMIN

Chapter 12

"Taeyong needs you for tonight." Jaemin told her immediately. He could hear Jeno groan from the other side.

"Okay, I'll be there." Soojung said before whispering another "stop" followed by some giggles.

Gross.

Jaemin hung up without even saying bye, slightly annoyed.

It's not that Jaemin was jealous of Jeno's relationship with Soojung, it was nothing like that. Jaemin was perfectly content with being friends with Soojung, the problem was that it seemed like Jeno and Haechan had lost all sense of responsibility when it came to their girlfriends.

Like why would you risk both your life and theirs for the sake of love? Jaemin thought. That just doesn't make sense, especially after Seolhee.

Jaemin shook his head, sitting up as he decided to play some of his music again. Once he started day dreaming, the thoughts came right back.

The Phoenixes are strong because we have no weak links. By dating someone that's not just creates one. Your lover becomes the targets of our rival gangs. Jaemin wasn't sure about the Phoenixes in different parts of the world, but here in Neo City, they had a lot of them. Why would you even let yourself put someone you love in danger like that? It simply made no sense to Jaemin.

Jaemin must have been thinking a lot longer than he thought he was as soon he heard a knock on the door. He checked the time and it was already late into the evening.

The door opened and Renjun stepped in, a small smile on his face. "Heard you saved Zhilan's life."

"She was just choking and I gave her water." Jaemin told him but Renjun's face remained unchanged.

"Still, means a lot." Renjun said before opening the door again. "Thanks Jaem."

"You're welcome." Jaemin said as Renjun went back out closing the door again.

Jaemin chuckled at the thought of Renjun, finding it funny. Zhilan probably would have survived without him, but would have struggled a lot longer. Jaemin didn't really consider it doing the girl a favour but if Renjun thought it was, he wasn't going to go against it.

Jaemin phone vibrated against his desk, signalling that he needed to be down at the bar soon. He took a deep breath before willing himself off his seat, grabbing his black leather jacket and putting it on before leaving his room.

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"We're good." Haechan said to Zhilan and Jeno, confirming that the money they had recieved from the men matched what they needed.

So far the deal was going pretty smoothly, no stripper in sight and the money was the perfect amount. It was a little unsettling to Zhilan that there were so many men in the room, the three of them clearly outnumbered.

"Pleasure doing buisness." Jeno said, passing the man in charge the bag of drugs. They were about to leave but the man called them back.

"Not so fast, I haven't checked yet." The man snickered, opening the bag.

I knew this would be too good to be true, Zhilan thought as they turned back around.

They opened the bag and sure enough, the pills she had packed with Jaehyun the day before were there. The only problem was that the man didn't seemed satisfied with the order.

"I've been a customer for so many years, don't you think we should get a deal?" The man asked, smiling to show off his gold teeth.

"We don't do discounts if that's what you want." Jeno said, staring intensely at the man.

"I just want a little extra to come with it." The man pointed straight at Zhilan. "She'll do."

"Not a chance." Haechan said but Zhilan already knew the men were beginning to surround her.

Zhilan took a deep breath before taking her knife out, slashing the first man that came at her. What she didn't see was the other one behind her until she felt a blade dig into her thigh.

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