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A month has passed since Paris became Kai's head bodyguard. The days went by swiftly, and Paris was slowly adapting herself to this new environment. She would still cause some trouble every now and then, but they weren't as bad as before. Kai had already gotten used to her behavior anyway.
Training also began getting easier for Paris, and she realized that she had improved so much in such a short amount of time. She would now run faster and longer than other bodyguards. She could also hold her breath underwater for two minutes straight. And lifting weights was now easy-peasy. Despite of the severe training she received every day, her body remained slim, but it was definitely more toned than before.
The standard training tests took place today, and surprisingly, Paris had one of the highest scores of resistance. Pearl was also going towards that same direction, beating the scores of more than half of the male bodyguards. The bodyguards that had once judged them for being weak women, were now left flabbergasted by their sudden improvement.
"Great job today, Paris." Pearl praised her with a bright smile.
Paris smiled back, extending a hand to her, giving her a high-five. "You did great yourself too. Did you see their faces? Everyone was jealous of us today." She whispered the last part, letting out a giggle.
Pearl laughed silently along, shaking her head. "I think I wouldn't have improved without you."
"Nonsense! Don't look down at yourself." Paris patted her shoulder. "I'm sure you would've at some point, even without me."
One of the bodyguards heard their conversation from the corner where he was standing, and he couldn't help but envy them even more.
Paris noticed his glare, and gave him a mocking smirk. "What are you staring at, loser?" She striked back. This was the bodyguard that mocked her last time. How does that feel? Jerk!
Hearing this, the bodyguard clenched his fists, and walked away from them. Both Paris and Pearl laughed silently again. This was hilarious.
Pearl sighed with a smile, "It has been hard, but you have given me hope since the day you joined."
Paris stared at her with a smile for a while, thinking of how fortunate she has been for finding such a wonderful bestie like Pearl. She's literally everything someone would like to have. Beautiful, carefree, kind, encouraging, caring, and most importantly, loyal.
"I think we deserve a break as a treat for working so hard this month." Paris said, sliding her arm around the back of Pearl's neck playfully. "One of these days, I would like to show you a thrilling place where we can have a lot of fun. But to be able to go there, I'll have to convince Ms. Kai to come with us. My duty is to take care of her afterall. If she comes along, then we can both use it as an excuse to go there. What do you think? Should I try and tell her?"
Pearl raised her brows with curiosity. "Where is that place exactly?"
"Is a bit far from here. But is definitely worth it. I won't tell you much details because I want to surprise you." Paris explained, winking an eye at her.
Pearl pursed her lips thinking about it for a moment. The curiosity was killing her, and at the end, she agreed. "Sure. Let's try to convince Ms. Kai. But remember that our duty is to protect her as well."
"Yup!" Paris said excitedly.
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That evening, Paris was informed that Kai wanted to see her. She wondered what she wanted this time. She already brought her the coffee, what else could she call her for at this time? It was already almost nine o'clock.
Paris headed to Kai's room, and knocked on her door. The door was immediately opened, and Kai stepped out of her room. She was currently wearing her black sleeping robes. It was slightly opened from the top, revealing her collarbones, and a bit of her chest. Her black hair was wet, as if she had taken a shower just now. Some droplets dripped down from her hair to her tan skin, rolling down from her neck to her chest.
For this whole month, that Paris has worked here in the mansion, this was the first time that she has seen Kai dressed like this. It was quite provocative. It's not like Paris was attracted to women or anything. In fact, she had never had an attraction towards them as far as she remembers. In the past, she only slept with men. However, seeing Kai like this made her somewhat nervous.
She gulped down, trying not to stare in places that she shouldn't. "Why did you call me?"
"You'll be escorting my friend home." Kai responded as she took the small towel that was around her own neck, and began drying her wet hair with it.
'Friend? Which friend?' Paris wondered to herself. It was late, how will there be a friend at this hour? Not to mention the fact that the way Kai was dressed was not appropriate enough to hangout with a friend.
"I just finished with the hair dryer, Ms. Kai. I placed it back where it was. Thank you for letting me use it." A sudden voice from a woman was heard. She stepped out of the room, also wearing sleeping robes, hers were white. This woman had dark blonde hair, and hazel eyes. She was very pretty, but...Who exactly was she? And why was she dressed like that while being alone with Kai? Is this the 'friend' that Kai mentioned?
Kai turned her gaze to face her. "No worries. This is Paris. She'll be dropping you off at your place this time since Pearl is busy." She explained, turning her gaze back to Paris.
"Okay then..." The woman spoke softly, placing a hand in Kai's chest in a seductive way, giving her a coquettish smile. "I'll see you next time."
Kai nodded in response, giving her a slight smile as well. Her eyes followed the woman's figure as she headed outside.
Paris watched them quietly, wondering what the hell was going on here. She squinted her eyes in confusion, and waited for Kai to enter her room first before heading outside with the other woman.
She didn't want to assume or anything, but this was definitely strange. Perhaps Paris was just over-thinking everything. They could be just very close friends who are comfortable with each other, right?
She followed the directions that the woman told her, and dropped her off in her house. She didn't live far away, so she arrived back to the mansion fast.
Paris parked the vehicle she borrowed back to its garage, and headed to her dorm to go to bed. It took her a while to fall asleep, pondering about what just happened earlier.
The next day, Paris, Pearl, and other four bodyguards were informed that they will be heading out with Kai to do a mission. They all got dressed immediately.
Paris wondered where they will be going this time. She was slightly tired from last night since she couldn't sleep well. But she still got ready, and went with them too. She was the head bodyguard of Kai, there was no other choice for her, but to tag along.
They drove in two different cars all the way to a house. It was a large house from a wealthy family.
Once they all parked, Kai got off the car first. She seemed to be in a bad mood since she slammed the door of the car close. The bodyguards followed her from behind, and the unexpected happened.
When the owner of the house opened the door for them, he was abruptly forced down to the ground by the four male bodyguards. They were harshly holding him down against the cold floor, as Kai walked inside the house, sitting down on the couch that was near the entrance. This didn't look good at all.
The owner of the house exclaimed in fear, "I'm sorry! I know it's my fault. But I'm really bankrupt right now. My child is still little. I can't give you the money back right now. Please give me some time."
Kai crossed a leg over the other, and answered in a stern voice. "You owe me millions already. How much time do you plan for me to wait? You've embezzled from the company of my family. I can't let you off this easily. Give me the money back now."
The owner of the house began crying desperately, shaking his head that was against the ground. "I can't! I can't! I don't have it now!"
Kai furrowed her brows hearing this, and cruelly said, "Beat him up."
The four male bodyguards immediately started kicking the man's body on the ground. The man wailed loudly, feeling his bones being crushed.
Pearl was silently standing next to the couch where Kai was sitting, while Paris was in the other side of the couch, watching all of this that was happening right in front of her eyes.
This reminded her of someone. That someone was her Uncle. He also went through this situation. He was being kicked violently that night by those four men. His face was swollen and bleeding as he wailed desperately. It was exactly the same as this man that was on the ground right now.
Flashbacks came back to Paris, haunting her mind and thoughts. She shut her eyes, shaking her head. She didn't want to remember that terrible night. She didn't want to remember any of it. How her Uncle was humiliated that night, and how she yelled at him after, telling him to piss off. She felt her breathing getting heavier the more she was reminded of that night.
Kai turned her gaze towards Paris. She noticed her reaction, and saw her discomfort. "Pearl." She called in a low voice. "Take Paris outside for now. I'll be fine here."
Pearl gazed over to Paris, and then back to Kai, realizing what was going on. She nodded, and obediently went with Paris outside the house to take some fresh air.
Once they were finally outside, Paris quickly took out a cigarette and lighted it up to smoke. She inhaled and exhaled the smoke out of her mouth, trying to calm down.
Pearl watched her for a while, and then asked, "Are you alright? Was it a bad idea to come here?"
Paris sighed, thinking how she should respond to that. "It's fine. It's just...That man. He really has no way out of this, right? Is he going to die?"
Pearl shook her head. "This is just a lesson. Ms. Kai is just teaching him a lesson. I don't think her intentions are to kill him."
"I know." Paris responded, letting out another deep sigh. "I also know that having no way out could make you do crazy things." She paused for a moment, before continuing. "My family used to be in a similar situation. If we had delayed payments, these type of people would come to teach us a lesson too." She laughed slightly, "They probably taught us more than any other teacher. I hate people like this. I never thought that that I would become one of them today."
Hearing this until this far, Pearl couldn't help but to feel a bit bad for her. She pursed her lips before saying, "When I was little, I used to watch a lot of Disney movies with my friends. We fought to be this character and that one. Then, when I grew up, I found out that...There's no perfect character in this world. In other words, no one in this world is good or bad, like movies tend to tell us."
Paris stared at her while listening to this. Wondering what she was trying to tell her with all of this. She was about to open her mouth to respond to Pearl, but the doors of the house suddenly slammed open again.
"I'll give you three days to pay me back. Don't make me come back again." Kai's voice was loud in the distance. She was telling the owner of the house this as she walked back to the vehicles. The bodyguards following behind her.
Everything was done, they were about to head back to the mansion. Paris was finally able to feel at ease. She threw her cigarette to the ground, and stepped on it. She was about to turn around and follow Kai, when she realized that the owner of the house was following them from behind with a gun in his hand.
"Watch out!" Paris shouted as she got in front of Kai, taking out her own gun.
Kai immediately turned around, hearing this. She saw Paris standing in front of her, shielding her from the man who was pointing at them with a gun.
The rest of the bodyguards saw this, and took out their guns to aim at him at the same time. Pearl did the same, and took her gun out as well.
Paris didn't like where things were going. She decided to put down her gun, and instead extended a palm up, as if to tell the man to stop what he was doing, or else he would definitely die. "Hold on, Sir! Put your gun down."
"I have to kill her! I have no other choice!" The man cried, his hands trembling as he held the gun higher. "They are making me do this!"
"Who is making you do this?" Paris asked.
"I can't tell you! I just can't!" The man yelled.
"Okay, Sir. Calm down. Just put the gun down slowly and tell us who told you. We promise that we won't shoot you if you compromise." Paris spoke softly so that the man wouldn't get anxious.
The owner of the house began crying even more. Tears rolling down his cheeks, mixing with the blood that was on his face from the beating he received earlier. Then, he slowly put the gun down just like he was told.
Seeing this, Paris let out sigh. She was hoping for the man to explain himself next, but what happened was the total opposite. The man lifted the gun once again, and...
*BANG!*
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