THE WHITE LILY (Mafia Book #1 - Bang Chan) - Chapter 13 - Project Thrips
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Chapter 13 - Project Thrips
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~4 Months before Present Day~
~Emilia's POV~
"After many months of excessive planning, we are finally ready to execute the mission." Chan spoke firmly.
"Wait," Momo intervened. "you aren't talking about-"
"Project Thrips." Seungmin interrupted her.
The whole table grew quiet.
"Are you sure, Chris?" Hyo asked, uncertain.
"It is time. Any more waiting would be unwise... we must act before Shade's knowledge on the Scarlet Rose Mafia becomes outdated." Chan assured everyone with a nod.
"Mhm." I added. "Besides, it's the perfect chance. A big event is coming up, Boss has been talking about it for years before I left. So religiously, I even memorised the date. That's when we have to go."
"Using Shade's knowledge, I was able to recreate a map of the Rose Manor." Seungmin continued.
"Let's just hope her memory's not as bad as her body combat skills." Changbin chuckled.
"It isn't! I lived there my whole life, after all." I retorted, playfully smacking his arm. "Wait, did you just say my fighting skills are-"
"Chan will bore you all with the details in a minute," Seungmin cut me off and continued explaining. "but for now, I want everyone to memorise this perfectly. Shade and I tried to figure out where secret passages might be, but we can't be sure, so the overall layout of the house must be known by each of you."
"Then," Chan clapped once, getting everyone's attention. "This is by far the most important mission we've ever had. Hopefully, in four months' time, The Scarlet Rose will be completely eradicated. We will first come for their boss, then we'll strike them all when they're down and mourning. For this mission, all of us must train vigorously."
"So, what's the plan, Leader?" Minho smirked impatiently. "How're we gonna take the rats down?"
"First of all, the teams. We will split up in a few groups, as follows: Shade and Felix will be Team 1, Changbin and me will be Team 2 and Minho will be going alone, since he's the best when it comes to sneaking."
"Fucking cat, I tell you." I spoke bitterly, a tint of joking in my tone, and watched Lee Know smirk proudly.
"Seungmin will be staying outside on Side A with Jisung; they will help with communication. Jeongin will be there as well, in case of a medical emergency."
Everyone nodded.
"For the gun supply, Hyo will join Team 1, Momo will join Team 2. Both of you have to make sure the weapons work as intended, carry the needed ammunition and just do your magic since you're the gun experts."
"Then... what about me?" Hyunjin questioned.
"You... will have the most important part." I looked at him, before throwing Chan a glance to ask for his permission to speak.
He granted it quickly, so I began explaining:
"As I was saying... a big Event is coming up for the Scarlet Mafia. We will be able to infiltrate with relative ease thanks to this Event, a big party that should seal a powerful deal between my former Boss and a big drug lord of the East. Negotiations have been going on for a long time, and they agreed on this particular date a few months before I came here."
"Okay, but... how does that concern me?" Hyunjin asked puzzled. "Don't tell me..."
"You will have to infiltrate the party and send us information about what is happening, so we know exactly how much time we have to infiltrate my former Boss' house, when he seals the deal and when he retreats to his chambers."
The whole room grew quiet.
"... damn." Hyunjin cursed. "That's..."
"Difficult, I know." Chan touched him on the shoulder apologetically.
"Not difficult... almost impossible. It's like a suicide mission." Hyunjin spat out.
"It won't be a suicide mission. They don't know your face. For all they know, you'll just be one of the servers hired for this." I looked him in the eyes, trying to put him at ease.
"Besides, we already arranged it with the catering company." Chan continued. "You've been working for them for 5 years, your best friend helped you get hired and the boss loves you."
"A whole backstory? I'm impressed." The corners of Hyunjin's mouth pointed upwards.
"It was all Jisung." Chan pointed out. "So, all clear? Let's recap: Shade, Felix and Hyo are Team 1; I, Changbin and Momo are Team 2; Minho goes alone; Jisung, Jeongin and Seungmin will be outside, and Hyunjin will be our informant inside the manor."
"Great, let's do this!" Jisung exclaimed excitedly.
"Ah, one more thing." Chan added. "This mission is first come first serve. That means, whoever finds the bastard first, gets to kill him."
"Good to know. I hope he'll get to meet my bullet." Minho smirked.
"Good. Then, let's start preparing. We only have 4 months."
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~Two months before Present Day~
"TO YOUR RIGHT!" Hyo screamed while running, just as Felix approached me from my right side and landed a powerful blow in my lower stomach.
"You didn't get it, again." He replied sternly, frowning.
"Fuck, I'm so bad at this." I cursed, holding on my abdomen and looking down, tears pricking my eyes.
"It would be best to take a break, what do you say?" Hyo approached me and put her hand on my shoulder soothingly.
"I'm just so frustrated! Why can't I get this right?" I replied defeated.
"You will! There's two more months, okay? We'll do it!!!" She tried encouraging me with a smile, making me feel a bit less tense than before.
"Okay... yea... let's take a break, then." I looked at Felix, who nodded approvingly.
Walking with Hyo through the garden, we reached Hyunjin's greenhouse.
"Wanna take a peak inside?" she asked, raising her eyebrows at me expectedly.
"Sure! I do have a key, actually."
"Oh wow, Hyunjin let you keep it for some time, no?"
"He did" I chuckled. "At this point I think he forgot about it."
"Nah, he never does. He probably thinks you didn't show it to the relevant people yet, if you finished the painting already." Hyo smiled.
"I mean... Chris didn't see it yet." I chuckled again.
"Why not?"
"I don't know... I want to show it to him, and I will, of course. Just... it's not the time yet, you feel me?"
"I see... I only showed mine to him and Minho. They are really good listeners." She chuckled. "Do you wanna see it too?"
"If... if you want me to." I smiled kindly.
Since these pictures represented our souls, showing and explaining them to someone else felt like a pretty big deal. Intrusive. I was happy to know that Hyo trusted me enough to show me hers.
We entered the greenhouse, and she went straight for a covered canvas in the back, uncovering it.
The image represented was a painting two women playing on the ground with a baby.
"This is me." She pointed to one of the women in the paintings. "And this... is my best friend... her name was Hanna. She passed a few years ago..." she smiled sadly.
"I'm really sorry to hear... and the baby?"
"This was just me mourning what I can never have back." Her smile turned bitter. "We had a big mission about four years ago, where I had to be kidnapped by some drug lord in order for SKZ to find their location. It was pretty similar to the one you had with the Knife Devils, actually. The problem was... we didn't have half the equipment we have now, so they detected the tracking device quickly, and punished me for that."
She inhaled deeply. I grabbed her hand, sensing that it was becoming difficult to talk.
"I was... tortured, raped... every day, for a whole month... and by the end of it, when Chris and the boys finally found me... I was damaged beyond repair. They stole from me the most important thing- what I wanted the most... the ability to become a mother." A single tear fell on her cheek, but she was quick to wipe it off.
"Hyo, I... I'm really sorry..." I hugged her side, feeling my eyes swell up with tears as well.
"No, Emi, I am the one who's sorry. After what happened to me, I wanted you to go to that mission, just so you can get as hurt as me. I was a mean bitch for no reason." She turned her body and hugged me back.
"I was, too." I chuckled. "We both were. But we're here now, aren't we? Besides, you're a big part behind my painting."
I smiled and guided her towards my canvas, showing off my white lily proudly.
"It's so beautiful." She smiled. "Rebirth?"
"Yes. Thank to Chris, to you, to all of the members... I feel like I truly got a second chance at life, like I was reborn." I smiled genuinely.
"Make sure to show it to Chan as well, he'll love it." She returned my smile.
"You think so?"
"I know so. By the way, wanna go to the Orphanage tomorrow?"
"Yea, that sounds great! Maybe we can play hide and seek with the kids like last time! It was super fun!"
"Right? Ahhhhhh, I love children!!!" Hyo squeaked, making me laugh.
We continued our conversation back to the training grounds where Felix was waiting for us.
Then, we resumed our practice and continued it until late in the night.
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After a full day of training with Felix and Hyo, I finally hopped in the shower. The warm water felt pleasant on my skin, the best part being finally taking off all the dirt from today.
I quickly wrapped my wet hair in a towel and opened the door to my bedroom, place that felt almost foreign by now. I was so used to always being with Chan, there simply was no use for this room anymore. I only came here to shower, change my clothes or take a quick afternoon nap when Chris was busy, but other than that, I never slept here anymore.
This night would be no different, of course.
After drying and combing my hair, I lazily headed towards Chan's door, just in my underwear and a bathrobe. They were going to come down real quick anyway.
"Baby." He smiled, taking his eyes off the book he was immersed in and placing it on the nightstand.
"Hey." I returned his smile and took off the bathrobe, climbing on the bed next to him.
"Shit, red?" he smirked, opening up his arms
"Of course. Your favourite."
"How was your day? Mhm, you smell nice." he complimented me while I positioned my head on his shoulder.
"Tough." I pressed my lips firmly on his neck, earning a small groan in response. "Felix gave me a few bruises, probably."
"Damn, should I beat him up?"
"Channie!" I chuckled and playfully bit his neck.
"Mhm, what? Shouldn't I defend my girlfriend in such cases?" he shifted himself and got on top of me, returning the gesture and leaving a small peck on my collarbone.
"You should train with me, maybe. Changbin was right. I really suck at close body combat... even after training for two months straight!" I whined.
"Lix and Hyo must learn your fighting style too. You didn't have enough missions with them." Chan looked deeply in my eyes, caressing my face with his thumb. "You're good enough, Emi. But you can't be the best at everything. No one shoots like you, no? It wouldn't have been fair to be number one at close body combat too."
"... I don't know. You are the best at everything, Chan, so..." I smiled sweetly at him.
"Everything?" he raised a brow and smirked, starting to move his hand from my face down my body, touching me through the panties.
"Mmm, fuck" I closed my eyes and moaned, raising my head and giving Chan full access to my neck. "Especially that."
He chuckled.
"I lack in many things too. I am impulsive, jealous, get angry easily... I'm not the best at everything. But I have you, and we work together, imperfect as we are, don't we?" his lips laid gently on my neck.
"I love you." I confessed, feeling my cheeks getting red. It was the first time I've ever felt like this romantically towards anyone... and the first time I've confessed it. "I love you, Chris."
In that moment, he stopped kissing my neck. He straightened himself above me, our eyes locking, and for a brief moment, it was just the two of us in the world.
We just stared at each other. I - baffled by my sudden burst of confidence to admit my feelings for him, and him – totally taken by surprise.
It seems my words finally clicked in his head, as he hastily united our lips passionately. He almost forced his tongue inside my mouth, and after a heated kiss, he looked at me again in awe.
"Emilia, I... Fuck, I have no words... I... I also love you... I am obsessed with you!" he confessed desperately, kissing me again. "I adore you."
I didn't know this feeling in my heard could grow to be so intense, almost painful.
"I need you." I pressed our lips together again and pulled him towards me.
From there on, things were quick to escalate. He dragged his pants down, pushed my panties aside and slid inside me with ease.
The room was being filled with obscene moans and grunts, as his sure and steady movements brought both of us to our highs.
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"I will never get used to this." He chuckled seeing me run towards the bathroom, his release dripping down my leg.
"Yah, whose fault is that?!" I shouted and hopped in the shower. Chan was quick to follow, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me close to his chest, the hot water being almost cold compared to his warmth.
"I love you, I love you, I love you." Chan kissed my shoulder.
"Hmmmmm, sometimes I forget you're a Mafia leader." I chuckled.
"Mean."
"Speaking of leaders... I can't believe we're going to finally kill my former Boss."
"What, are you nostalgic?" he laughed.
"No, I mean... Finally?! I've been waiting to get my revenge on the bastard forever... even before I met you."
"Me too. Killing him will solve a lot of problems for Stray Kids." He nodded while washing my back.
"Just two months, huh?" I sighed.
"Are you worried?"
"Honestly? A bit."
"Well, don't be. Everything will go well. We will get rid of him for good." Chan tried to assure me, but for some reason, the more I was thinking about the it, the more anxious I was becoming.
"I- yea, we will." I nodded and tried to calm myself now.
Chan got out of the shower and held a towel for me to dry me off.
"Mhm, you weren't joking when you said Felix left some pretty bruises on you." Chan pointed out to the few spots darkening on my thighs and stomach.
"He is harsh, but I will learn. Who knows, maybe I'll even be able to take you down in a fight one day." I chuckled.
"Now, now, don't get cocky." He kissed the tip of my nose and picked me up. "You'll have to train hard the next 2 months, so let's sleep."
"Sure, baby." I kissed his lips as he placed me on the bed and took my rightful spot on his chest – my favourite place in the whole world.
"Good night, my love."
"Good night."
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