Encounter in the Bushes

Karina Moon doesn't really remember why she could be lying on the grass and under the roof of the night sky. She felt very dizzy from drunkenness. Dimly, Karina could see and feel someone beside her. She was pretty sure it was a man. Karina should have left, but she couldn't stand up. Suddenly the man's big hands hugged her body and Karina instantly felt warm and comfortable. Instead, she inched closer and fell asleep in the man's arms.

It felt like Karina had just fallen asleep for a while, but suddenly she felt a big and warm hand slid into her breasts which somehow exposed. Karina almost groaned when the big hand touched the top of her breast. Then she heard camera snaps. Karina tried to open her eyes slowly, her eyes narrowed because of the bright and dazzling morning sun. How surprised she was when she saw a handsome man hugging her, one hand on Karina's breast. The man closed his eyes, but Karina felt the man’s face is familiar.

“Aaaahhhh!!” Karina shouted while pushing the man. The man woke up and looked at Karina in confusion. However, a second later, Karina recognized the man in front of her. He was tall, handsome, thick eyebrows, fair skin, slanted eyes, and a sharp nose. That man was her idol from the start. He's very famous here in South Korea.

“Y-you? Jus… Justin Kim?” Karina asked as she sat down on the grass behind the bushes.

"Who are you? Why are you here?” Justin asked Karina.

"Why are you here yourself?" Karina replied.

Justin didn't answer, he turned his gaze to Karina's torn clothes, revealing part of Karina's breasts. Karina followed Justin's gaze and she realized that her breasts had been eksposed and Karina frantically covered it with her hands. No wonder, the man's hand slipped inside. Karina's face turned red instantly.

"Y-you made it like this?" accused Karina.

Before Justin had time to answer, Justin realized that they were not alone behind the bushes, he heard the sound of camera shots. It was the sounds that made Karina woke up earlier.

"Hey!" he cried as he ran through the bushes.

As the bushes parted, he found paparazzi taking pictures. Justin covered his face with his hands, then ran back to Karina.

“You come with me now!” Justin exclaimed while taking Karina's wrist.

Without waiting for an answer, Justin pulled Karina to come with him. Justin took off the jacket he was wearing and put it on Karina, covering her head. He then hugged Karina's shoulder and carried her running away from the camera shots. Karina felt her heart pounding and she didn't know what else to do but go with the man until they reached a car parked not far away.

Justin started the car engine and drove his car fast. Karina was still stunned. Everything happened so fast and Karina felt her head was so dizzy, she tried to remember what happened last night. Why did she get behind the bushes with a famous actor named Justin Kim?

The car went fast and Karina started to remember. Karina remembered that last night, she had felt very dizzy when she drank tequila in the club. However, Karina was still wanted to drink some more.

"One more glass," Karina said as she rested her head on the bar’s cold table, because she couldn't hold her head up anymore. Even her left hand that had been supporting her head, no longer able to do it.

"You're too drunk, Rina. Just go home!" exclaimed the bartender she had known for a long time.

Since her mother died, Karina had often visited the club to overcome her loneliness. Now, her jerk father made Karina drink more than usual. Karina was very frustrated because her father was suddenly in a huge debt. So far, her father's business had been fine, Karina was able to graduate from college without any obstacles, even though her father was never there for her. Karina could rent a quite good boarding house after she got a job, because she didn't want to live with her father.

That day, her father asked her to come home. Karina thought maybe her father wants to make time for her, but it turns out that Karina was forced to marry a rich old man to pay off her father's debt.

“You will live in luxury, Rina. I have prepared everything and you can't avoid it," said her father that afternoon.

Hearing that, Karina immediately ran away from the house, even though she knew her father would easily find her. Karina just wanted to vent her frustration on this bar, get drunk to calm her feelings.

"Stingy!" Karina cursed at the bartender that night.

"Go home, Rina. I'm worried about your condition. I'll call a taxi," said the bartender.

Karina was already half unconscious, so she just gave up when the bartender called a taxi for her. Karina didn’t really remember how she ended up in the taxi, but the taxi driver already knew the address and she would be driven back to her father's house. Karina looked out the window and realized that she was indeed heading to her father's house. The bartender, who is also her friend, knew Karina's home address.

"Sir, please make a u turn ahead. I want to go to my boarding house,” Karina said when she started able to control herself.

"What's the address?" asked the taxi driver.

Karina couldn't remember it clearly, so Karina opened her bag and looked for her cellphone, because she noted everything there. However, when she opened the bag, Karina remembered that she had run out of money, she bought too much drinks at the bar earlier. How can she pay for the taxi? Karina started to panic.

"Can you tell me the address, please?" asked the taxi driver as he pulled the car over. They were actually really close to Karina's father's house, but Karina didn't want to go there. They stopped near an abandoned vacant lot. The shrubs grow tall here.

Too drunk, Karina didn't remember the pin of her electronic wallet that can be used to pay for the taxi. She also couldn't think straight.

“Sir… Sorry, sir. I ran out of money…” Karina said as she tried to sit up straight.

"Hey seriously, girl! You are telling me that can't you pay for this trip?" asked the taxi driver in his unique accent.

"Sorry, sir," Karina said again.

“Damn! Just get off here! Just get off my taxi!" said the taxi driver slightly annoyed.

"Uh, sir. I can’t get off here. It is too scary!" Karina protested.

"Get off!" exclaimed the taxi driver. He then got out of the taxi and opened the door for Karina and pulled her out.

Karina was still trying to stand up straight when the taxi drove away.

"Damn driver!" cursed Karina.

Karina was planning to walk to her house since it wasn't that far away, but she was having a hard time because her head was really dizzy. Her footsteps staggered until Karina finally lost her balance, she screamed as she fell into the bushes. Her head hit a rock so Karina was really very dizzy and couldn't get up. Karina covered her mouth with one hand as she remembered everything clearly now. But how could Justin Kim intentionally sleep in those bushes?

No one knows that Justin Kim, the famous actor, keeps a myriad of secrets. That night, he was being chased by someone. Justin was injured, immediately ran as fast as possible to a safe place. He found a tall bush and hid there. However, being injured, Justin lay there, half unconscious. Who would have thought that there would be a drunken woman who fell right into his arms? The woman's warm body made Justin feel comfortable and he hugged her. The woman's breasts, whose clothes was torn due to being tied to a tree branch, allowed Justin to slip his hand in. The woman's heartbeat calmed Justin, because she was clearly an ordinary human being. Unknowingly, Justin had left his hand on her breasts all night.

Justin now finally managed to escape the paparazzi, he then looked back at Karina who was confused and dizzy. The beautiful girl held her head with her hand. Justin could tell that she was drunk last night from the strong smell of alcohol.

“You… What is your name?” Justin asked, rudely without a manner.

“My name is… Karina,” she answered.

“Karina, you have to come with me now. We have to talk," Justin said.

Justin thought Karina would fight back and ask to be released, which was why he said it in a firm, cold, and threatening tone. However, Karina's reaction made Justin frown.

"I'll go with you," Karina replied, smiling with a blush on her face.

Karina doesn't know that Justin Kim is not an ordinary human.