Raelynn's pov:

The 5th floor is where we stepped out of the elevator. Usually, there is a bodyguard at the entrance of every floor but today, surprisingly there wasn't one. I kept my guard up though.

We walked further, where we could hear the beat of the music. We stopped by the entrance of the big bar, where some strippers were dancing. Those were the girls who came here willingly to gain money. It was still 1 p.m and the area was full of suited man cheering and drinking.

As I predicted, their bodyguards were on the side drinking while keeping an eye on their boss.

"There are two wings after the bar area, we'll have to separate," I told them.

There was a corridor which lead to two different sets of rooms, Natalie could be in any of them.

We managed to walk to the end of the bar without catching any attention. Valentino stopped walking when one of the strippers approached him, he looked like a deer caught in the red light.

She seductively roams her hand on his chest and we all could tell that he wasn't comfortable with her around him.

I walked to him.

"Not him," I told the girl-who recognised me-and she gave me a nod. She shift her gaze to someone behind me, who I know was Kyson and a smile appeared on her face.

"Not him either," I told her. She frowned before walking away silently.

"Let's go."

We walked to the end of the bar where we found the corridor.

"Okay, who's going with who?" I asked as we stopped.

"I'll go alone." Valentino volunteered.

"No, I'll-"

"I'll be fine," Valentino reassured Kyson.

"Great, but one important thing. Whatever you do, do not draw attention to yourself. If any of those men press the alert button, the doors will automatically shut down and none of us will be able to get out. Plus we'll have hundreds of guards to fight." I warned them.

Valentino gave me a nod, "Got it."

We separated our way and both Kyson and I walked to the right hallway.

"Why did you take Theo's jacket?" He inquired.

"You'll see," I replied briefly.

Each door has a small cube window where we could see inside. The entire hallway was full of room, each door facing the other. Kyson had to peak in every room as he was the only one who could recognise Natalie and the other girls.

"This will take hours," Kyson said.

"Which we don't have, so hurry," I added.

He pulls his phone out and types something before handing it to me, "That's Natalie, make yourself useful."

I gasped at the audacity.

I snatched the phone from his hand before looking at her picture and peeked through the windows. None of them was Natalie, which only make my fear grows. I was hoping to find her in these safe rooms but looks like she is in the back room, the danger zone.

I will come back later and free all the other girls but only after finding Natalie.

We both froze when we heard distant voices, clearly heading our way. I looked at Kyson, "We'll have to think about something."

"Or we could simply fight them." He suggested.

"No dumbass, didn't you hear what I said earlier? We can't do that. Not untill we find Natalie." He sent me a glare at the nickname I chose for him.

"So what do we do?" He asked as he leaned against the wall, clearly not thinking about any solutions.

"We are in a bar, what do people do in bars..." I talk to no one in particular as I was thinking of some solutions.

I could hear them getting closer, making it harder to think...

"Dance, drink, pass out, make out, throw bottles..." Kyson listed out casually.

Make out!

That could probably work, as none of the men will stop and stare at a couple making out, right?

"Seems like you found an idea," Kyson commented.

"I did, thanks to you," I spoke.

"We'll make out."

He blinked, "What?"

"No, not like that. We'll just pretend. They will not care about a couple making out," I explained.

"I can't do that," he instantly disagreed.

"Why not? We'll just be pretending." I told him.

"I don't know how to pretend." He elaborated.

"It's easy, you just have to press your lips against my chin or my cheeks and I'll do the rest," I told him.

That sounds so wrong...

I can't believe I just said that.

"No," He stated.

My shoulders dropped, "Okay, good luck to think of another solution in 10 seconds."

The men's voice was getting clearer and louder which tells us that they were right in the corner.

We are doomed.

A gasp escaped my lips as I felt my body being pushed back against the wall. He rested his hand on my waist while his other hand was on the wall against my head.

"I can't believe I'm doing this." He murmured.

"You are doing nothing, you are just pretending!" I whisper yelled.

"I can't pretend." He stated clearly.

Huh?

The noise of their footsteps got closer as his face got closer to mine, making me nervous. He said that he can't pretend then what was he going to do?

"Kyson," I murmured.

He crashed his lips against mine, making my eyes widen and my body literally froze. It took me a good second to recover. He pressed harder on my lips when I didn't move.

Should I kiss him back?

I probably shouldn't...

Oh well, fuck it...

I closed my eyes and moved my lips against his. I dropped Theo's jacket on the floor as my hands rest on his hips. I slowly roamed my hands up on his chest, going to wrap my arms around his neck, earning a small groan from him.

He bit my lower lip, making me open my mouth.

His hand's grip tightened on my waist as he pushed himself closer to me, his kiss becoming demanding. One of my hand unintentionally went to the back of his neck, up to his hair, pulling him more to my height.

"Look at those two," we heard one of them say.

We almost forgot where we were.

"The room at the end is free," Another commented.

"That's a lot of clothes she has on for being in this bar."

His finger tightened on my skin as if he didn't like this comment.

Their footsteps fade away and Kyson pulled away from me. He didn't look at me once before he started to do his work again.

I was left there panting against the wall.