Jimin entered the room sighing heavily. It was luxurious. He had never been in such a grand room before and he was overwhelmed by the sight of the expensive furniture and decorations. He felt out of place and was intimidated by the opulence of the room.

"Do you like the room?" The woman behind him said distracting him from his thoughts.

"It's certainly impressive," he replied, trying to hide his discomfort.

The older woman let out a sigh dropping the bags heavily on the ground before looking at him with a kind smile on her face.

"My name is Mrs Gong. I am the family housekeeper. If you need anything, don't hesitate to tell me."

Her eyes slowly moved towards Jimin's swollen belly. Feeling self conscious, he instinctively covered his stomach with his hands smiling nervously.

"Thank you very much Mrs Hong but I guess I'm very tired..."

"Right! You must be" the woman said blushing. She turned and left the room leaving Jimin immersing himself in the quiet of the room. Jimin slowly unpacked his things and as he did so, his mind wandered off.

Here he was in Taehyung's home living with him and his parents. Everything still felt like a dream. It seemed really strange but more than that, he hated the fact that Taehyung still had an effect on him. From the moment he stepped into the house and saw him, he felt his entire body tremble. He had willed himself to be mentally strong in other to face him but the minute their eyes met, his resolve weakened.

No! He had to be stronger. Having such feelings for him wouldn't do any good. It was clear that him and Taehyung would be nothing to each other if it weren't for this baby. So he had to work harder in putting him behind. He was in the process of eliminating Taehyung from his life. He had to put in more effort.

After sighing in resignation, Jimin finished unpacking his things and took a short nap. Meanwhile Taehyung had crept out of his room decending the stairs to tiptoe towards Jimin's room. He was filled with apprehension and totally needed answers from Jimin. He couldn't understand why he would want to live here in this mansion knowing fully well just how uncomfortable his life would become. There had to be another reason for this. He was pacing round his room pondering whether he should enter or not when Mrs Gong suddenly appeared behind him.

"What are you doing?"

Taehyung jumped turning around to give her a nervous smile. He didn't know what to say and Mrs Gong shook her head.

"Your parents warned you both to stay away from each other. You should respect them"

Taehyung nodded his head.

"I know. It's just. I have to talk to him. I need to understand what's happening. Why he's here?"

Mrs Gong frowned. "Not now. You should let him settle in first plus I don't think he'll be happy to see you"

Taehyung knew Mrs Gong was right. From the moment they met, Taehyung could see the animosity lingering in Jimin's eyes. He didn't want to have anything to do with him and it was perfectly understandable why.

"Earth to Taehyung!" Mrs Gong said in a loud voice distracting him from his thoughts. He looked at her and smiled sadly.

"I do have a bone to pick with you nanny. You kept this whole thing from me! How could you?"

The older woman looked around and smiled.

"This isn't the right place to talk. Your parents could overhear us so let's talk somewhere else"

She led him to the kitchen and when they arrived, they began their conversation.

"Now spill it!"

Mrs Gong sighed. "Your parents told me everything and asked that I keep it from you. They feared that you might alert Jimin and send him somewhere they wouldn't have been able to find him"

Taehyung gulped. "I probably would have done that"

He let out a heavy sigh. "This is too much for me to handle. What do I do?"

Mrs Gong smiled. "Your pain is nothing compared to his own. I cannot imagine what he would be going through. Being a herring must be tough already coupled with having to live with the family of the man who impregnated you. Having to deal with their accusing glares! It would be too much for him"

"The only thing you can do is just be there for him. Be prepared to be a shoulder he can lean on when those times happen because you're as much to blame in this whole thing as he is"

She sighed. "Just to warn you, pregnant people can be very sensitive. If that's the case with him then be prepared to go through a lot in his hands"

She curved her lips in a sly smirk. "That is if you're ready!"

Taehyung nodded aggressively. "I'm ready. I'm ready!"

Mrs Gong smiled before looking at him carefully. After a while, she spoke.

"Did you love him?"

Taehyung was quiet. Mrs Gong continued.

"I could recall how excited you were months back because of him. You even left home to find him"

Taehyung sighed deeply. He had thought about this over and over again in his head.

"I wouldn't say that I was in love with him. It was more like I was infatuated with him. He was very attractive and cute. I had never seen someone like him before and he completely drew my attention. I wanted to know more about him so I pursued him despite his hindrance. I went in not thinking it would last. I only wanted to have some fun and then leave"

"Even when you found out he was a herring!"

"That didn't bother me at all. I was rather very fascinated but I planned that our relationship was only going to last for a short while. There was no need to prolong it since I knew we could never be together anyway"

He lowered his gaze, cheeks turning pink.

"I really thought that we were prepared against an unwanted pregnancy and then it happened..."

Taehyung shook his head. "I feel sorry for him. I want to help. I really do"

Mrs Gong smiled "Then do that. Help!'

Taehyung breathed heavily. He wasn't sure how we would do that but he would try his best. At that moment, Mrs Gong entered the kitchen with a huge frown on her face.

"Here you are Taehyung. Follow me. Your father and I need to have a word with you"

She didn't wait for him to talk and walked away. Taehyung followed after her arriving at his father's large office. His father was seated in his marble chair having a air of superiority about him. Taehyung could tell that they wanted to talk about business. That was what they often did whenever they called him here.

"What do you want to say? Do you both finally want to rain curses at me. You can go ahead and do that. I know I deserve it!"

Mr Kim inhaled deeply, his gaze deep and cold "As much as I would like to do that, unfortunately, that isn't my priority!"

"I think it's time you learn how to handle the company

"Our strategic planning director advised us to make an expansion which cost us millions of dollars but the venture ended up a failure and now, we don't have enough money to keep up with supply and demand. Our company is nearly bankrupt and if we aren't able to make changes within a year, we might end up getting taken over by Them..."

The heaviness in his voice already told Taehyung who he was referring to. His father's half brother, Kim Seokjin's company which he ran with his husband Kim Namjoon and their adopted son Jeon Jungkook. The brothers had always been at logger heads with each other for a very long time. Taehyung had little information about the reason for their discord. He took it as it being because Kim Seokjin was a bastard child of the family but Taehyung felt the hatred ran deeper than that. However, he was never interested in knowing the reason why. However, what bothered him was whenever they compared him with Jungkook. That was what he could never take. Jungkook was handsome intelligent, the perfect son while Taehyung was the complete opposite, a rascal who was immature, who never did what was told of him and his parents would never stop reminding him of that.

"My brother is looking to take over my company" Mr Kim said. "He is ridiculing me telling me he is willing to buy the company for one billion won but says if our shares falls any lower, then he would buy it for dirt cheap!"

He banged his hand on his table. "Imagine the audacity!"

"What do you want me to do about it?" Taehyung said in a dry voice.

"You shameless excuse of a son!" Mr Kim roared in anger picking up a book on the table and throwing it straight at him but Taehyung cleverly dodged further igniting his father's fury.

"I don't know what I did wrong to have a son like you. You always bring me nothing but shame! Just like how you impregnated a herring. That's the height of it all"

"Why can't you be a decent son? Look at your cousin! Jungkook. He is two years younger than you but he's already a managing director. He helped his family grow the company ever since he was sixteen or Hoseok, your mother's nephew, a diligent young man who graduated cumlaude from his university. He's returning to the country to take over his family business. He's going to achieve great things!"

Then he squeezed his face. "Then there you are content with lying around and doing nothing except taking pictures that no one cares about! Why can't you stop dissapointing me! Why can't you be like them?"

"But I'm not like them father. Why can't you understand that? I wish you had another son who will be like you. Who will love what you do but I'm not that kind of person. I only agreed to be in the company and to marry a woman I barely know out of respect for you but I've always seen myself in a different path. I have never been interested in the family business nor have I cared about money or power..."

Mrs Kim scoffed. "Sure you don't but you should at least have a bit of care for your unborn child"

Taehyung could sense they were plotting something. He could smell a sinister plan in the air. His parents had problems in their marriage but this was when they united perfectly. When they wanted to torture him for what they perceived where his wrong doings.

Mr Kim had a smug smile on his face. "Do not think that you will be able to use my money to take care of your child when it's born. We are going to have full custody of him but it will be up to you to take responsibility! Don't expect any financial help from us "

Taehyung widened his eyes. "Is this a threat?"

Mrs Kim chuckled harshly. "Take it anyway you like. We don't care. The bottom line is you must take over the company whether you like it or not"

Taehyung clenched his fist. His parents had put him in a really tough position. They must have sensed he was never serious about being a part of the company in the first place and had uses Jimin and the child to bend him to their will. At this point, he had no other option but to do what they wanted as genuinely as possible.

"Okay. Fine!"

His parents cheered. "Great! You'll attend the board meeting tomorrow morning!"

"What?" Taehyung cried out.

"No excuses!" Mr Kim shouted.

Taehyung was at a loss. He didn't know the first thing about the company. Things were going to become really tough on him. He wasn't prepared for it. At all

I love you everyone and please if you're shippers reading this book, let's ship in a healthy way. Thank you very much!