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"Are you sure she wasn't there?" Lisa asked again. She was frantic. She was a hundred percent confident with her information.

"I swear, Lis. It was only the librarian and that student assistant."

"Did you ask around? I mean, did you make sure?"

"Yes! Gods, Lisa. You're really creeping me out. What exactly did you want me to see?"

Lisa's forehead creased as her index finger massaged her chin.

Where did this plan go wrong? How? Her intel had an accuracy rate of 100%.

Then her phone buzzed.

🔔 : The Fate sent you a private message.

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📥 Private chat with The Fate 💋

Looks like you barked
at the wrong tree, L

Or did you?

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Her forehead creased as she read the message and photo. How did The Fate know about her plan? Then she turned to Rosé. There's got to be a link here.

"Who's the current student assistant in the library?" She asked Rosé.

"Jennie's ex—I think."

Lisa showed her the photo. And instantly, Rosé's eyes grew wide. Her heads snapped towards Lisa who was now grinning diabolically.

"I think a surprise guest won't harm anyone, will it?"

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ENGAGEMENT PARTY

"Wow. Lisa outdone herself." Hoseok—who just arrived at the venue almost twirled at the site of the spectacular looking ballroom. Black and Gold really did compliment each other. Not only that, but the idea of everyone in a Great Gatsby-ish attire made it look even more exclusive.

"She never disappoints," Jimin said proudly. That made Jungkook clear his throat. "What? Just because we're not together anymore doesn't mean I can't compliment her."

"Better keep those compliments to yourself, dwarfie. Before you retire from football earlier than expected," the guy hissed.

"Wow, Kook," Taehyung commented as he put his arm around Jimin's shoulder. "This is the first time I see you threatening people because of a girl."

"For guy with confidence as big as the Eiffel Tower, you're one insecure 'lil btch, brother."

The three guys were surprised to see Jennie Kim present with Namjoon standing beside her.

"What? Are pregnant women not allowed in parties anymore?"

"Jen? Your mom—"

"We're cool, Hobi," she cut him. "Mom forgave me. With the help of my dad, of course. So cut your celebration short 'coz I'm back, losers."

"Is it odd if I missed that?" Hoseok said as he turned to Taehyung who just shrugged. Jennie just rolled her eyes at him. But it was obvious she missed him too.

"So it's true then," Namjoon the  spoke. "Jisoo and Junmyeon. Wow. How's Jin holdin' up?"

"He's blonde now and girls wouldn't stop fawning over him," Jungkook answered. "I say he's having the time of his life."

"Well, Blondes do have more fun."

"I'd hate to cut this reunion crap—hardly, but can we effin' sit down? I'm carrying a human here."

Namjoon immediately assisted her to sit as the other boys followed.

"Is it me or is she twice b!tchy now that she's pregnant?" Jimin whispered to Hoseok.

"I heard that!"

"Yikes. Add twice scarier to the list—"

"Holy shiteu!"

The LCD projector of the venue suddenly flashed a very intriguing video.

"Oh my effin' gods!"

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Jisoo let out a sigh. Walking in heels was never her cup of tea. But of course, Lisa and Rosè practically glued it to her feet. They say it looked good on my outfit.

"Ugh. Seriously. Where the hell is she?!"

She strutted on the empty hall checking every room she passes. But to no avail, Lisa's nowhere to be found.

"Um excuse me," she called the attention of a cleaner of some sort. She wasn't sure since she had a mask on her mouth. "Have you seen a tall girl in black laced outfit walking around?"

"Uh, yes. She's with a young man. They entered that room over there." She pointed at the last room of the hall.

"Thank you."

Great. Lisa and Jungkook can't contain their hormones again. And they couldn't wait 'til this event was over—

"Oh my effin' gods!"

The shock on Jisoo's face when she saw her step mother inside that room with on top of someone very familiar.

"Kai? Aphrodite? What the fvck?!"

The goddess immediately stood up and fixed herself. Same with the young man she was having a hot make-out session with.

"Um... I—uh..."

"How sick are you?!" She blurted out. "You cheated on my father again! After he accepted you... you..."

The goddess' expression changed from shocked to furious.

"Utter a word of this to your father pr even a single soul and I won't just settle with a simple scar on your face, child," the goddess threatened.

"I don't care what you do to me," Jisoo spat back. "I will tell my father everything!"

The goddess laughed. "Oh really? Who do you think he'll believe? Nice try, child. But your father loves me. And as the Goddess of Love, I know how this thing works. Love can make a person stupid. Love can make people betray others just for the person then love. It is the best weapon there is. So in this type of battles? I always win. He will listen to me, not some demigod like you."

With that, goddess pushed her forcefully—almost hitting her head on the tiled floor. Good thing someone caught her.

"D-Dad?"

The goddess' eyes grew wide. But before she could even take a step back, Hephaestus caught her by the arm.

"Hurt her again and I'll kill you myself."

"Kill me?" Again, Aphrodite chuckled. "Oh hun. You can never do that to me."

And like the vile seductress that she was, the goddess trailed her fingers on Hephaestus' jaw.

"You know I love you, right honey?"

And hypnotized by the goddess' words, the god's rage simmered down. This made her smirk at Jisoo making the girl snap.

"Stay away from my father!" Jisoo charged forward towards the goddess—to her liking. This gave the goddess the chance to use her ability against the girl. She was pushed off a wall—violently crashing a nearby vase. And because of the sudden force, her mask fell off.

"You can't do any harm towards me, child. You're no match against me!"

"You're right," Jisoo said as she tried to stand up. "Love is a powerful tool. But haven't you heard? Someone loves me too."

With a faint thud, the goddess fell unconscious on the floor revealing the blond she'd always loved behind her. Even if she's a goddess, having a mortal body doesn't make you immune to being hit on the head.

And Aphrodite being unconscious meant her father wasn't hypnotized anymore.

"Princess." The god opened his arms and Jisoo ran towards her dad. "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry."

"It's okay dad. It's love. We can't win against it." The two shared a hug for a few minutes before Jisoo realized that her mask was gone. "My mask!"

"You mean, this?" Lisa, who held the metal mask, said. How did she... why is Rosé holding her phone up like she's filming something? Were they here the entire time?

She was about to rush towards her when she suddenly threw it outside the window.

"Lisa!"

"What? It slipped."

Even the god Hephaestus chuckled before carrying the unconscious goddess.

"I'll be taking my leave, princess," he said. "Your stepmother has a lot of explaining to do in Mt. Olympus."

Jisoo nodded. Then the god turned towards Jin.

"Take care of my daughter while I'm away," he said smiling. "And don't worry about the engagement. Consider it cancelled."

Jisoo's face brightened. "Dad..."

"Be happy, my princess. I'll be back soon. But not too happy. I don't want to find out I'll be a grandpa when I come back."

Rosé and Lisa bursted out laughing as the god disappeared. Jisoo was now beet red. Jin—on the other hand, pulled her close and kissed her cheek lovingly. This made Rosé put down her phone and stop recording.

"You liar," she said smiling at the two. "You said you'll turn us into stone if we look at your face. I already saw it twice yet I'm still human."

Jisoo turned to Jin—like asking for help or something.

"You got caught, love," he said grinning like an idiot. "Just tell them the truth."

She heaved a sigh. "So yeah, I don't turn humans into stone. But... I just... you can see my scar, right? Aphrodite hated my face so she made this scar to remind me of my place as a human. It's... hideous and I know for sure the other kids would make fun of it. So I asked my father to make me that mask."

"Has it ever occurred to you that wearing that gigantic mask over your face makes you more of a bully magnet?"

"It's better to be called Metal-face than Scar-face."

Lisa—whose eyebrows were all scrunched up, kept looking at Jisoo's face.

"Lis?"

"Haven't you ever heard of this thing called concealer? My gods, Jisoo. For a smart person, you're dumber than I expected."

This made the older girl chuckle and pull Lisa into a tight hug. Rosé joined in as well as Jin.

"Wait a minute. You two were here the whole time?!" She confronted her friends. "And you were filming it?"

Rosé grinned then turned to Lisa. The girl just shrugged.

"It was live so we could keep the guests entertained. Plus, we couldn't think of a better way to bust your stepmom so we asked for help."

Then Kai suddenly morphed into Mingyu.

"Mingyu?!"

"In all fairness, the goddess of love doesn't disappoint," he said shrugging.

"But why? I thought you're with Tzuyu? Why are you helping us?"

"Forced should be the best term," Mingyu said turning to Lisa.

"Forced is such a strong word, Gyu," Lisa said smirking. "It's more like I convinced you."

Mingyu rolled his eyes before putting his palm out. "Where is it?"

"Impatient are we?" Lisa took a small flash drive from her purse and handed it to him. "Pleasure doing business with you, Kim Mingyu."

With gritted teeth, he answered. "Likewise."

Jisoo and Jin's gazes followed Mingyu's leaving figure before looking back at Lisa and Rosé.

"Can someone please explain to me what exactly happened? I mean, Kai? Why him?"

"Well in our defense, we didn't know it was him she's having an affair with," Lisa started. "Remember the bartender in the downtown bar? The one who got mugged but still survived?"

"Luhan?"

"Yup. Him. He had this folder in Tzuyu's hard drive and guess what I found there."

"Nudes?" Jin guessed earning a slap on his shoulder. "What? She said guess."

"Pictures of Aphrodite making out with an unknown guy at the restricted section of the library."

Jisoo and Jin gasped as Rosé nodded.

"But the thing is, Luhan wasn't there when I went the other day," she stated. "Apparently, Aphrodite's been taking turns. It was tuesday so he wasn't there."

"She's been stepping up her cougar game," Lisa said then turning towards Jin. "No offense. But yeah. She's seeing Luhan M-W-F and Kai—who's currently on community service as the librarian's student assistant, T-Th."

"How'd you find all of this out?" Jin asked.

"You wouldn't believe even if we tell you," Rosé answered.

"Try me."

Rosé and Lisa glanced at each other before answering.

"The Fate."

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"Well that was entertaining."

Jennie smirked as she leaned on the backrest of her seat. Crossing her leg, she was about to drink her glass of Wine before Namjoon took it and changed it with some juice.

"Seriously?"

"It's not good for the baby."

"Ugh!" She rolled her eyes and turned to Jungkook. "Help me out here. I want me some wine!"

"You can't say no to a pregnant woman, Hyung."

"But it's bad for the baby."

"It's bad for the baby, Jen."

"Ugh! This is all Min Yoongi's fault," she mumbled while crossing her arms. "Where's the fvcker anyway?"

Taehyung shrugged as well as Jimin. Jungkook drank the wine she almost drank. She had no choice but to turn towards Hoseok.

"He and Rosie fought so he went on an early vacation."

"And Rosé?"

"She's okay," Jimin answered. "She'd space out once in a while but she said she'll manage."

This made Jennie raise an eyebrow. But before she could say anything, her phone buzzed.

🔔 : The Fate just posted an update!

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Another party, another bomb.
Everyone knows how I enjoy surrounding myself with drama but I guess the circle's starting to bore me.

So here's a little something that'll take the boredom away. xoxo 💋

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