Taehyung's PoV

"And then they lived happily ever after. The end" I yawned under the influence of sleep after reading the last line from a storybook. They all had the same cliché plot which was far off track from the reality, of course I found them very boring. 

Taehee was sleeping cutely and taking this as a perfect chance at catching up some rest, I dimmed the lights down. Just as my eyelids closed and my body was ready to rest, my phone started ringing.

I was too exhausted. Taking care of a 5-years-old is harder than it seems. My brain screamed 'Sleep, Taehyung, sleep. Just decline the call already.'

Agreeing to the thought without any argument, I extended my hand to pick my phone from the bedside table and declined the call from an unknown number. My second attempt of switching off my system failed when the annoying sound of my phone's ringtone went off again. "Hello?"

"How much will you pay me?" A voice sounding like some young lady's, at the other end, spoke without any introduction.

"Pay you?" In my mental space, I was confused, wondering who she could be but then I realised that it might be that lady... Y/N, yet I confirmed. "Oh is it Ms Choi Y/N?... I will pay you as much as you want—" I assured but she didn't let me complete my sentence.

"Are you sure?" She asked. I am damn sure this lady got some trust issues.

"Yes, I am. What about you?" I kept it simple, waiting for her reply.

"I will call you back after some time." She hanged up the call without sparing me a reply.

Y/N's PoV

I didn't want to sound money-minded but at the same time, how could someone expect me to not have any doubts about this artificial sounding situation.

After a few minutes, I called him back. I hoped that he was not mad at me for being manner less/natural me earlier. "Hey, Y/N?"

"Hiya, yes, I am Y/N. We met today... actually yesterday. It's already past 12 now, sorry for calling you so late." I introduced myself and apologized for a mistake if committed three hours ago, it would've been normal.

"No problem. You finalized your thoughts yet?" He asked with the unbearable silence of despair surrounding him.

"After banging my head thrice on the table, I decided that I agree to be your paid wife." I broke the good news to him— which still required a little more mental debating.

After I completed my sentence an awkward silence invited us until Taehee said "Dada...stop jumping on my bed...I am feeling sweepy."

"Was Taehee sleeping?" I asked, trying my hardest to not laugh at the childlike behavior of the grown-up man. The silence meant that he was too embarrassed to reply. "I would suggest not jumping then."

"Hm... so yeah, we will meet at that café, tomorrow, at 2 pm. Is it okay with you?" He sounded much happier and maybe a little relieved too.

"Cool. Bye, goodnight!" I responded trying to be as professional as my anxious self could manage to be. 'Bye' Was his last word before hanging up the call.

I threw myself on the bed. Right at that moment, Yumi opened the door without knocking. "Are you still awake? What were you doing?"

I stared at her unexpected presence for a while and said "Yumi, please have some freaking manners." I scolded her in a strict tone. This wild animal needs to be tamed.

She didn't utter a word and turned around to probably leave. Guilt fed on me. Was I too harsh? She took a few steps and stopped right at the door frame.

"May I come in, Ms Choi bitch?" She entered my room again without waiting for me to respond. "Now, will you tell me what's going on? Like even if you're staying up, I don't care, but don't jump on my bed again. Unlike you, I have work tomorrow morning so I need to sleep well."

"Yeah, yeah. Well, I called Taehyung." I buried myself under my blanket to pretend to sleep because I was too tired to have an interrogation session with Yumi.

She, being the usual stubborn Yumi, kept standing there like a statue. "What did he say?" She asked.

I decided to not give any response and act as a vegetable but she pulled the blanket off my body. "So, we will meet at that cafe, tomorrow, at 2 pm. Is it okay with you?" I mimicked him in a hope that she'll leave after this.

"Ohh. You should look presentable at least. Lemme select a dress for you." she marched towards my wardrobe and before I could stop her, she opened the door to reveal my severely unorganized, clustered and badly maintained wardrobe. "Woah! My mother once told me that your wardrobe resembles your brain."

"Hey, will you stop it already? I want to sleep. Shoo shoo!" I slowly pushed her out of my room and closed the door at her face.

When I forced my eyes shut, my head started revolving around weird thoughts.

Hope this isn't another one in the list of things I regret doing, with 'marrying Jin' topping the imaginary list.

Everything was fine. He loved me and I loved him back but then, everything turned around. My brain was forced to recollect the scattered pieces from memories of earlier that evening when I caught him cheating...

3 months ago...

"I wish I could spend the evening with you, Jin," I planted a soft peck on my husband's forehead. When he finally tried to put in some efforts in our relationship, I had to go away.

"Don't worry, I'll make other plans for the night." He was pissed so I took his hands and brought them around my waist. We were falling apart emotionally and that caused our physical contacts to drastically lessen. Maybe that's why he didn't know what to do next...

I calmly leaned in until he realized he had to kiss me. I tried to wrap my hands around his neck when accidentally, my half-bitten nail scraped a bit of his flawless flesh, leaving him in stinging pain. Wide-eyed, I instantly apologized for the mistake. "Oh, no! I'm extremely sorry, Seok—"

He pulled away, looking down at the floor and being twice as pissed as before. "Just—leave it. No wonder why I have stopped getting closer to you." He muttered and lightly rubbed the affected area. He gave a one-worded reply to my apologies and didn't wish me goodbye as I left.

I got inside the car and drove down the road with Jin clouding my thoughts in every possible way. Our relationship wasn't stable already and my never-ending mistakes didn't help 'us' in any way.

After driving for 15 minutes, I finally reached my workplace. The first person I met was my colleague/friend, Yumi. She came rushing towards me. "Y/N, I have been calling you for the last five minutes. I would really appreciate if you answer my calls."

"I was driving and—wait, you have been calling me...?" I asked while confusedly checking the empty pockets of my coat. "Heck! I forgot my phone at home! I'm going back to get it." I was so consumed by the thoughts of my marriage that I mindlessly ran back to my car

After the short drive, I reached home but even after knocking for a fair amount of time, no one opened the doors for me. I used the spare keys hidden under the pot, assuming Jin might have left to hang out with his friends. He did talk about making other plans.

Dim lights in the interior and weird noises were uncontrollably fueling my mind with scenarios I never wanted to expect. "Jin are you there?" I asked, hoping for a reply from my husband. The noises and muffled voices became louder as I walked closer to our bedroom. Suddenly, I heard a deep groan followed by a high pitched sound.

Is he watching porn..?

I thought to myself and laughed at the possibilities of catching him red-handed. My fingers rested on the cold metal doorknob before I rotated it. "J-Jin..." I whispered with a slowly breaking heart.

I regretted opening the door...

Present...

Turned out, he was enjoying live porn which starred him and his little squeaky bitch. My brain joked at the serious situation because it was enough to make me cry and I was tired of crying for the same reason. 

I wish it was that easy to just 'move on' with the same enthusiasm and faith. I really wish it was easy to forget something that mattered to you the most at that moment and now, it is nothing but a string of memories.

More tears surfaced in my eyes when thinking about it but I wiped them firmly with the hem of the blanket, hoping that it would wipe away the happy memories of Jin and I that caused nothing but pain and tears now.

The folds of the night were quick to lure me into a different and definitely better world where everything was perfect just that, it never existed.

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A/N :- Boom !!!!!! Jin was cheating on you with Namjoon !!! I am just kidding...but yet it's true that he was cheating on you. Btw if you liked the chapter please vote and comment. Stay healthy and happy.