Seonghwa's point of view

Jihyo doesn't know when to stop so I turned my phone off completely. Speaking of stopping Nia decided to stop drinking a little too late. She sits there mumbling a bunch of incoherent nonsense.

Nia: You know what I'm saying?

I nod, I have no idea what she's saying at all. She goes to stand up and instantly falls right back down. She's cute when she's drunk. She continues to fall over and I sigh, bedtime for her.

Me: Time for bed.
Nia: I-i, I'm okay. See?

Her legs shakes as she attempts to stand. I help her keep her balance as we make our way to the room. She falls face first into the bed and I hide my laughter.

Nia: Seonghwa.
Me: Hm?
Nia: Lay with me.

My eyes widen. She crawls under the blankets and lies there staring at me with her arms open.

Oh hell.

Me: You get some rest and I'll clean up out there.

I turn around to leave but she quickly sits up and grabs my arm.

Nia: No! Stay or the bad men will take me away.

Her eyes are halfway closed, she's barely conscious. I sit on the bed next to her gently taking her face into my arms.

Me: Listen, fake marriage or not my duty is to protect you. No one else will take you while I'm here okay?

She doesn't say anything.

Me: Nia? Nia?

She presses her lips against mine.

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Mingi's point of view

It's not often I see my parents, they're in the same line of work as me. With this situation I needed some special advice from my day. When the sun met down I decided to meet him at the Han River.

Dad: Lee huh? He was never a person you can truly trust. Honestly I'm surprised Park Corp decided to do business with him.

Me too, Seonghwa's dad seems way smarter than that.

Dad: Although to have an arranged marriage so soon must means there's something important going on behind the scenes. This honestly seems like a keep your friends close but enemies closer situation.

I sigh, I don't want to see Nia get hurt by any of this.

Dad: Mingi, make sure if things seem impossible you bow out. I understand your loyalty to Seonghwa and your other friends however, you're not like them. You still have a chance.

He always saids that whenever he sees me. There's no secret he doesn't want me to be involved in the mafia business anymore, but even I know it is too late regardless of what he thinks.

Dad: If I had a time machine I would've stopped you from ever becoming a part of any of this.
Me: Don't think too deep about this old man.

He chuckles before nodding.

Dad: I have to be in Tokyo by tomorrow night. You take care of yourself and little Nia, she was very important to you when you were younger.
Me: Of course.

Always.

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