ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 5: 데스티니 가디언즈(ᴅᴇsᴇᴜᴛɪɴɪ ɢᴀᴅɪᴇᴏɴᴊᴇᴜ)- ᴅʀᴀɢɢᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴅᴇsᴛɪɴʏ

Jeon Jungook, the current CEO of Jeon Corporation, Korea, who just had finished a meeting with Shin Corporation, exhaled a deep breath which he was holding inside for a while now.

It is driving him crazy. The company is on the verge of bankruptcy right now and they really needed Shin Corporation to sign a deal with them. It was their last hope to save the company. Since the absence of the then CEO, the company's sale has dropped in a terrible way. Everything was so new to the young CEO but thanks to his sharpness and hard work, they were able to hold till now. But, after the meeting, now it seems almost impossible to save the company.

The CEO of Shin Corporation, Shin Jung Ki had a condition for them to sign the deal. He wanted Jungkook to marry her only daughter, Shin Sung Rin which he definitely disagreed. Jung ki still wanted him to think for a while and the meeting was called off.

He knew he must agree with him to save the company but in this way, he will end up destroying his own life. It was not like he thinks Sung Rin is not perfect for him nor that she is not his type. Rather she definitely is attractive. He saw her a few times while dealing with Shin Corporation before, but he just couldn't marry a total stranger. He was totally against it. He hated it that this marriage was nothing but a business deal.

However, he decided to discuss it with his noona later at night. Normally he would never discuss business matters with her but it was far more than just a business deal. His whole life depends on this one decision. And she has the right to be part of it.

Sighing again, he finally stood up from the chair where he had spent the last half hours without bothering about anything of the world around. He walked outside as Mr. Shin had already paid the restaurant bill for him. He definitely tried to stop him and said it wasn't necessary. But he just wouldn't listen and well, after hearing his condition, Jungkook was no longer in a mood to argue about that.

He just kept walking on the unknown road, unsure where he will end up until he reached the beach. He sighed longingly at how destiny was mocking him. He indeed planned to visit the beach once since he was in Busan which he almost forgot after the argument with Mr. Shin. And look, he unwillingly ended up coming here.

He sat down on the sand ignoring the fact that his favorite suit was being dirty and wet from the water wave. He watched the waves that constantly hit his feet making him wet with every attempt. He stared at the yellowish-red sky as Jupiter was drowning for the day. Leaving the only daystar Daniel, sparkling brightly in the sky.

The gentle breeze touched his skin and he automatically closed his eyes, feeling nature. Nature undoubtedly was able to calm him even if it was a little bit.

Before he could understand, he drowned in a nap but was shaken to reality by some noise in the background. The gentle breeze and warm sun tempted him to keep closing his eyes and ignore the noise but something from inside him told him that he must open them. He must find the source of the sound. Maybe it was just his curiosity? Or... Who knows?

However, yawing for the first and last time ever he shot his eyes open and they grew wider and wider each second as the view before he got clearer.

Someone was there in the water, and they were drowning. He thanked his luck thousands of times while running into the water, and for that, he opened his eyes unless he would regret it for the rest of his life.

Jungkook, despite being known as a great swimmer in high school, found that person already drowning when he reached the spot. Meaning that person was struggling in the water for a while now.

Wasting no more time, he dived into the water after a deep breath. After a while of finding, he could sense a figure drowning. His pace fastened as he kept approaching them. After a while which seemed like ages, he reached her arm's length. Yeah, her. It was a girl.

He reached to grab her arm and started pulling her out of the water. He was reaching his limit and it seemed like ages when he finally felt himself out of the water, along with the figure he was grabbing into. Wasting no time, he started swimming to the seashore.

A few more feet, a few more feet, and they'll finally be out of reach of the devouring blue sea. Giving it his all, Jungkook kept swimming until he finally dragged his and her heavy, wet, tired body out of the water.

Not long after, he lied her down on her back in the sand and tried to recall everything he knew about the first aid of someone drowning. Gathering memories from all the movies and books he finally decided to check her pulse and give her CPR.

He tilted her head back and looked, listened, and felt for breaths.

She wasn't breathing.

Her chest wasn't moving. The only thing moving was a few strands of her chocolate brown hair, lifted off in the breeze.

He then decided to go with giving 30 chest compressions. He pushed firmly in the middle of her chest and then released and repeated it thirty times. That's how it should be done, at least they show it like this in movies.

It didn't seem to help much with the breathing other than the fact that she spew out some water. Her breathing was still unsteady.

But, she WAS breathing. It was shallow, but she was breathing. Most importantly she was alive!

But, wasn't she supposed to get back consciousness after this? Did he do something wrong? Oh, something crossed his mind.

Rescue breaths!

Then, he decided to give her some rescue breaths. It was the only thing he could remember of doing at that time.

He leaned close to her face. And it was the first time, he got the chance to look at her. He was so busy thinking about all the possible ways of saving her that he even didn't get the time to look at her. Now, that he was looking at her in this dangerous situation at a dangerously close distance, she seemed...

Pretty and attractive? Like, giving the hots typical?

Yes, she indeed was breathtakingly beautiful. If he was to define her facial feature, then he would've said, "'Perfect' the word itself was faded before her beauty."

She had a creamy skin tone just like vanilla ice cream, perfectly sculpted eyebrows that matched perfectly with the long-lashed eyes that were closed not letting anyone see her eye color. Then it followed her perfectly shaped tiny nose that made her no less beautiful than a goddess. Finally, her rosy, pouty full lips made him skip a beat as he noticed his heart racing following that.

The chocolate brown hair that probably would reach till her chest was wet still no less attractive. As he watched the water drops dripping down her brown straight hair, it gave him shivers down his spine.

Her small body was covered in a white, wet pilot uniform that was attached to her skin, which made her body features widely visible and only expressed her as even sexier. The nameplate was empty, keeping her identity even her name private from him.

Jungkook couldn't help but gulp down as his eyes scanned her from head to toe reading every inch of her body.

No-no, come to your sense, Mr. Jeon. Put that dirty mind of yours aside and just save the hella girl!

Jungkook mind-slapped himself shaking his head in an attempt of concentrating on the work he was doing.

Well, why does everything seem like a romantic movie with an angst beginning but maybe... maybe, a happy ending?

With that thought in his mind, their lips touched each other for the first time. And for the first time, he experienced himself going crazy, his thoughts were interrupted, and he found his brain going totally blank. It was so new to him that he, himself couldn't help getting surprised by the emotion that was overflowing his whole body. It was a feeling that no word can explain. It was like his whole body was burning with fire.

His world stopped working for a while and when it started working again, he was at a loss about what to do next.

Well, he saw them connecting lips in movies, but never knew what happened next. Is he supposed to blow air into her mouth?

Knowing nothing else to do, he decided to go with that. After doing that to 4-5 times that he would call "rescue breaths" at that time, she suddenly started coughing and she doubled over, retching into the sand.

Jungkook grabbed her hair and face in his hands as her body heaved. She shook like a leaf in a bad storm and was cold to the touch, but she was alive and conscious.

When she was finally done, he turned her to face him, their eyes locked for a brief second letting him be lost in those chocolate brown deep eyes but they had closed again not long after.

She lost consciousness somewhere while vomiting water,
Or maybe never regained it all.

Jungkook wasn't a freaking doctor, he had no clue. But she was wet and cold. She didn't drown, but she could have.

He found a load leaving his chest as he exhaled deeply with relief. She was breathing, and everything seemed fine, but somewhy she didn't regain consciousness and her body was extremely cold.

He started worrying again as he remembered in movies the person usually got back sense after this. Is he supposed to get her admitted to the hospital? He should do something to warm her up, right? But how...? There wasn't any heater or anything... Then what should he do?

He didn't know. He didn't have the slightest idea about that. And it was driving him crazy. 

But, he didn't want to be in the headline again. Knowing his company was not in a good shape, the paparazzi didn't miss a single chance to report a scandal about them. They were more likely stalking him everywhere for news. And if any of her news goes out, Jeon Corporation was done for sure this time.

"𝒞𝐸𝒪 𝑜𝒻 𝒥𝑒𝑜𝓃 𝒞𝑜𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒳𝒳𝒳𝒳 𝐻𝑜𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁"

"𝒜 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒳𝒳𝒳𝒳 𝐻𝑜𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒞𝐸𝒪 𝑜𝒻 𝒥𝑒𝑜𝓃 𝒞𝑜𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒷𝒶𝓃𝓀𝓇𝓊𝓅𝓉𝒸𝓎"

"𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝐼𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑀𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒥𝑒𝑜𝓃 𝒥𝓊𝓃𝑔𝓀𝑜𝑜𝓀, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝒞𝐸𝒪?"

"𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒞𝐸𝒪 𝑜𝒻 𝒥𝑒𝑜𝓃 𝒞𝑜𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝐻𝒾𝒹𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝒢𝒾𝓇𝓁𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹?!"

"𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝑀𝓇. 𝒥𝑒𝑜𝓃 𝒥𝓊𝓃𝑔𝓀𝑜𝑜𝓀'𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝒹𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹?"

And he couldn't even think about all of them. His head started spinning even imagining all the rumors and hate comments he'll receive without doing anything. He mind-shook his head, "No, I can't take her to the hospital."

"Calm down, Jeon Jungkook. Just take her to the hotel first unless you wanna freeze her to death." He mentally instructed himself as he tried to warm her in vain with his coat which he shoved off on the sand before jumping to the water.

Thought the brain, did the hands. Jungkook picked her up from the ground in his arms in bridal style. As he didn't bring his car, he just decided to ride in a cab.

Walking to the lane, thankfully he found a cab. The driver was an old man and he was pretty friendly. He helped Junkook open the passenger's door and he then put her on the seat while thanking the old man. Giving him the address, he sat next to her and let her lean close to him so that she may feel a little less cold.

The old man started driving while talking about this and that, most of them were about the political world, traffic problems, and TV Serial about which Jungkook didn't even have an ounce of interest. So, he just kept silent throughout the ride.

At the end of the journey, the old man asked him something that made him blush ear to ear.

"Is your wife ill? Cold and flu are quite dangerous these days, so take good care of her. She shouldn't touch the water until she gets fully well." Jungkook was so flustered that he couldn't even protest his fantasy. So, he kept looking out of the window and just uttered words like, "Yeah", "Alright", and "I will".

When they finally reached their hotel and the old man helped him out again, he thanked him while bowing, "Khamsahamnida. Jeongmal khamsahamnida, harabeoji" (Thank you. Thank you so much, Grandpa)

He just smiled widely and told, "Have a nice trip to Busan!"

Earlier while talking, Jungkook told him that he was here mainly for a business trip and will be back in Seoul briefly.

Carrying her small body again that surprisingly fit so perfectly in his arm, he took the keys from the receptionist and entered the room booked for him for the first time ever.