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Vanya's POV

A soft gasp escaped my lips as the cold water hit my flesh. My fingers brushed over my chest and caressed the only spot that was a flaw in my impeccable appearance.

I placed my palm over it and felt my heart beating underneath. Eyes closed and mind going into deep slumber from the peace I felt.

Ping.

The notification I received on my phone disrupted the relaxing moment. I wrapped myself in the towel and got out of the bath.

Grabbing the cellphone from the washstand I clicked on the notification.

(Private number)

10 pm at The Moon Light Restaurant.

I checked the time, it's 9:25 pm now. I quickly went to my room to change and left for the parking lot afterwards.
An obsidian black Mercedes-Benz stopped in front of me. Slowly the window lowered and a menacing face revealed itself.

"Get in. The boss is waiting." He commanded, voice as cocky as a hooligan from the streets.
I seated myself in the back. Struggling to not show any anxiousness I put up a strong facade but the fingers intertwined with each other, making absurd movements could tell I was not ready for this face off.

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"We're here." Said the driver getting off the car and gesturing to me to follow him. We stood in front of a lavished building, which I guessed was the restaurant with 'The Moon Light' sign illuminated at the top. We entered and passed by the corridor with off white marble flooring that led us to a private room.

Two guards were standing outside the room, the man gestured to them to let me in. One of them opened the door exposing a grey haired man sitting on one of the two chairs around the table. He did not look at me, but he was aware of my approaching footsteps towards his direction.

My eyes did not dare looking up as I stood next to the chair lying at the other side of the table. Before cutting the steak in slow rhythm, he waved his fork, gesturing to his man. He came forward and placed an envelope on the table in front of me.

"What is this?" I asked.

"Are you still drunk?" Bluntly the grey haired remarked, "Here, only I can ask questions." Asserting his dominance he continued chewing his food as my body tensed with envisioning the possibility of the items I would face once I opened the sealed packet.

I could feel the beads of sweat collecting at the back of my neck when I grabbed the envelope and tore it open.

Ever since I came here, where did I go, whom did I meet, my workplace, they had pictures of everything. I was aware of him spying on me every time I shifted places, but I didn't know they took pictures too.

I felt the cold sweat trickling down my neck when the face of a familiar person filled my vision.

Kim Taehyung.

I quickly started looking at other photos. In all of them, Taehyung and I were together.

"Making new friends, Huh!?" He gritted his teeth in anger while putting his tools down as if he lost his appetite.

"H..He is not my friend, just a neighbour." I looked up at his face filled with rage and distrust, "You shouldn't worry about hi-"

A pointed object came flying towards my direction as my right leg jerked back quickly making my body move along and dodge the attack. The knife he threw got stuck on the wall. My eyes hovered over the sight on the wall before returning towards the man sitting in front.

"I shouldn't worry? Do you have any idea how famous he is? Even if you just stood next to him as a neighbour, it could become a scandal." His words showed nothing but the wrath he held inside that I never want to face.
"Keep your relationship with him up to the four walls of your room." He added picking up the tissue to clean his face.

My blood boiled at his insolent comment. To not show my loath towards him, my face muscles stayed intact as I wished to stab that ugly face of his with that same knife he threw at me.

"Never repeat what you did yesterday. My men will not be there to bring you home safe and sound, every damn time." He scoffed, getting up from his chair as I lowered my head again.

"I'm sorry. It will never happen again." I managed to utter these words with no hint of anger.

"Good for you because I don't spend money so that you could befriend an idol or roam around as a drunkard. Keep a low profile. It will be better for you only." I didn't say anything just kept my head down as he checked his watch,
"It's time for my flight." He said as he moved towards me.

"I called you here so that I could explain things to you personally." He fixed his suit before continuing,
"Now I hope we don't meet again."

I hope the same.

He walked out of the room as his men followed him behind. I threw the pics on the table and grabbed the chair placed next to me and in no time the wooden piece landed on the wall with a loud noise.

"Arrrghh. Fuck! Fuck!" I screamed with my hands covering my face hiding the shame I felt being so scared in front of the old man that I did not dare to look in his eyes the whole time.
"Fuck…"

I heard footsteps approaching me and I looked up. A man went close to the table and started picking up the pics. As he put them all back in the envelope he came towards me.

"I have to send you back." Said the man handing me the envelope. He was the same person who drove me to my place on my first day in Seoul. His face was blank as ever but somehow his voice did not sound as cold as before.

"The boss ordered you to?" I scoffed at him but he did not answer and averted his eyes as I grabbed the envelope from his hand. He stood beside the door waiting for me to leave the room first and I did.

Only when I was reaching the main door, I recognized someone from my workplace. She was the person I bumped into yesterday at work. I wouldn't have remembered her face if it wasn't for the situation that happened after and the reason I was asked to meet here today.

Her continued sighs and impatient eyes wandering at her phone clearly implied she was waiting for a person who didn't arrive on time.

I shrugged off the curiosity that had anything to do with her and went out to the parking lot as the man started the engine to drive off.

Quickly opening the car door as soon as we arrived near my building I stepped out of the vehicle. The horn made me turn as the driver's hand reached out of the car window. He was holding my company's ID.

"You forgot it yesterday. Be careful if you're getting drunk again." Said the man with an unfriendly expression contrary to his words.
"Someone covered your shift today," His mouth hesitated before speaking as he licked his bottom nervously, "If you don't want a situation where you have to use the boss's money, I suggest you not to be hasty. Don't let your emotions get the best of you."

I snatched it from his hand and went inside the building without saying a word. The mystery of me reaching my place on my own was solved.

At least, he should have made sure I was going inside my own compartment.

Stepping out of my shoes I went straight to my kitchen and aggressively emptied out the envelope on my kitchen slab. I got lighter from the drawer and burnt those photos one by one and threw them in the dustbin. Coming out of the kitchen to take my bag from the couch, my gaze went to a photo which was lying on the ground. I picked it up. It was a photo capturing me and Taehyung.

It was the moment of us sharing time on my balcony, I was looking at my cup and Taehyung was looking at me, smiling.

I told you to stay away, didn't I?

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I was quickly doing my hair when the time on my watch warned me that I wouldn't make it to college on time if I wasted even a second now.

Grabbing up my backpack I made my way out of my compartment and rushed towards the lift that was getting closed. Quickly placing my foot between the doors to block it from getting shut I was about to take another step forward but stopped when my eyes detected the person in front of me.

Jimin.

Unknowingly my eyes rolled at his presence but what made me freeze in my place and forced me to talk a step back was him.

Kim Taehyung.

He was standing behind Jimin but because of his tall figure our eyes met easily. I withdrew another step back to get out of his sight but in a flash one hand grabbed my wrist, pulling me into the space I was evading from.

If it was not for that angelic smile of the silver head he gave me after his deed, I would have cursed him loud and clear.

He made me stand close next to him whilst placing his hand over my shoulder. Dumbfounded by the uninvited affection, I glared at his hands then at his face and removed his hand over my shoulder.

What is he trying to do? Isn't he the one who just threatened me yesterday?

"Don't be shy babe." Said the guy while nudging me a little and I lost him at babe.

"I'm gonna tell everyone soon. About us." He spitted his words on my face like a slap and my mouth went numb from its aftereffect.

I was in shock. A true shock.
Like a slo-mo scene from a movie, I turned towards him slowly as my eyes asked him in utter bafflement ── what's wrong with you?
But in response he just gave me a smirk that screamed only one thing.

'I did it.'

I could feel the piercing gaze on the back of my head from Taehyung.

This Jimin ── devil in disguise, I really want to kick his ass right now.

Bing.

The lift door opened and Taehyung walked out as fast as he could without saying and even looking back for once. Jimin just winked at me before following his mate.

I thought you would help Jimin, but you made things worse.

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