"No, Misu. I don't agree with this proposal" says Geungwon and puts down his pen on the meeting round table.
Misu frowns. "Oh, why leader-nim? He's so big in public. If we can prove he's doing illegal activities, we're going to keep up the company's reputation. It's it just so good?"
"Yeah, If he is really doing that. If not, we'll be in bankruptcy" says Geungwon.
"Why bankruptcy? We won't publish anything until we get something solid against him" says Geungwon.
"I doubt that"
Misu is in disbelief. "Why???"
"You only have one informant too," says him.
"Yeah, we have one informant but the proof she gave me is quite big. And it's our job. We're investigative journalists. We help helpless people. We have the team for that. Remember
Nth Room case? That's what we have to do" says Misu.
Geungwon stares at Misu for a few seconds before saying anything. "That's a whole different situation. That informant gave proof for an accusation to a public figure, not for help to herself" says Geungwon.
"How is it different? Isn't it a help to the whole nation? Illicit drugs are nothing less" Misu argues.
"Yeah, yeah, I agree. But why does she have to accuse the public figure of that? If she cares about illicit drugs, she would go straight to the police station. She even has the location. Don't you think it's weird, Misu-ah?"
"That's literally the point, the reason she isn't reporting to the police. Public figures, especially a chaebol like him can easily clear their name in the police station. That's maybe her reason" Misu tries to convince him.
Geungwon shakes his head. "You're so crazy, Misu. I expect you to be the smartest on the team. But this is so crazy" says Geungwon and he gets up from his chair, he's tidying his book.
"Leader-nim, what's wrong? What did I say wrong?" asks Misu cluelessly.
Geungwon ignores her and straight walks out of the meeting room.
"Leader-nim!" Misu shouts but Geungwon walks out anyways.
"Aishhh" Misu grumbles, then looks at her teammate, Daesung who's been looking at her.
"Yah, what do you think? Am I wrong?" asks Misu to Daesung.
"Me?" Daesung asks in disbelief.
"Yeah, I ask you".
"I-I think, we should take this case. It's big and interesting" says Daesung.
"I know right? Leader-nim is so weird" says Misu and pouts her lips.
Jungkook is in the dining room. He is seated at one end of the long dining table.
He's staring at the wall, lost in his thought.
It's been three days, no sign of y/n whereabouts at all.
How could she escape his top security team? And how couldn't they track her?
He scoffs at the thought, she's improving.
But then, his face turns serious when reality hits him. The fact she's improving means it is harder for him to find her.
He slides his chair back and throws the napkin down.
He hasn't touched any food which is about 10 different meals in front of him but he's already losing his appetite.
He gets up from the chair. "Take all back, I don't have an appetite," says him and he walks out from the dining room.
He goes to Seol's room.
When he opens the door, he sees the babysitter is taking care of Seol.
He lifts his hand, gesturing for her to get out.
The babysitter understands, and bowing her head down, she leaves the room and waits outside.
"My Seol-ah, let's see if you have your mommy's facial features," says Jungkook while walking towards the cradle.
He lifts the baby in his arms, then he studies Seol's face carefully.
He tilts his head, judging.
"I think you have your mommy's eyes because your eyes are quite big," says Jungkook.
The baby grins at him and it squeezes inside his heart. "Oh, did I move?" asks Jungkook to his heart.
It was his first time seeing the baby smiling until his eyes were also smiling.
Then he giggles when y/n comes across his mind. "We've made a cute baby together, babe" mutters him while thinking of y/n.
"Seol, do it again" says Jungkook.
Seol's eyes turn round seriously, he looks at Jungkook intently.
"Seol-ah, daddy says to do it again," says Jungkook.
Seol just keeps looking at him.
He sighs. "Aish, as stubborn as your mommy" he mutters.
Someone knocks on the door thrice, "Master, Sir Jungjae wants to meet you for an important business" the housekeeper informs.
"After I'm spending time with my son," says Jungkook.
"Okay, Master," the housekeeper says and leaves.
Jungkook looks at Seol again. "Jeon Jeonseol, if you want to inherit Bliss and be my successor, you better smile for me now," says Jungkook.
Seol grins when he sees Jungkook talking to him with an expression.
Jungkook knows it is a coincidence but he can't believe that it's working. "You're just as smart as me"
Seol wider his grins and it tickles Jungkook's heart even more.
Then, Seol stops grinning and inserts his thumb into his mouth. His lips move as he wants to suck.
"Gyeonsu!" Jungkook calls the babysitter.
Gyeonsu quickly opens the door and gets into the room. "Yes, Master".
"Feed him," says Jungkook.
Gyeonsu rushed goes to prepare the infant formula in the feeding bottle.
In the meantime, Jungkook keeps staring at his baby. He's so proud that his baby is so cute.
After a few minutes, Gyeonsu comes with the feeding bottle.
She is about to give Jungkook the bottle feeding but Jungkook gestures for her to take Seol from his arms.
She takes Seol and feeds him while watching him too.
"Your nails are long," says Jungkook.
Gyeonsu flinches at Jungkook's sudden rebukes.
She sees her fingernails are really long, and suddenly she feels a strange coldness surrounding her. She's almost trembling.
She lowers her head.
"What if you accidentally scratch my baby?" asks him.
"I'm sorry, Master. I'll cut my nails now" says Gyeonsu full of regret.
"Now? Then who's going to feed my baby?"
Gyeonsu is speechless. "Uh.. Err...". When she sees Jungkook waiting for her answer, she is desperately thinking of a proper answer,
"Does my son being hungry or the possibility of my son getting scratched matter the most?" asks Jungkook.
"I... I will... I..."
"Feed the baby first," says Jungkook coldly and he leaves the room.
As soon as Jungkook leaves the room, she lets out a long relive sigh. But, she quickly pulls herself together, knowing there is a CCTV in this room and it's watched all the time by his security team.
Jungkook goes down to his study room.
He sees Jungjae standing in front of his room.
He makes brief eye contact with Jungjae before entering the room.
Jungjae gets that Jungkook wants to talk in the study room, so he follows him into that room.
Jungkook sits on his leather chair, crossing his legs comfortably.
Jungjae looks at Jungkook carefully. Jungkook looks fine, so he starts the conversation. "Master, I have something to tell you".
"Go on"
"An insider from Sun News Media offered me the information related to us".
"Media company? Again?"
"Yes, Master," says Jungjae with his head lowered down, then he lifts his head a little bit to look at Jungkook carefully.
Jungkook seems to wait for more from him, so he continues. "We bought that and it's about the drug warehouse at Dadong Gil, Gwancheon".
Jungkook pushes his tongue against his cheeks. "So?"
"According to the informant, you own that illegal activity that takes place there".
Jungkook laughs. Obviously, this is from an insider because it makes no sense that the drug warehouse was discovered by a layman and straightly pointed to him.
Jungjae lowers his head.
Jungkook's laughter slowly dies, and he clears his throat. "Who's the informant?" asks Jungkook.
"I don't know about it"
Jungkook's face turns dark and serious. "Get it".
"I asked about the informant to the one who sold the information. But he didn't know because it was the information brought by Choi Misu. She's known to be very honest"
"What does that bitch's honesty have to do with my wants? I'll get what I want, do you understand?".
Jungjae quickly bows his head when he realizes he was giving excuses to Jungkook. "I'm sorry, Master. I understand and I'll get the information about the informant as soon as possible"
Jungkook leans in his chair comfortably. That thing is actually nothing to him. The informant only digs his or her own grave for nothing.
Jungjae realizes he hasn't yet given Jungkook the main information which what he exactly bought, so he quickly takes out his phone, searches for the video, and hands the phone to Jungkook.
"Master, the video recorded by the informant. There's a voice, you maybe know whose voice is this" says Jungjae.
Jungkook presses to play the video and he watches the video intently.
His gaze turns serious when he notices the one who recorded the video was mostly shaking and obviously was hiding to record it. It isn't an insider like he thought it to be.
Curiosity makes his chest fills with hotness. Who the fuck dares to mess with him?
When he hears the loud shaky breath that belongs to the female, the anger disappears right away.
If the informant is someone his enemy hired, there's no way they would hire a female and especially a coward too.
He focuses on listening to the breath, trying to recognize the voice.
When he hears the audio at the peak of fear until the female voice slips out, he is shocked.
That's literally y/n's voice.
"Fucking get the informant whereabout now. I want it today" says Jungkook, emphasizing the words under his gritted teeth.
Jungjae almost trembles at the look in Jungkook's eyes. It's clear that Jungkook is angry and seems to be so offended.
"I understand, Master," says Jungjae and he quickly excuses himself from the room.
Now that Jungkook is angry, his breathing accelerates along with anger. He loosens his tie.
It's already two times Y/n is trying to end him. The first one is an attempt to kill him. And now, she's trying to be the downfall of him?
He scoffs and chuckles when he finally knows why she cut her hair and acts so strange.
"This shit is so funny" he mutters and presses his lips together, trying not to laugh.
He recalls her shaky voice in the video and bursts out laughing. He finds it funny that she's actually scared.
Anyways, he still wants to listen from her about what she thinks when she's doing this.
To him, this is literally nothing. It's just her intention provokes him.
I still haven't got any update from Misu about the information I've given to her.
It's been two days and I can't sit still because I don't have time. Jungkook's people are looking for me, so I always have to be fast.
Furthermore, I need her to respond to know what I have to do next.
Impatient, I make a call to Choi Misu.
"Oh, hello, good afternoon" Misu greets me.
"Good afternoon" I greet her back.
"Do you call me to ask about Mr. Jeon Jungkook's case update"?
"Yes. Do you guys agree to investigate that?" asks me.
"Hmm..." Misu sighs, she feels bad to tell y/n that the case proposal was rejected.
I frown when she seems to be hesitant. "I swear to God, I don't lie. That drug laboratory is really owned by that man. I'm sure if you investigate him, you will find bigger shocking information about him" says me, trying to convince her.
"Miss, actually today, I've proposed the case to my leader team. Unfortunately, it was rejected. There's no proof that the activity is pointed to Mr. Jeon Jungkook. Not even weak proof of that. It would be a help if you have it" says Misu.
My lips part away slightly in disappointment. "As I've told you, I'm an insider. If I have proof that point straight to him, I wouldn't go to you, but I would go to the police station. And I wouldn't need your help because I could post it to make it viral and let the public drag him to hell. But I don't, that's why I contact you. And that's also why I need an investigative journalist to help me. Why can't you understand that???" asks me in a stuttering voice because I'm so angry and also disappointed at the same time.
"Miss, I understand your frustration. Honestly, to my personal opinion, illicit drug activity is as not much severe or damaging as an activity like forced prostitution, rape, or anything that does damage to people by force. Illicit drugs are always taken by addicts willingly. For me, to make effort into the case you told me with non-linked information is hard. If you have any in the future that linked such activity to him, it would be a help" says her.
I close my eyes in frustration and I press my lips together.
I'm so sick of her. Useless. Everyone in this world is useless too, I'm so fucking sick of everyone!
"Miss?".
Her voice annoys me. I'm so annoyed with this useless girl!
"Miss, for your video, I advise you to report it to the police. Because it's your video, it's your rights. But if you can't do it, I can do it in your place. Just tell me".
I curl my hand into a fist. So easy for her to say this to me. I risk my life for this video. But she recommends I give it to the police where it's only Jungkook's playground.
I want this shit to provoke anger in the public, not a fucking police that will have their mouth shut by the damn money.
"Useless!" I say and hang up the call.
Misu can't get Y/n out of her head since Y/n calls her useless.
There are two understandings she has. Firstly, y/n called her useless because y/n could not benefit her by defaming a famous person like Geungwon said. Secondly, a very contra reason that because she couldn't help her.
But for the second reason, what that thing has to do with y/n? It's a laboratory drug that doesn't harm her.
The video looks as if she coming to that laboratory just to record the video. And obviously, she risked her life for that.
Now, she can see that Geungwon is right. Even if Jungkook really owns that drug laboratory, that woman literally holds a grudge against him.
What it could be?
She recalls that y/n admitted herself as a dancer at his club.
Maybe they have a sort of relationship that ends up y/n being angry at him.
She sighs and shakes her head. That man must be a bastard. All rich guys are like that. Asshole.
She gets to her car and unlocks the door.
Suddenly, a knife is pointed at her throat by a man who stands behind her.
Her eyes flicker and she's trembling.
The man pulls her handbag off her shoulder.
She bites her lower lips, knowing there are valuable things in her handbag which is not money.
"I-I can give you money. Please don't take my things" says her.
"Shut the fuck up," says the man.
She presses her lips together as she feels so frustrated.
"Please" she gives a try to convince him.
But he only ignores her.
The man looks at her pocket jeans. He sees the bulge of the phone.
He slips his hand into her pocket jeans and takes the phone.
Her eyes widen. "Please, not the phone. Take me to the bank, I promise you that I'll give you more money".
She's so panicked when her phone is taken because they are a lot of important data in her phone. And the fact she uses that phone to keep in touch with the informant and the victims too worried her so much.
"Didn't I tell you to shut the fuck up, bitch?" asks the man and brings the knife closer to her throat.
She gets scared and no longer can speak.
The man makes a quick check on her body. When he makes sure there is nothing valuable with her anymore, he lets her go and sprints away.
Misu lets out a relieved sigh right away. But she's not really relieved because her phone is taken away!
There are a lot of personal records of her contacts and messages too. That would put the victims in danger if it's misused. Fuck!
Jungjae watches the hacker trying to unlock Misu's phone intensely.
When the phone is finally unlocked, he feels so relieved.
The hacker hands the phone to him. "Here, Sir".
Jungjae takes the phone and quickly goes through the message inbox.
He's looking for the informant about Dadong Gil drug laboratory.
After a few minutes, he finds it and reads through the messages.
He frowns when the woman claimed to be an insider and a dancer in Jungkook's club.
If the woman is really the dancer, what is the reason for her to defame Jungkook?
As far as he knows, Jungkook is always taking care of his employees as long as they obey him and devote their lives to him. He never lies about payment or anything. Everyone always gets enough.
Why?
Is it a relationship?
But to his knows, Jungkook is only romantically and sexually interested in one woman which is y/n. And to him, Jungkook is having OCD, so it's so unlikely that he's having a nightstand with a random woman.
Jungjae recalls serious looks of Jungkook when he watched the video. Obviously, Jungkook recognized the voice in the video. Thinking again, it can be y/n. Clearly, that woman has a reason for that.
Jungjae gives the phone back to the hacker. "Track this person," says him.
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