And as I left the house I realized that I was finally free. 

At least from my husband. 

My father was next. 

I let out a deep sigh of relief

    'y/n, I am so sorry I never picked up the signs that you were trapped in such a marriage. now that I think about it I should have seen it. How controlling he could be.' 

I smiled softly at him, James really was a good guy and regardless of what I would say now, I was sure he would eat himself over this. Which I didn't want for him at all. 

   'It's okay James. I am finally free of him, and thank you so much for coming with me and for standing up for me.' 

   'That's the least I could have done' he looked down with a sad expression. 

   'I think I will head back to my hotel now. It has been an eventful day.' I said because, to be honest there was one person I really wanted to see at the moment. 

   'Will you be okay?' James asked. 

   'I will be. Let's have dinner later this week okay? to celebrate?' 

James gave me a sympathetic nod 'that sounds like a good idea y/n.' 

During my drive to the hotel, I texted Jungkook I would be back soon in my hotel room. I was in the room for not nearly five minutes when there was a knock. 

I opened it and as I saw him I immediately kissed him.

He hugged me tightly, he leaned back and caressed my cheek. 

  'How did it go with Henry?' he asked

   'it went' I answered 'but the good news is that I am finally divorcing him.'

I couldn't hide my smile and neither could Jungkook. 

My face turned serious again.

   'I want to talk to father tonight' I said and Jungkook looked at me in doubt 'wouldn't it be a good idea to take some rest y/n? It has been a very busy day in which a lot of things happened.' 

He was right about that but I also knew I wouldn't be able to have a good night's rest if I didn't speak to father. 

   'It's just I would like to finish it all today.' I eventually explained. 

He contemplated but then nodded in agreement.

   'I also have some words to say to your father so I will come with you if that is okay?'

   'of course it is.'

We arrived at my father's home, he was in his study as always. 

We both stood in front of the closed doors.

    'I would like to talk to him first' I indicated and Jungkook nodded 'just wait here okay?'

     'Just shout if you want me there' he said while caressing my cheek. I kissed him shortly again and then went inside my father's office.

He was reading some document at the time of my entrance but he put it down as soon as he saw it was me. 

    'Hello father, I came to let you know that as the next CEO I found it necessary to let Henry go, having indecent relations in the workplace and using violence against employees are two severe violations of the company regulations.'

Father looked at me unimpressed, as I in a way expected. 

    'Y/n you will stop this nonsense right now, you will let the supervisory board know you, unfortunately, could not accept this position and urge them to reconsider Henry.'

I laughed at his suggestion. In a way, it was also so sad that he would rather have an abusive cheater as CEO of his company than his own daughter. 

    'or else what father? you don't have any power anymore, I am the next CEO now. It has been decided by the supervisory board and this is not something you can change.'

I saw the confusion and incomprehension on his face, the panic of not having the overhand. After some time the edges of his mouth turned up a little into an evil smile. I did have a slight fear that he still had one last card to play, he always did. 

   'I know you still love that boy, the one in Busan. I know that you never stopped loving him, I will find him again and I will put him into jail for the rest of his life.'

Anger grew inside of me, the fact he didn't even know the name anymore, the fact he would send a person who was innocent to jail just to get his way.

The door opened and Jungkook stepped inside. My father stood up from his chair and bowed

    'mr Jeon.'

He turned his gaze at me. 

    'y/n, leave now, we will continue this conversation lat...'

He stopped midway in his sentence at the same time as Jungkook took my hand.

There was this bewilderment in the way he looked at our intertwined hands. He tried to speak but no words came out of his mouth. Jungkook opened his mouth

   'If you only took the effort of taking a look at the boy you send to jail to control your daughter you might have been able to stop what has passed.'

   'No that's impossible, that boy was part of a biker gang, we checked your credentials you never went to jail, you started working for your father when you finished university' my father was talking fast, uncontrollably. 

   'You think you are the only one with friends at the police department? on request of my father they made those few days in jail simply disappear, and he also wasn't a fan of my gang affiliations, so he changed my date of hire to the date of my graduation.'

Father looked at Jungkook, then at me

    'You see, when y/n told me why we couldn't be together that night, seven years ago, I made a plan to get her back and free her from your grip, because I love your daughter'

    'I will expose you' my father threatened. But the panic was hearable in his voice. 

    'No you won't, I mean there is no evidence, your private investigator sold me all he had plus if you were able to prove it, y/n might not be CEO but henry won't at all. wasn't your whole goal to have your family associated with this company? Plus Yoon Kan and James suggested y/n as successor, not me, it had nothing to do with me, that was all y/ns ability. She will stay CEO, and furthermore I will marry your daughter. and if it's up to me my children will not get to know you, a man who treats people like they are nothing, sending them to jail or marrying them out to someone'

    'No they won't I added, my heart beating out of my chest. I was touched by Jungkook's words but I was also so anxious. It was the first time I had stood up against father like this, and it was scary.

My father looked at us with a loss of words, it was the first time in my life he didn't have an immediate response. 

    'this is it father. The end of your control over me'

I made the motion to leave and Jungkook followed me. Without a second glance, we left father behind.

We went into the car together. 

   'I can't believe it worked' Jungkook said still in shock. 

I was still shaking from the confrontation I just had with my father. I couldn't grasp what happened either. 

I was sitting next to the person that I hadn't stopped loving and that did all of this to set me free. 

I turned to Jungkook

   'You did this. You fought for me. I don't know what to say.' I stared ahead because it all felt so unreal. He took both my hands in his and kissed the top of it. 

    'I told you I would' he said. 

I kissed him

    'I love you' I said, those three words were in a way not by far enough to describe what I was feeling but they were the basis of it.

He gave me his signature bunny smile

   'maybe it's early, as you're not divorced yet, but I want to ask anyway;

    'dear y/n, would you want to become Mrs jeon?'

I chuckled 'early? It's 7 years overdue.'

He laughed as well

    'That's the only thing I've wanted the past seven years' I answered and with that, he kissed me and for the first time, I felt there was nothing that could stop me from being happy.