After breakfast was over you had excused yourself at your work room. The floor that you had left filled with black in the last time you entered there, now perfectly cleaned up.New canvases were also standing at a corner that won your attention immediately as you never allowed anyone to step into this room,not even the maids. Seeing it cleaned up surprised you a bit but then you calmed down as you guessed who could have cleaned it up.

"I know this room is off limits. The maid told me so.But i couldn't leave it like that." His voice startled you making you turn around and meet his eyes as he was still standing at the door step,not having taken a step inside.

"The maids are right. You should listen to them.I am thankful for your job but i would be grateful if you refrained from entering this room ever again." You gave him a cold look as you spoke to him firmly,the fact that someone had entered that room without you being around or even being in knowledge of the fact having awoken an irritation inside you. It felt as if he had stepped the line of your privacy. As if he had entered into a room of memories that existed in your mind and only you could access it. That room was your connection with her. Between the ink and the brushes that brought smiles to her face. Between colors and canvases that used to fill her life.

"I am sorry. I didn't mean no harm really. "He apologized as he looked at you with a soft gaze having taken notice of how serious you were. The hostility was obvious in your eyes. However as you saw him apologizing you diverted your gaze , feeling impacted  by his soft apologetic expression.

"As long as it doesn't happen again.It's okay. You may go now. You are free for the day. "You informed him as you turned your back at him,hoping that since you let him off duty he would go rest as his vulnerable moment earlier crossed your mind,reminding you that he seemed to not be at his best condition today.

Jimin stayed quiet for a moment not knowing how to take this behavior of yours. You were as cold and proper as ever even though now you were out of peoples eyes and he was hoping that after yesterday you would be a bit more loose with him. Obviously he was hoping for too much from someone strictly composed as you. He bowed his head and excused himself not finding the strength to be persistent at that very moment. He slowly went down the stairs and into the kitchen were he politely asked one of the maids to prepare him some tea which he waited for then took it with him to his room. Once inside he went to his closet and roamed around his bag till he found some pills to lower his fever as his sister would have never let him get out of the house without some first aid medications. He took two without even checking his temperature as he knew it must be high then he plopped on his bed,wishing that he was home where his sister would have been taking care of him and his nephews would be keeping him company while he would be in bed. 

It was always like that,whenever he would feel a bit sick. The kids wouldn't let him get out of bed and would stay at his room doing their best to take care of him by bringing him water, telling him fairy tales and giving him a lot of healing kisses. Jimin exhaled deeply as he reminisced those days, making the feeling of missing them more evident . He grabbed his phone and looked at his lock screen where their faces were displayed . He contemplated for a moment if he should just get up and go home since he was left off duty and after seeing the picture for a bit more, he took his decision and forced himself to get up,change clothes and go out.

---Change of set---

Manuel was pushed by the man behind him to walk farther on the long hall before. The floor was full of dust and rasp ,the walls ruined here and there giving him to understand that this was some kind of abandoned building yet he had no idea where this place must be located as when he was brought here they had made sure his eyes were covered.

He never though his morning would turn out being shoved in a car and taken away however with the life he leads it wasn't surprising either so he was rather calm with the whole situation as well as he had assumed who has called him and why. He has been assigned to kill Y/N since a while now after all , the day he had to report why he hadn't taken care of his job would eventually come.

At the end of the hall he halted for a moment as the guys behind him stepped and opened the door ,soon making him a signal to follow inside. As he stepped in he took immediate notice of the two guards standing behind the man whom he recognized as the client that had requested for Lee Y/N' s death. His eyes however didn't failed to show his surprise for a split second as he also took notice of the guy he had hired for the job after Jimin hadn't accepted. He had agreed to split the money in seventy thirty with him taking the biggest percentage as he would be the one to be actually committing the act.

"Well well. I thought you weren't a morning person Sr." He smiled as he bowed his head greeting the man that was looking rather unhappy towards him and Manuel knew well why.

"You seem in a good mood. I really like being in a good mood too. Do you know that i can't be in a good mood though. What do you think is the cause huh?" The man smiled as he leaned forward on the wooden desk that was before him, that and the chairs being the only furniture around the room , making Manuel understand well that this was a momentary set up and he must not hung out here often. 

The information he had about this client was worryingly too little and under other circumstances he wouldn't have accepted to work for someone whom could't find even a bit of dirt upon however his price was too high and he gave in to the temptation hoping for his life to soon change. He didn't want to be a  criminal forever after all. This life was not easy. The constant agony of your life being taken away in a blink of an eye. The inability to trust even your shadow, the loneliness that comes when you sleep with a gun under your pillow. Somehow he like any other had secret dreams and they didn't contain any blood. 

"I understand very well but believe me i want to be done with this and take my money as quickly as i can too. Why would i postpone something that is in my favor?" He argued firmly ,his gaze looking at the man whom had meet twice in his life without  wavering . He wasn't someone that could get intimidated easily after all. Not after all the things he had went through in his life.

"If you really want your money, explain to me why is your job still not fulfilled? We both know with your reputation you would have killed her million times by now." The man questioned him and Manuel shoved his hands in his coats pocket as he approached his desk . As he walked closer he saw the guards getting in position for possible threat, they hands resting close to their guns.

He took  a seat at on of the chairs in front of the office and leaned closer to the desk, his one arm coming to rest on it then his face rested on his palm while his other hand was still on his pocket,his facial expression not showing at all any nervousness caused by the actions that his hand was doing on his phone that if he was to be caught he would definitely not leave that place alive. It was risky but his life was all about risks and at this moment he just wanted something for  insurance because who assured him that after he gets his job done he won't end up dead somewhere? To survive in this business you had to watch yourself from every direction and he knew that well so he wasn't going to lose this chance of having something to hold on even if that was his voice and whatever is about to be said from here on.

"I could have yes. There are plenty of opening to kill her however i am the professional here. Have you ever killed someone Mr?"Manuel asked him with a confident attitude and his eyes that let him know well that he wasn't afraid to pull the trigger to a gun. The rich man gulped nervously under the tension of the moment and retrieved his body a bit backwards , making Manuel smirk as he took his answer.

"See.You are just someone good with money and economics that doesn't make you qualified to be messing with people like me Sr. Of course you are my client and i respect you however we don't have a contract. No one can tell me how to do my job." He stated as he casually laid back on the chair and took his phone out throwing it casually on the desk before putting his feet up on the desk. He raised his eyebrow provokingly at the man even though he knew he was unarmed and he was practically playing with fire.

"Your attitude is really crappy.Huh" The man scoffed irritated before signaling his guard to take his feet of the table and as the guard did so,Manuel just smile. 

"I am expecting you to do your job otherwise i will replace you. You know what that means don't you?" The man warned him with a satisfying expression and Manuel stood up from his seat ,tilting his head at the side a bit.

"I need one month time." He stated confidently as that was what Jimin had asked of him as a favor. The man snickered at his absurd request and even him knew what he was about to say.

"Are you kidding me? How is a mere woman so difficult to kill that you need a whole month?" 

"As i said i am the one who knows how my job is done best. Take it or leave it." His words made the man stand up ,his hands slamming against the desk furiously .

"I think you are way to over yourself. You are not the one to give me deadlines." The man responded and as soon as he finished his sentence he signaled a guard and the guy in his left took out his weapon and shoot at the spot the guy Manuel had hired to work with . His body plopped lifeless on the floor but he didn't even flinch even though his side vision was giving him a good enough view of the floor around the body that had started getting bloodier .

"It's still one month." Manuel said and turned around heading towards the exit, a  guard stepping in his way as soon as he reached at the door. He looked over his shoulder at the man raising an eyebrow at him and the room fell in silence for a moment till the client finally spoke up.

"One month.Not even a day more." He gestured to the guard to let him pass and Manuel stepped out without hesitation ,the two people that brought hims there following once again behind him. However he didn't care much about them ,his mind was elsewhere and more precisely on the phone he had left inside that room,hoping to catch something more as that man was alone in that room. A word with himself would have been enough, a moment of frustration that he might say something that would be of use to him ,anything would do.

Before he had the chance to step out of the building , one of the guards stopped him to cover up his eyes again and that was when he pretended to recall of his phone and touched his pockets. "Oh i think i forgot my phone." He exclaimed and turned around only to see one of the other guards coming his ways with his phone in his hands.

He extended his hand to receive it but the guard just gave him a look and smashed it on the floor ,his shoes soon stepping on the broken pieces of the mobile. "We will provide you with a new one." He coldly told Manuel before turning around and leaving and then the other one turned him back around and covered his eyes as he just laughed understanding well that they must have thought that he might have been recording something with that phone and because they couldn't unlock it or even turn on the screen without his fingerprint , they chose to break it instead.

"You all are so suspicious people. Where  did trust among coworker go?" He questioned as his vision was now all black and he was shoved to walk out towards the car. 

Manuel didn't made any resistance as he had gotten what he wanted. His phone wasn't on recording ,it was in a call and he just hoped the the person on the other line would have heard something useful after he left that room.

---To be continued....