You gave a glance at your mirror as soon as your make up artist was done with your look and you smiled in satisfaction with the outcome. As always she had done a good job, choosing shades that complimented you while simultaneously keeping the image that you mostly portrayed unharmed. Something new yet something that you still found yourself in, was truly perfection.

"Thank you for your time. You have done a splendid  job. I feel more than beautiful." You smiled at her while you complimented her work which deserved your praise surely and she bowed your head at you, feeling satisfied to be working for you once more because you were from the few people she knew that treated her so respectfully and warmly and never got involved in her job as some would ofter try telling her what to do and how to do it as if they knew better than a professionalist. 

After she exited your room you returned your gaze again on your mirror questioning a bit the dress that you had on. It was perfect for the occasion and it fit the dress code but the fact that TaeYong had brought it for you, somehow made you dislike the feeling of the fabric against your skin. If you were to leave aside that prejudicing thought, however, the dark gray long dress with the elegant v line opening on the front and the straps that formed an x at your back, sure had brought your body shape to view and was doing you justice.

You too hold of the black mask that was resting on the desk in front of you and placed it on, wanting to take a final look at the whole image as the dress code demanded masks. You weren't sure why TaeYong had chosen to throw a masquerade party but the information sure had made your suspicions grow further, thinking that you would be even more exposed in a place full with masked people.

A knock on the door drew your attention away from the fearful thoughts that have been running around in your mind and as you looked towards it, you took a deep breath before allowing whoever was at the other side to enter. In the beginning, you thought that it must be Jimin but as soon as the door opened, your breath got caught on your throat, seeing your husband entering.

"You look magnificent Y/N." He commented with a smile on his face and you instantly felt your stomach dropping at his politeness that only made you more alert.

"Thank you. You too are, presentable." You forced yourself to reply properly as the door was open behind him and some maids were still going around.

He looked past his shoulder for a moment, waiting for the stuff to get to a further distance before he looked again at you with an expressionless face.

"I expect you to be by my side at all times while this party goes on. Let's leave a good impression."He said and you couldn't help but question him why was he throwing a party so suddenly without any good reasons while even to him, would bring many hours of uncomfortable moments between you and him. 

"I am afraid that my reasons do not concern you. You just get out there and be what you are supposed to be. My wife." He replied simply yet his words bothered you more than you would let it show on your face.

"Just because we are married that doesn't mean that I am obligated to comply with your wishes. However, since I am a kind person, I won't make you lose face tonight." You held your chin up as you replied, letting him know that you were doing him a favor and he should be thankful because you could totally refuse to participate and stay in your room and make all his guessed wonder about your absence.

TaeYong smirked at your stance even though it's not that he was expecting any less but this feisty behavior however especially tonight he had nothing to worry. Because he soon was to wipe off your face that pride and arrogance.

"You may leave." You stared directly at his eyes letting him know that he was no longer welcomed in your room and he turned and left without saying a single thing more however at the corridor he brushed shoulders with Jimin who was coming to your room to check on you.

Jimin looked at him briefly as he did so too and passed by him without exchanging any words but for some reason, his gaze gave Jimin the impression that something was different about him. He was good at sensing the aura of people and TaeYong's even though in general was never exceptionally positive, this night particularly felt a bit darker. Nonetheless, Jimin shoved those thoughts at the corner of his mind and continued walked till he entered your room and close the door behind him.

His fit halted once you fell to his sight and his facial expression showcased instantly the peasant surprise he was met with. You dressed in a beautiful long dark-colored dress, with a hair styled up that left your neck in view, possibly for your necklace to catch the attention of people but the expensive object sure failed to catch his interest simply because you were a far better sight.

"I never thought I would find myself in such a difficult situation." He stated, making you give him a perplexed look as you took off your black mask that covered half of your face, leaving your lips exposed.

"Any compliment that might leave my lips will just sound too little in comparison to reality. Truly a difficult state." He explained further, making you smile at the way he managed to flatter you.

"You certainly do well at difficult situations apparently." You replied, now feeling slightly more at ease while you were with him however your relieved state didn't last, as he brought tension in the room while he took some steps towards you and halted way to close.

He stared at your eyes in silence and that somehow was enough to make your mind run to places that shouldn't as well as enough for a burning desire to slowly start rising inside you. A wish that wanted him slightly more closer, each second that he stood there before you, staring at your face with an expression that left clear implication of what may be going through his mind.

As soon as his eyes dropped to your lips, you looked away and stepped back, finding it hard to remain at that distance as it could prove to be dangerous especially now that you both were more than aware of the feeling each had for the other.

You had never admitted that you liked him or anything of the sort but you were aware of the meanings that your actions may give and you had already initiated kisses with him enough to not have the need to say any words that could reinforce his old statement that he knew that you wanted him as much as he wants you.

"Let's get going." You placed the mask back and walked away without giving him a second look, as you feared that if you were to, his eyes may keep you there and for now you definitely couldn't be there, however, your abrupt leave brought an unpleasant feeling to Jimin, whom for a strange reason felt as if you had rejected him in away.

He has been full of doubts for some days now when it comes to how far as he managed to get under your skin and if you really were interested in him, to begin with, and the thought that you may be still too far away from his grasp somehow filled him with a sad feeling inside.

It wasn't irritation because his job could be further delayed. It was an offense towards his pride as a man either. It simply pure sadness and loneliness that stroke him, as if he all he truly wanted was you to want him.

---meanwhile---

NamJoon rubbed the sides of his forehead feeling the tiredness taking over him, especially after the many hours he had passed sleepless after he had returned to his office.

The Files that Manuel had left behind had proven more than enough to keep him awake for approximately 24 hours now and will surely keep him up much much more than that. However his lack of sleep was too small of a price to pay when all these information was about to surely get him a promotion as with all the evidence in his hands for numerous criminals, small and big, he would soon become the first policeman to send to jail some of the most troublesome individuals to the police, of the last ten years.

His death surely must have been a loss for Manuel but that guy definitely represented well the meaning of the saying 'If I fall I will take you with me' and just because of that, without really knowing him much personally Namjoon had developed a new level of respect towards the deceased individual.

He might be tired of the mass of information but he sure was happy that his death ended up on his hands and he was sure gonna bring justice to his soul, and his last wish that obviously was non-other but to clean up some dirt from this society.

NamJoon rested his head on his chair for a moment as he left his eyelids close for an instant that in reality was fifteen minutes and only when the delivery guy stepped into the room to bring him the three cups of coffee he ordered, he snapped out of his trance and stood up abruptly, scaring the individual.

"Oh! I am sorry. Leave them here please." He smiled a bit trying to be polite before grabbing the ten paper cups that were resting at a corner of his desk emptied and shoved them all at the trash bin he kept at the side of his desk.

"Take it easy, Officer Kim. You are looking awful "The part-timer student commented on his state, that indeed was weary and the dark bags under his eyes, as well as the redness of them, showed clearly that he had passed way to may hours staring at his computer screen.

"Ah don't worry about it. That's everyday life." He replied as he sat back on his chair and the young guy placed the cups on the now cleaned corner which he knew that by morning it will be filled with empty cups of coffee just like it was a minute ago.

"I hope your everyday life gets more relaxing soon then, officer." The guy bowed slightly after he spoke the hopeful words and NamJoon watched him leave before his eyes returned to the file he had opened last.

It was the mission Manuel had last accepted before he was found dead and as such, he knew that that mission was also the reason why he was killed. 

The information he was given about his target that was non-other than you, was included there, as well as Manuel's research on his customer that had made him the request to get rid of your life. The information regarding the man brought nothing new to NamJoon as he had searched him before but there was one specific thing that had stuck to him and that was nothing more but a single word handwritten with a pencil near the corner of the page right after he had clarified that the man he was meeting with was not the final boss but a female was.

Untouchable

NamJoon read the word once again in his head while his mind went on the words you had delivered to him through Jimin yesterday after the meeting with LeeGuk.

"Definitely someone from the high class but she must have something more powerful than money... someone, influential..." He mumbled to himself as his hand grabbed a pen and a sticky note where he noted down some known influential and powerful households that floated his mind naturally because they were well known.

Leaving aside TaeYong's own family that held a high status and had a large business power, his mind produced only there more that were able to stand at the same level as TaeYong's family regarding financial power. Yours was second and as such one of the reasons he married you, then came the Song family, who had only one daughter which after he researched got to know that were childhood friends with TaeYong. And last was the Choi, who were the family of the victim and as such out of suspicions.

"Song BaRam...Too much of a sniffy individual ...she could be...but she doesn't click! Aish!"He threw his pen on frustration as he felt like he had hit a wall and he knew that he was so close to getting somewhere that he couldn't help but feel frustrated.

After he stood there for some more seconds, he stood up to retrieve his pen from the ground but as soon as he kneeled, he couldn't help but stare at it for a second, thinking of how different the object looked in this new setting. 

"I am focusing on the wrong thing, aren't I?"He realized as he grabbed the pen and stood up, feeling the dark vast room closing upon him.

"Not only money brings you power...Untouchable... Maybe Someone higher than TaeYong's family itself...Untouchable...Out of laws grasp?"He spoke with himself till a thought entered his mind that was as unbelievable as it was terrifying.

No way!            

 " I found it!" He shouted, disturbing the silence even though his assumption was the most absurd thing that could ever cross his mind, however, no matter how absurd it was also the only thing that satisfied his six sense that despite how many denying thoughts floated in his head instantly against his original thought, that feeling inside him told him that he was on the right place and he had never lost from trusting his intuition.

But if he was right it also meant that his tries to bring justice might prove futile and somehow that thought wiped the excitement of his face. The one he just suspected was just out of his reach. Out of anyone reach. Because she truly was , Untouchable.

---To be continued...