Taemin stared at Krystal who was holding a piece of shattered porcelain she smashed. He got a premonition of what she was about to do next. Before he could stop her, it was already too late.

The blood ran down from her left cheek to her chin and neck. Her pajama top was now full of blood. Taemin snatched the porcelain and threw it away: "You're crazy!"

Without looking at him, she said: "You like my face, don't you? Then I will ruin it."

To stop the bleeding, he wrapped her wound until the doctor came. "She didn't have a scar on her face, right? Can you let me go now?" She fainted as soon as she said it because she was exhausted and in a lot of pain.

When she regained her consciousness, she noticed that she was inside their bedroom. She could feel that her face was aching so much. Taemin didn't take her to the hospital, he just called the doctor. Perhaps because she was pregnant, the doctor didn't give her any anesthetic.

Krystal stared at Taemin who was smoking on the balcony, his back facing her. She then shifted her gaze to the ceiling. She could smell his approach from his cigarette scent.

"Do you think I will let you go just because you ruined your face?" His tone was cold but she didn't want to face this man, she closed her eyes. "Remember, no funny business. You're only going to hurt yourself more. You called me a monster, a cold-blooded evil, then it won't be strange if I do something even worse, right?"

Krystal finally opened her eyes and stared at him: "Lee Taemin, what do you mean?"

"It is just a reminder. Think about your parents, they just retired. You wouldn't want to cause trouble for them now, would you?" Taemin stared back at her eyes.

Seeing how Taemin calmly threatened her with her parents made her emotional. She pulled her pillow and threw it at his face. "Stay away from them! I hate you, you disgust me!"

He then took the pillow: "I don't care if you hate me or feel disgusted by me, you can't run away from me."

Krystal used her hands to cover her ears, she didn't want to hear his voice anymore. She used to love his calm and gentle voice, but now she felt nothing but pure disgust.

When he finally left, she felt a bit more relaxed. She knew, from this day, he took her as his prisoner. There was no way out. She was certain there were his men outside their room to guard the door to prevent her from escaping. Even if she was able to run away, he would use her parents to get her back.

-

Grandma finally regained her consciousness but not only was her health declining, her mental state was also not in a good condition. Y/N and Jimin wanted her to fully rest so they didn't say anything about the company matter. But how could she be assured, since the moment she woke up, she already asked them that.

"Grandma, let us handle it. Don't worry about it too much, you need to focus on your health."

Grandma sighed: "How could I be relieved and assured? The shareholders and broad directors forced me to publish Jimin's birth identity."

They knew those people would use it as their own benefit. Grandma wasn't willing to undergo this path. She understood clearly that by declaring it publicly, it would be unfavorable for them in the future. The public wouldn't care when they were finally able to prove that Jimin was really a Park.

She knew the public opinion was too powerful.

Looking at her, Y/N was worried she might faint again. "Grandma, you just woke up. The most important thing for now is to get healthy. We can talk about this later."

Grandma realized that if they wanted to win the battle, they had to be healthy first. She drank a cup of water and said: "Call Taeminie and ask him to let the directors not visit me here as my health is not in a great condition. I need time to recover." But she knew they would only leave her alone for a short period of time.

What they lacked the most for now is time. There is not enough time to do anything. They have to cherish this short period of time, use it to their advantage and think the matter through.

"Okay, Grandma." Y/N answered.

The shareholders and broad directors had no choice but to be temporarily forced to stop their attack since they couldn't do anything due to Grandma's health. Jimin used this time to look for his father, Park Joo Hyuk and also the key informant, Kim Yugyeom.

But he found nothing.

He and Taehyung also went to look for the previous neighbor of his mother. They talked and were able to confirm that his mother indeed left with a man that year while she was three months pregnant. She also didn't deny nor confirm when people asked her so it was natural that people around her thought he was the father of her baby.

Grandma stayed at the hospital but Krystal never came to visit. She found it rather odd, she even tried calling her but there was no answer. She was getting worried. "Y/N, where is Krystal?"

"Taemin Oppa said that she is unwell." Y/N answered.

Grandma immediately sat down on her bed. "What happened? Is she okay?"

"She has severe morning sickness. I was about to visit her yesterday but Taemin Oppa said she is better and she has a check up schedule soon so she will come visit you while in the hospital." Y/N smiled, trying to reassure her.

"The pregnancy must be hard for her." Grandma slightly sighed. "Taeminie is busy handling the company, he doesn't have enough time for her." Grandma felt guilty, because of her he became busier than ever. "I am a lot better now, if you have time, you should accompany her more."

Y/N nodded. "Sure, Grandma."

Y/N also felt she didn't talk as much to Krystal these days, with anything that had been going on, they didn't have time to do anything at all! Thankfully she heard that Taemin had people taking good care of Krystal at their home.

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Taemin changed the bandage and gave the medicine personally for Krystal. "Let's get you ready for a check up. I will take you to visit the old woman later. You need to remember to control yourself. don't force me to do something I don't wish to do..."

He reminded her once again while his hand was still on her face. She just glared at him and pushed his hand away. On their way to the hospital, she was quiet. Usually it was her who talked everytime they were together as Taemin was naturally a quiet person, but now the atmosphere inside the car was cold and silent.

Before they went to the obgyn, he took her to check on her wound. "Is there any chance to recover?" Taemin asked, she sneered coldly.

The doctor stared at them, he thought they were acting a bit strange. "Of course, Mr Lee. The technology in plastic surgery is very well-developed. Even though the wound is deep, there is a great chance it will heal fully. But as Mrs Lee is pregnant, I don't recommend having surgery until she gives birth. We can wait until then."

Taemin nodded and asked the doctor to treat her wound.

They immediately went to have a pregnancy check up, because they already made an appointment as per usual so they didn't need to queue.

"The baby is healthy." The doctor announced.

Taemin stared at the screen as the doctor swiped the tool around Krystal's belly. His expression was emotional, especially when the doctor said their baby girl is five months old now. He watched the screen very attentively and shifted his gaze to Krystal with happiness and excitement.

The doctor noticed that Krystal usually looked equally happy and they would talk about the baby like a happy family. But Krystal looked at him with a cold gaze, she even shifted her gaze and ignored what the doctor was saying. He thought they were in a fight so he just smiled and didn't say anything about it.

Taemin's phone suddenly rang, he excused himself to take the call and went outside. When he left, Krystal sat up. The doctor was startled: "Mrs Lee..."

"No need." Krystal tidied herself up.

"It's not done yet..." He noticed that Krystal was acting strange the whole time. She seemed uninterested in their baby.

"Sooner or later, I will abort this baby."

The doctor was taken aback of her statement. "The baby is already five months old, she is healthy and stable. If you choose to have an abortion, it also won't be good for your health and future pregnancy."

She couldn't care less about it now. How could she give birth to his baby? He is a monster, he even killed Y/N's baby.

Looking at Krystal went silent, the doctor felt a bit relaxed. He thought after telling her the risks of having an abortion, she reconsidered her choice.

Krystal looked at the doctor and passed a tiny folded paper to him: "Please help me pass this letter to Madame Park, she is a patient  in VIP room number 901. Don't go now, just pass it to her in the afternoon."

The doctor was perplexed as he stared at the paper. She held his hand: "Please help me, don't tell anyone including my husband."

The door was opened and the doctor put the paper inside his pocket. He pretended to be calm: "Mr and Mrs Lee, let's sit and talk about today's examination result."

Because the result said it was all normal, they could finally leave.

"We just finished the check up, Grandma. We're heading there now." His voice was gentle like usual on the phone.

Krystal was watching him, he was acting like nothing happened. She could finally see that this man was really frightening. She felt stupid for falling for this man, she thought she was lucky to encounter him in this lifetime but it was all an illusion of love.

Just like now, she already knew about him but without any slightest apprehensions he kept on wearing his mask as a perfect reliable grandson. Nobody in the family would see this coming. If she didn't hear it personally, she obviously wouldn't expect him to be the mastermind behind all of this.

They wouldn't think that this man is a wolf in sheep's clothing!

After he hung up the phone, he held her hand to go upstairs but she didn't want him to touch her. "Don't touch me!"

"Do you want to let everyone know that we have a fight?"

Krystal knew he was blackmailing her. "Lee Taemin, you will not have a good and long life!"

"Really?" Taemin smiled. "I always think that I will live for a long time." He then held her hand and pressed the elevator button. His phone rang once again as the elevator door opened, she shook his hand off. But when she was about to come in, he pulled her.

She glared at him. "What are you doing? Are we coming or not?"

"Why are you in a hurry? We'll wait for someone before we go up."

She didn't know what he would do and who they were waiting for but all she wanted to do was to see Y/N and tell her how Taemin prisoned her. Even when she was talking to her mother, he only allowed her to use her phone at night and he was watching her carefully.

Finally a man came. It was Taemin's assistant, he walked toward him: "President Lee..." He then gave something to him.

She stared at the paper on his hand. It was a letter she gave to her doctor.

Taemin opened the letter and read it: "All of these are arranged by Lee Taemin, he is the mastermind. Kim Yugyeom is with him." He chuckled. "Is this your writing?"

Krystal was quiet, she couldn't say anything.

His expression changed as he tore the paper and threw it on her face. He pulled her wrist and brought her to a less crowded place. She kept on struggling, at last she successfully let herself free. Her wrist was red, without doubt he used a lot of power to drag her.

She rubbed her wrist and looked at him fearlessly: "It was me, so what?"

"It seems you have completely forgotten what I said yesterday."

"Stay away from them, if you don't like it then just take it on me! Don't get my parents involved!" Krystal immediately said.

"I will not punish you. It's better to punish your parents. Krystal, this time I will forgive you but if you do it one more time, I will make you regret it." He then took her upstairs.

It was the beginning of winter, the weather was starting to get cold. They knocked on the door and got inside. There were only Grandma, Y/N, and a maid inside the room. Jimin was not there, supposedly he was busy taking care of his business.

"You guys are finally here." Y/N smiled at them but soon stopped when she saw Krystal's injured face. "Krystal, what happened to your face?"

Krystal smiled: "I was being clumsy. It's just a simple scratch, don't worry."

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Congratulations, my love ❤️