After hearing the good news from Taehyung, Katarina couldn't hide the beautiful smirk on her lips; it could even be considered a smile, a smile she should have hidden, and she knew it.

From herself first, and also Seokjin.

" Good news, it seems?"

" Indeed"

Seokjin had started doubting her comportment, the way she insisted on Jungkook, although he could have found a replacement for him at once. Something started smelling fishy to him, without a doubt.

" Jungkook?"

" Taehyung found him; it will be a matter of time before he surrenders."

Grabbing her phone handy, she faced the big glass wall facing the view of the city; she dialed the number of someone she trusted, between the few she had.

" Namjoon-ssi, I hope I'm not disturbing you this early morning."

"Not at all, Katarina-ssi; how can I be useful?"

" I will send you a patient; I would like him to be placed in the VIP ward; he is someone important. Jimin-ssi will send you his chart before the expected arrival."

Kim Namjoon is no one but Kim Seokjin's younger sibling; he is the chairman of the Kim Foundation and the CEO of the Asan Medical center, which belongs to the Kim family.

Namjoon is the only one in the family who has opted to specialize in a domain far from business, medicine. However, that didn't last long; after finishing his residence-ship, with the knowledge he gained in the medical field, his father appointed him as the CEO of their medical center; honestly speaking, ever since he joined the business, the latter flourished. The hospital started getting the recognition and the merit it deserved.

Business spirit runs in the family, indeed.

"Why Namjoon, who will be sent there? Hold on, don't tell me..!"

" Your guess is right, oppa; I must leave now; I have a meeting."

Albeit Seokjin was well aware that Jungkook was a big catch, he was still unable to understand Katarina's obsession with the mentioned man; her thoughts and plans started all getting projected toward him, which annoyed Seokjin a big deal.

Katarina led her way to the car urging; she was supposed to meet with Taehyung, who was about to provide her with details regarding the disappearance of Jungkook, crucial information for her, of course, so she could decide the weight of the punishment she would be raining over damned man.

However, the plan didn't go as smoothly as it was expected, not when the leading planner and the tactical figure got involved in a traffic accident, which was not like her at all; she was an experienced driver, and she even opted to drive herself every day without leaning on a driver, no matter the occasion, despite formal ones of course.

The accident wasn't a small one either; in fact, while she almost reached the rendezvous place and while she was taking the exit from the runway, the breaks stopped functioning, which led her to take an aggressive turn at full speed, which caused the car to spin and turn several times, crushing the driver's ribs, and damaging some organs and vessels.

After a partially extended stay in the hospital, in a semi-comatose state, she only gained consciousness two weeks later.

Her name was flashed in the news mainstream and the urgent news bar, which caused the stock price of her holding and the subsidiaries to skyrocket significantly, which from a particular perspective, was the only positive side of the situation.

The board members started discussing electing a new chairman, giving up on her in a matter of days; as per them, a comatose person cannot regain herself anytime soon.

Greedy geezers.

However, the skies and destiny were hiding for Katarina some better options; she gave them the best answer to their presumptions when she woke up like nothing had ever happened, enrolling herself in therapy to gain her strength physically wise after being bedridden for two weeks, not only, Seokjin provided her with all the information regarding the holding, so she can familiarise herself quickly with what she missed, especially that a lot has happened in that short period.

" Now tell me, how did you get involved in an accident? Very much unlike you!"

" I know, oppa, and what your thinking about is true."

"Who tried to kill you?"

" I don't know yet; Taehyung is working on that matter thoroughly; all I need for the moment is to manage my return to the field and to take care of my sweet revenge after."

She had few names inside her intelligent brain. However, the list of enemies she had was long, so pointing to only a few was wrong, especially since betrayal sometimes comes from the least expected.

And this time was undoubtedly one of those mentioned ones.

During the time she spent in the hospital fighting for her life, someone was more desperate to find her than any other thing in his life; after failed attempts to get in relation with Seokjin through Jimin, his last option was waiting patiently. However, luck was siding with Jungkook as well, God saved the woman he prayed for, and Taehyung reached out to him just in time.

Was he fortunate?

Maybe not.

However, reaching out to Katarina was his only option to meet his son again; the child disappeared from the intensive care while the nanny was busy buying snacks.

Pitiful child.

His father wasn't by his side; he was busy with his shady business, allowing strangers to lay fingers on the child's little body, moving his weak figure from the intensive care in a private ambulance to the new hospital, which truth to be told was way better, comfort wise, and healthcare wise.

However, Jungkook was never given head-ups regarding the child's location; when he finally came to the hospital to visit his son after multiple missed calls from the nanny, it was already late, and the child was already taken away.

How irresponsible.

He couldn't contain his happiness when Taehyung reached him first, informing him that the child was safe; however, that happiness was short-lived when Taehyung forbade Jungkook from visiting the child.

Not before his meeting with Katarina.

Entering Katarina's penthouse, Jungkook couldn't help his reaction from showing; the penthouse was beautifully and minimalistically decorated, showing the delicate taste of the owner, not to mention the vast dimension of the place, the man couldn't help but dream of a life with his son in such a luxurious place, he wished he could provide such a life to his unhealthy son, to make up for his absence in the latter's life, to make up for the fact that the child is growing up without the warmth of a mother, and also without that of a father, as Jungkook couldn't love his son fully, blaming him unintentionally about the fact that the younger one was the only one to survive in that accident.

The father cannot be entirely blamed, though; he survived a big shock after the death of his wife; not only was the man wasn't even given time to grieve, as he needed to take care of a child, but it didn't stop at that, the child was unhealthy, which started heaving on the man's shoulders financially and emotionally.

" Please do take a seat Jeon Jungkook-ssi."

Katarina's voice brought him back to reality and woke him up from his dreams and greed.

" So, care to explain what has happened."

" I want to know with which right you kidnapped my son first."

Jungkook is not a man with great patience; he is short-tempered. However, he worked hard to learn anger management tricks, to deal with the numerous nerve-wracking people he met in his job, and even when he quit the job altogether.

However, he was now losing his cool.

" Listen, Jeon Jungkook-ssi, you may have already understood the kind of person I am, so I suggest you start getting your acts together accordingly."

Listening to their very edgy conversation, Taehyung prepared himself for the worst, for the extreme; with a gun loaded on his waist, he only waited for Katarina's orders.

" So, let me ask again, why did you exceed the time limit?"

" I had some kind of situation going on."

Katarina smirked at his stance sinisterly that the man in front of her was finally grasping the situation; fear finally appeared in his fierce eyes, which were very appealing to her during their first encounter.

But it was no time for lust or whatever she had for him; it was time for business.

Her head tilted to meet Taehyung's eyes, motioning him to leave the room, and the guy followed without further do.

" And the business was?" Was it worth risking your child's safety?"

She touched his scar with her words; Jungkook was already feeling guilty about his deed; he needn't someone to remind him how irresponsible he was, his eyes were now getting glistered by what she said, but he hurriedly hid that soft side of him.

Leaning his upper body forward, letting his arms rest on his tights in a very masculine pose, Katarina was no longer able to deviate her gaze from the lad; he was an addiction to her senses; he had something in him that she needed to have, he was getting more seductive to her needy senses, that was it without a doubt.

" Park Katarina-ssi, I never refused the offer, but do you trust me that much?"

" Trust? Hmm, I trust your capabilities and your love for your own life, which leaves me trusting you somehow."

His legs were apart, his back leaned again toward the couch, while his head followed the headrest of the latter, his moves were screaming appeal, be it intentional or not, but that's how Katarina interpreted it.

" I would like to see my child first."

" Jeon Jungkook-ssi, I keep feeling like you're missing something here; the time I gave you ended already, which has left you with the first two choices I have proposed; now, it's up to you, either you accept, or you end your life here right at this instant, but it wasn't in the choices I gave that you would be giving me orders."

Listening to her words, which were spoken in a very soft and collected demeanor, hiding how strong and authoritative they were, Jungkook couldn't help but poke his inner cheek with his tongue; that was all he could do in all cases he had to follow her orders to save his life and the one of his child.

"Is there a contract I should sign?"

" You have my word as a contract until the draft is printed."

Standing up from the couch, she made her way to the man in front of her, whose eyes were widely open, watching her figure that was getting nearer to him with every step she took; he couldn't deny the beauty she was, not to talk about her elegant yet simple style, black never suited someone more than her, simplicity never suited anyone more than her, his eyes couldn't hide how much praises she received inside his head.

He is a man, too, after all.

Leaning down to meet his level, she looked at his eyes straight from a very close perspective; she realized how much beauty they were again, a dark and big ocean inside them, deep and masculine, completing his vibes and charms.

She freed her hands from the pockets of her trousers while she placed her legs on his right and left, positioning herself on his lap; her hands started touching his sturdy chest. As she expected, strong muscles were hidden behind that black shirt, her touches were soft, and her eyes were still bored in his, just the way he was, too; silence dominated between them in a tense atmosphere.

She let her inner self wild, and so he did.

Her hand reached his lower abdomen softly, and that was when he lost the staring contest going on between them; as he closed his eyes and leaned his head to the headrest of the couch, he seemed to be finally moved by her femininity, at that she shown a sinister smirk, before pressing on his wound strongly making him hiss in pain caused by the pressure from her hand.

" You don't get to lie to me, Jungkook-ssi; if money was what you needed, I could have provided more than what you risked your life for; not a smart move."

Jungkook now felt the danger escaping her eyes; he understood better the situation he was in; it finally convinced him that he wouldn't be able to escape his destiny.

" How do you know about it? It was supposed to be a secret mission only a few knew about."

" I have my eyes everywhere, Jungkook-ssi, if the matter is interesting to me, and so you are, and this body of yours is now mine; you better take good care of it. Do we have an understating?"

Jungkook's eyes were locked on hers; he couldn't utter a word; he didn't know what to say even, a mission that he did while helping some escapers from the north, a sensitive task that was leaked to her, even the bullet he took she knew where in his body it has landed, tenacious, and evil, that what she was.

" You will run a few medical tests; let's take care of your health before the match. Also, I heard you had an infection from the gunshot; I guess that's why you're still feeling pain in it; here is the hospital address; get the tests done, and you will see your son right after; I hope I'm being clear enough."

He rushed to the piece of paper in her hands; he somehow felt afraid she might change her mind, as he figured out the hospital where he was supposed to run tests was also the one in which his son was.

Risks were not on his options.

" I will follow your instructions."

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