"I found her, she lives alone in Yeosu, waitress in a beach bar"

"Interesting, any particular needs we could meet?"

"Not a need, just a slightly misshaped behaviour, as you can see in the file"

"You never fail in entertaining me, such a variety you got there"

Tilting her head to face his standing figure, Katarina flashed the man with a beautiful smile after looking at the files on her desk, a speck of satisfaction decorated the latter, finally something interesting enough to raise her curiosity, just a bit of action to take away the boredom that has downed her life all of a sudden, she wasn't at all used to the calm, especially the type of calm that she sensed may be warning about a storm ahead. Leaning her upper body toward the cross-rail of her big chair, Katarina was intently looking at his deep and dark eyes, pushing the chair backward, making space for her self to reach out from behind her desk, Katarina led her way to Taehyung who was few steps away from the surface that separated them, as she reached the man, her hands started getting busy adjusting the collar of his white shirt, smirking softly while shifting gaze between his face and the fabric, Katarina only stopped when she managed to neatly adjust his look, patting on his shoulder softly, Katarina suppressed the small distance that was separating their figures.

" Taehyung-ah, at this rate I will work as match-maker for you, your Cupid"

The man didn't budge a bit nor he felt the slightest discomfort from her acts, his eyes bored in hers in a questioning gaze, he couldn't decipher her words clearly, knowing her character though, he guessed from the sly smirk on her lips that she was cooking something over a low heat, and he knew that he needed to be the seasoning for her dish.

"You're very handsome Tae, actually, if not for our history, I would have made out of you my safe embrace, you know that don't you?"

Taehyung's curiosity raised at each word that came from her mouth, he was lost, it was something new hearing such a small confession from her, she was displaying a new side of her she never shown him, making him close to uncomfortable with each passing second.

" But I guess I found my sister in law Tae, you don't need further instructions do you?"

"I will do my best, however, the idea doesn't inspire me much"

"My dear Tae, you have the green light, do it your way, but I need my requests to be met, the process doesn't mean much to me, if it's a success, this time the payment will be different"

She succeeded in raising his curiosity, desire, and greed all at once, having studied his character thoroughly during the past years, came very handy in situations like these, making the process of persuasion an easy and mostly a triumphant one.

" The CEO of my dear late husband's company, you fit that position so well Taehyung, let's harvest the fruits of our success together"

Taehyung's satisfaction with her proposal was bigger than she expected, the man even flashed her with his boxy smile, which he rarely show, enclosing with that the ongoing deal without further words, he doesn't like to drag matters long with empty talks, he is a man of actions.

While taking his leave from her office, Taehyung halted his steps as he finally decided to speak his mind out about something that kept bothering him.

" I think you need to meet him, I can't keep collecting him from bars every night, at this rate his condition will worsen before the match, he will loose his value which I doubt will be of any profit for you"

After throwing his cold as ice words to her face, Taehyung left the office without feeling any need to have her feedback, in the end, it was something he wanted to take off from his chest, relieving with that his conscience, and bringing some sense to her head.

Persuasively.

Ever since that night, Katarina decided to give Jungkook the silent treatment, ignoring the man altogether, she stopped her daily visits to the penthouse, and her mantra-like calls, depriving him from her presence like he never existed in her life, which has stirred his feelings greatly, obviously on the negative note, creating a huge wave of loneliness and emptiness in his heart, the man suffered a great deal, drinking until numbness is all he could feel every night, attempting to reach oblivion from the memories that haunted his soul, a curse over his head, driving him to madness.

Katarina wasn't satisfied only with the emotional damage she downed over the man, she actually decided to make this one lesson enough for him to learn obedience, she had no time to repeat her stance multiple times, she had clear goals to obtain from her actions, and she needed to make sure the latter are reached and maintained with time, giving no place for a future defiance to occur, that was not in her books for sure. Going as far as freezing his balance at once, only providing him with a daily allowance in cash, given by Taehyung and spent under his supervision, he lost her trust, and so her money.

Funny enough, albeit she was well aware of the amount of hardships she was putting him through, Taehyung's words were a bigger proof for that, she couldn't deny the aching feeling that visited her heart, she almost felt bad for him, which in fact was a reality, she hated herself for treating him that way, but it was a necessary move to tame him, to ground his rebellious behaviour, he was no adolescent, he was a grown-up man, so he needed to act accordingly, and if he couldn't learn with the easy methods, punishment could also be a fine option.

Bringing her back from her thoughts and guilt, Seokjin announced his presence with his loud greetings, making her jolt at the noise he made, he was feeling energetic suddenly, marking difference from the behaviour he was showing for the past days, she actually felt good seeing him in a better mood, but she knew how to boost his mood further.

"Katarina my dear Katarina, how are you feeling today?"

" To what we owe the sunny mood oppa?"

" You will be shocked, but its all thanks to my little brother, for once he proofed his usefulness"

"You must have heard the news then, they sure travel fast"

"Don't blame him, I forced him to open that zipped mouth of his"

"I won't oppa, actually I'm happy your bromance is blooming"

"Okay with that being said, I guess I should leave right now"

" Stop being childish oppa, we have matters to discuss"

Seokjin surely felt relieved about the piece of information handed by Taehyung, but that wasn't the only reason, in fact, he was way more happier with the way things unfolded between Jungkook and Katarina, although he was on the dark about the details, but seeing her refraining from mentioning the man, halting their outings and encounters, created a satisfaction that was big enough to bring his energy back, making him pushing aside Jimin's matter temporarily, and enjoying the halt of affection between the two.The situation opened a door of hope in front of him, bringing his selfishness to the spot-light shamelessly.

"I'm all ears Katarina"

"The man is seeking revenge, on me, as far as I know, the planning department is yours, so I will need you to focus and provide me the best of you"

" Hmm, he is still stuck in the past then, well, let me bring him to present, while showing him a bit of future while at that, I will become his fortuneteller don't worry"

Katarina mused at his confident words, serving him a hot cappuccino, she took a sip of her own while setting across of his figure, tilting her head to meet his gaze, gracing him with a beautiful smile, urging him silently to unfold the details of his plan.

" We are going to seek the help of our advanced legal system in this beautiful country my dear, and for the first time, an exclusive only for his beautiful eyes, cornering him a bit, only to become his ultimate hope, no-one saw, no-one knew, all under the tables"

Katarina couldn't help but grimacing at his words, his good mood enlightened his brain, bringing back his devilish character that she loved, he was the best in hidden plays, she should give him credit for his fast, and witted organisation and cast of plans, he is the incarnation of smart and deceitful.

" Still, something is very unclear for me, why Jimin?"

"Long story oppa, Jimin's sister went through a dark tunnel, which I will be saving her from, conclusion is, Jimin has been threatened, or better said, forced"

"Okay, so he made out of my man a coward, fair enough"

Taehyung succeeded in completing the missing parts of the puzzle, with all the information he gathered by following Jimin and his sister while digging around them, bringing to light the reason behind the man's betrayal, as per Hain's reasons and motive, she needn't no special powers or certain degree in smartness to figure it out, actually, she knew it from the beginning, she just needed to know his plans, and the path he decided to lead while thrusting toward her.

Jimin's sister figured her sexual preference when she met a young girl her age in one of the trips she took to Thailand, the girl attracted her a great deal, their personalities were almost alike, creating a romantic bond between them, strong enough for the girl to move to Seoul with her, when everything seemed to be pinky and their path was blooming with flowers and roses, the girl got captured by Hain, who used her in his human trafficking business, forcing her to whore out in his club, that's when the little sister of Jimin decided to show her brave side, taking out her courage to meet with Hain and threatening him with her older brother, putting a red carpet beneath his feet while opening the closed door for him to reach Katarina in the easiest ways.

Bargaining with him, Jimin obviously proposed a huge sum of money to free the girl, but Hain refused, instead, he requested information, his stance was firm, and the pleading sister who never asked anything from her brother was too pitiful to be ignored by her older brother, with that, Jimin provided him with one only information, the one he deemed less endangering to Seokjin, he never wanted to hurt him in the first place, nor to sacrifice him to the mob after all what he did for him, exchanging a small information about an upcoming deal that could fail in all cases seemed luring, it was feasible enough, a high price for sure, but not something he couldn't afford for his sister.

Now to make sure Jimin is far from troubles, which will stabilise Seokjin subsequently, Katarina decided to free Jimin's little sister from her obsession, sending a way more dangerous one to her, and that was no-one else but Taehyung, a charming prince, or black knight, or maybe, an incarnation of Lucifer, who will reset her brain all over, leaving behind no pressure points for Hain to hold into, especially that the latter didn't stop his blackmailing stunts toward Jimin and his sister, so clearing the way willingly from the latter side was very plausible for Katarina, without involving blood which may create a backlash from the immature kid, causing a series of unseen events.

Making sure Seokjin comes out from the situation untouched, and saving his surroundings and beloved or trusted ones, was one of her priorities, in the end, there was absolutely no need for others to suffer because of her and her dark past.

Entering to the penthouse after that night sent to her different type of feelings, the most prominent one of them was loath, toward her self, but toward him even bigger, however, the mentioned feeling was greatly mixed with longing, with desire, she knew for sure that she was breaking his educational time visiting him, flashing down the sink all her efforts on teaching him lessons she deemed necessary for him, but it was no time to regret an already token decision, not when his gaze already fell on her standing figure.

She wished he could be asleep in his drunken state, so she could profit from his insensible state, satiating her urgent need to see him, only to refill her eyes with his beautiful features and leave, but it wasn't the case, the man was settled in a chair in front of the kitchen's counter, gulping down his whiskey, eyes almost lost in everything but reality, her sight was the only thing that grabbed his focus back, furrowing his brows trying to shake off the effect of the alcohol, to make sure that he wasn't hallucinating, a smile escaped his lips, but it was a smile full of sorrows, which didn't went unnoticed by Katarina, who kept following his every act as his smile faded and his eyes went down to look inside the glass he was twirling.

Approaching his figure, Katarina thrown her purse on the counter, and took a seat next to him, not really in the mood to speak up her thoughts that were crowding her brain, she grabbed the bottle of alcohol handy, serving her self a drink after having deprived him from his glass, which she decided to use for herself.

"After splitting his dick open, I guess you looked for a replacement, he will be coming here too? cause if so let me tell you, I'm in no mood to watch any public display of affection tonight"

His mocking words came out piercing into her heart, she knew that her acts hurt him, but she suffered just the same, yet she was keeping it all inside her, bottling up and moving over once the situation ended, although, the sight remained engraved inside her brain just like the tattoos in her body, and his arm.

" You have a competition around the corner Jungkook, or perhaps you are evaluating some options for a potential suicide?"

" I don't die easily Katarina, I've faced many rippers but they refused taking me many times, so I suggest you discard this thought altogether"

Jungkook was barely managing to keep his hands to his self instead of indulging her in a hug, a strong one that could potentially break her bones inside his grasp, enough to express how much he missed her, but also, how much resent he bored for her, but that wasn't even an option to be considered, his pride definitely couldn't allow such a stunt, especially that only the sight of her brings vivid memories back to his brain, torturing him more than he could bear.

He stood up, leaving her behind to finish her drink, making his way to his room, trying to avoid any further discussions with her that could end up in heated arguments, or maybe worst.

Fierce fights.

"What makes you think it hurt me any less seeing you between her embrace?"

Her words sobered him quickly, an effect stronger than any kind of hangover medicine he ever had, to say that her words only surprised him would be a strong understatement, her words were not at all expected, he actually never thought that he may have caused her pain, the idea from the beginning was only to proof his free will in guiding his life, a little revolution, but pain? Or even further, jealousy? Those kind of thoughts never actually visited his brain.

He knew that she took a like on his looks, he was in fact used to that, she wasn't the first woman to fantasise over his rough and masculine appearance, the scars on his body and neck, the tattoos, the bulked build, all those were features that often attracted the attention of women, stirring up inside them a desire to discover more of his wild side, a desire that stopped at curiosity and no more, which made him think that it was the case for her too from the very beginning, reason for which he casted far away the idea of feelings from her side, he never expected a woman like her could even have emotions, he gauged her for someone rational who could only calculate loss and gain from any situation, and him, wasn't even near to be considered one of the mentioned options, not even loss, he was literally nothing in her big world.

" As if you know what pain is to begin with"

Katarina followed to reach his standing figure, suppressing any distance left between them, taking a deep look inside his eyes, almost breathing from his exhales, inhaling fully his scent, trying to make up for the times she spent away from him.

"You... it's you, to me, you are my pain, a pain I would gladly bear with for a lifetime, a pleasurable and painful entanglement

You see Jungkook, there are some limited extents that I never wanted to go as far as reaching, but believe me, I'm more than able to break all those limits, if only at that far end I'd find you waiting"

Jungkook's eyes never left hers a second, he was studying her while carefully listening to her words, trying to unveil every hidden meaning behind them, she could as well be forward instead of making him wander that way, but vague was another name of her, a concept or an habit she couldn't change, but at this moment, it helped her a great deal, making it easier for her to express feelings she found very hard to show.

"But even if you're not there waiting Jungkook, I will wait patiently, until you willingly come to honour that encounter."

Or forcibly.

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