Amber's words hit Jungkook like a thunder. He frozed on his spot. He opened his mouth to speak but he couldn't postulate any words to express his feelings. He moved his irises back and forth among Amber and Jin.

"My own bodyguard, who was assigned to protect me, kidnapped me and sold me to that monster, who not only hurt my body but also tore my soul into pieces. Those days in his capitivity were my worst nightmares. I never wanted to remember those days but....."

Jungkook couldn't control himself and his emotions. He in an instant bolted up from his chair and darted towards Amber, engulfed her in his strong embrace surprising both Amber and Jin.

"If you don't wanna remember those days then there is no need to remember them. Forget that dark past....whatever happened in past is all in past so just let it be in past."

He kept ranting whatever came to his mind in that moment. The only thing which was important to him at that moment was to console Amber...was to comfort her...

He kept patting her head while pressing her head deep into his chest. Jin stared at him with his wide opened eyes and Amber kept her another free hand on his arm.

Jin and Amber...both shared a confused look.

"How do you know, Jungkook?", Jin asked.

Jungkook parted from Amber and gazing at Jin he replied, "Bamy told me."

On hearing the name 'Bamy' the elder pressed his lips in a thin line and nod slightly, while the younger female stared both of them flabbergasted, trying to anticipate what's going on.

"What...what's going on?", she eyed both of them.

Jin caressed her cheek and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Your friends know everything about you."

"They know? But how?", Amber narrowed her eyes, "You told him, oppa?", Jin nodded his head, "When?"

"When you got in trouble with that jerk Jack and slapped him."

Amber gasped and her eyes popped out from her skull.

"You...you know about that?"

In return Jin chuckled softly and embraced her, "Did you really expect your this handsome oppa to just let you be by your own...huh?!", he pulled himself away from her, "Ofcourse not!! I'm always there with you even if I'm not present physically."

Amber in an instant crashed herself against his chest. She started to sob silently.

"I love you, oppa...love you so much."

"I love you too, my cutie pie."

Then he parted from her and with a soft smile spoke, "Let me talk to the doctor if you can go home right now. We'll leave soon."

With that Jin left the room. After he left Jungkook sat on the edge of the bed where Jin was sitting few moments ago.

"Are you mad at me and Bamy?"

"Why??"

"We never disclose that we know everything.", Jungkook hung his head low.

Amber smiled, "No...infact M happy to know that even if all of you know everything you all never pitied on me rather respected my decision and never asked anything."

Jungkook pressed his lips in thin line.

"Amy...can I ask you one thing?", Jungkook asked, licking his lips.

"Hmm...", she hummed.

"If your cousin has helped your former bodyguard to kidnap you then why you still favouring him? Why you still have his gift with you? You should hate him, isn't it?"

Listening to Jungkook's questions, Amber smiled bitterly, "Because I understand why he did that."

Jungkook snapped his head towards her.

Amber continued, "He wanted me to be his and in his madness he didn't realise what he was doing it was correct or not. He loved me and that's the reason why he did that heinious crime."

"But Amy, because of that you suffered so much...those tortures all of those pain...sufferings were just because of your cousin.", Jungkook interrupted unable to hold back his anger.

Amber understood his emotions so she turned her head towards the window and spoke softly, "You all are right on your places but I don't think Hobi would have ever thought of hurting me. There must be something buried deep down which we don't know. Hobi was my own personal energy pill...my bundle of joy...my sunshine of life. I just wanna meet him and wanna know what has happened with him that day after I got kidnapped."

"Amy...bu...", Jungkook was about to say something but before he could complete his sentence, Amber cut him off, "JK, I know I'm being an emotional fool. Trusting someone who had hurt me very badly but please don't say anything about this. Please...let me be like I'm. I can't hate him."

Amber pleaded him with a desperate tone which made Jungkook to swallow his words. He nodded disdainly.

Till then Jin returned back and asked Amber to change her outfit as doctor has allowed her to go back to home. Jungkook also took her stuffs and went out to get the car.

Jin asked if he should come with Amber but she denied as she wanted to talk to Taehyung and for that she needs to be alone.

As soon as she sat in the car, she spoke, "JK, I know you're still annoyed but please try to understand my feelings. He is my brother...my best friend...how can I just shut my heart to him when I know he loved me more than anything."

"Amy....", Jungkook barged in, "...I'm not mad at you. I'm just...aahh...I don't know what to say. I can't digest the fact that you're favouring the person who gave you so much pain and sufferings. You're also justifying him by saying that he must be having his own reasons of doing that heinious act."

Amber hung her head low. Jungkook noticed her dull mood so he immediately tried to make the air light.

"I understand your feelings towards your cousin. Even if I'm not convinced with the fact of your defending him but I whole heartedly understand your love and concern for him. I think if I were in your place may be I would have also done that what you're doing."

Amber snapped her head up and stared at him who was already staring at her through the rear view mirror with a soft smile plastered on his lips.

Amber mimicked his actions and adjusted her posture on the seat, chuckling to herself. Jungkook started the ignition and pressed the gas pedal.

Taking the turn, he gazed at the rear view mirror and uttered, "Thank you, Amy."

"Huh??", Amber diverted her eyes to the mirror.

"I said thank you.", Jungkook repeated his words, his eyes fixetted on the road.

"Thank you for giving me so much importance in your life. Thank you for giving so much value to my opinion even if I'm just a mere bodyguard...an employee."

"Hey....please don't say like that! Even if you're my bodyguard...you're my friend. You're one of the most important person in my life and I don't wanna lose you ever.", Amber blinked her eyes softly with an endearing smile adorning her lips.

Jungkook smiled back at her and while taking a different turn away from the Kim mansion, he spoke, "I'm taking you to Kim Taehyung's office."

Amber startled for a bit when she heard her intention from Jungkook's mouth.

"Ughh...how...how did you know?", Jungkook chuckled and pressed the brake making the car halt with a jerk.

"Mr. Kim's office.", he apoke eyeing outside the car.

Amber follpwed his eyes and her eyes fell on the big black block letters written on the top of the building.

'VANTE CORPORATION'

Her irises moved from one letter to another with a deep sigh.

"After hearing the story about the pendant, I guessed you must be wishing to know about your cousin and how Mr. Kim got the pendant. So I brought you here.", Jungkook answered her question.

"JK, I'm scared.", Amber whispered, closing her eyes.

Jungkook turned towards her and with a fond smile he spoke, "Don't be! I'm there with you. Asking some questions doesn't hurt anyone."

Amber nodded with a slight tug on her lips. Jungkook parked the car and then both of them got down of the car.

"Ohh...Miss Kim! Good evening...Sir is in his cabin.", the receptionist greeted them with a smile as soon as she saw both of them approaching.

Amber and Jungkook shared a confused look among themselves when a familiar chirpy voice rang near their ears.

"Hello, Miss Amber and Mr. Jungkook! Boss is already expecting you two. Come I'll take you to him."

Jimin extended his hand towards them and they shook hands with him one by one. Then they both followed him to Taehyung's office.

Amber has clutched Jungkook's sleeve of the coat tightly. She literally wanted to run away from there but her curiosity about her cousin resisted her from this desire. She was afraid of getting the same familiar scent again. She was scared of her own assumptions coming true. She really wanted to meet Hobi but she didn't know why she was so nervous with the thought of meeting him after so many years. Her heart was beating crazyly inside her ribcage with fear...happiness...excitement... nervousness...she also didn't know what was the feeling.

Jungkook sensed the tightness around his left hand sleeve and noticed her rigidness. He engulfed her hand with his another hand to assure her that she was not alone.

Soon they reached infront of Taehyung's cabin. Jimin gently knocked at the door with his knuckle and on hearing a 'Come in' in a deep husky voice he pushed the door slightly.

"Boss...your expected visitors are here.", Jimin grinned widely with a wink at Taehyung.

Tarhyung rolled his eyes mentally as he already saw Jungkook behind his assistant. He nodded slightly at him and diverted his eyes towards Jungkook. At that very moment his eyes met with his most favourite pair of dark brown almond eyes, which were staring at him from behind her bodyguard's well built frame.

Taehyung chuckled softly at her childishness.

"Hello...Miss Kim and Mr. Jeon. I was really expecting you two."

Amber's eyes grew bigger and she stared at him as deer caught in headlight.

"Don't you think it quite obvious, Miss Kim?", Taehyung mocked at her reaction, "You know the owner of that pendant and I recovered it from the crime scene. So isn't quite clear that you'll be here sooner or later to know about it?"

Taehyung spoke as he stared at her intensely making her to drop her gaze down towards her feet.

"Have a seat first then we can talk peacefully.", he offered and both of them immediately obliged.

Jimin pulled the chair for Amber which made the latter to smile in return. She mouthed a soft 'Thank you' and Jimin flashed his cute eye to eye smile. Taehyung watched this whole scene playing infront of him. He clenched his jaw and glared at his PA with fire in his eyes. When Jimin felt eyes on him he diverted his eyes towards his boss. He smirked and winked at him mischievously.

Taehyung was about to roll his eyes but was abruptly stopped by Amber's question.

"Mr. Kim...how did you got the pendant from the crime scene?"

Taehyung got startled for a bit. He cleared his throat before answering.

"Ahmm...uhmm...actually I have my spies everywhere.", he smirked at her showing his authorative persona.

"Can I have that pendant?", Amber asked in a very soft voice.

Taehyung raised his left eyebrow, "Huh?"

Amber gulped her saliva before repeating her question.

"I...I...want that pendant. Will you please give it to me?"

"Why??", Taehyung leaned back on his swivel chair and with his hands clasped together he gave a stern look to her, "Why should I give it to you, Miss Kim? You haven't given me a reasonable answer about that pendant."

Amber lowered her gaze, unable to handle the aharp gaze of the intimidating CEO. She kept bitting her lower lip and fidelling her fingers. She was anxious and scared to be there. Taehyung could feel her anxiousness and it was making him insane internally.

*'Who's that 'Hobi' so special to her? What's so special about him? Huh? She is scared to be here but then also she is here sitting right infront of me and asking about that pendant. She even got the guts to ask me to give her that pendant. Her desperation to get that pendant made her so brave. Impressive! I seriously wanna know who's that person.'*

Taehyung thought while glaring at her. His gaze was cold and stern but his emotions behind his gaze was hurt and jealous.

"I'm waiting, Miss Amber!", his voice was cold and each words sent a cold shiver to run through Amber's entire body.

She lifted her eyes and met his gaze. She gulped down her saliva.

"Mi....Mr. Kim, I...actually that pendant belongs to someone who's very close to me so....", her words got cut off by Taehyung, "...you want it so that you can save him from the punishment. Right?!"

Taehyung clasped his fingers together resting the elbows on the table and rested his chin on the back of the hands. He was staring at Amber intensely without averting his gaze anywhere else.

Amber was growing queazy second per second under his gaze. She started to fidget with the hem of her jacket. Jungkook realised the heaviness of the situation so he decided to jump in between.

"No, Mr. Kim, that's not the fact. Amy, is not intending to protect the culprit, she only want that pendant to keep it close to her as a reminisence of that person."

*'That's the reason why I don't wanna give that pendant to her.'*

These were the exact words kept wandering inside Taehyung's mind which he desperately wanted to spat out but he clenched his jaw hard just to suppress the urge to blurt out.

"May I know whose is it?"

Amber took a deep breath, "Its of my cousin, Hobi....its the name I used to call him but his actual name is Jung Hoseok."

A small smile made its way on her lips as the name escaped from her lips, unbeknownst about the reaction of the CEO and his PA.

Taehyung and Jimin froze for a moment as they heard the name of their arrogant but helpful hyung. They couldn't believe their ears. Their hyung was Amber's cousin and moreover he was the suspected killer.

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