It was the middle of night when Y/n opened her eyes, slowly observing the environment around with a blurry vision. But her heartbeat fastened upon the sight in front of her.

She was grabbing on to Jungkook's arm and he was sound asleep next to her!! They both were lying on their sides facing each other.

Their close proximity was clenching her soul as her body shivered at the flashbacks from earlier.
The deadly silence in the room was only interrupted by the sounds of his voluminous breaths!!

In an attempt to widen the distance between their bodies, she slowly tried to pull her hand away.....

"Its not that easy to let go off me"

Jungkook muttered in a deep sleepy voice with his eyes still closed, tightening his fingers around her wrist with his other hand...

She flinched a little as his raspy voice hit her ears. It sounded so addictive for some reason.. different from his usual rough tone!!

It would have been such a turn on.. only if the circumstances were different! Although, he was still the same artist Y/n had admired! But she was terrified of this part of his life.. This was not the Jungkook she knew!

She remembered this popular saying 'Never meet your favourite celebrities in person'. How true had this quote proved itself in her life!!

In the last week or so Jungkook's personality had changed drastically and only for the worst... Was this really the true Jungkook.. was this his truth?? Murders.. Tortures... Cruelty.. What about those soft songs like 'Always with you'? or romantic songs like 'Dimensions'? Was all that fake? She wanted to go through those posts and live broadcasts on the Converse app again to check if it was really the same person!!!!!

There was so much confusion in her mind about him.. about this whole situation... even how she got back to her room... the last she remembered he was dragging her near this room filled with.....

"Ss..nak..snakes"

Y/n stuttered remembering the horrific scenes from earlier..

"Just relax Y/n you are back in the room, there is nothing here" he opened his eyes and looked at her

She was surprised at his sudden soft tone, but she knew not to trust it much from her past experiences!

"W..where is Alice?", she asked quivering

"Just where she should be", he said taking a deep breathe.

"No....", her lip trembled and her eyes welled up realising what his words meant...

Was she still tied up? Was he still punishing her? No.. she couldn't let that happen...  she had to save her.. It was not her fault.

Y/n was about to get up in a reflex when he tightened his grip on her hand stopping her movement..

"You can't get up.. you need to rest"

"No... I need to save Alice.. leave me please. I need to see her", she pleaded.

He looked at her with astonishment... her compassion was still very much there as much as it was at their first encounter.. She was unwell herself, but more concerned about someone else. Her heart was so pure.. in complete contradiction to him!! He was once again amazed at her kind personality... It was so different from the women he had seen in his life in his circle!!!!

"Y/n, I released her, she is in the servant quarters", he assured her.

She looked at him in confusion.. Witnessing his rage earlier it was so hard to believe him.. What if he was lying?

"I don't believe you..", her voice trembled.

"You have no other choice than to believe me! You are not leaving this room!"

"But.. yo..y..you tortured that man...and.."

"That is the fate of every man that tries to lay eyes on you" he looked at her with a piercing gaze as if wanting to resurrect that man and give him an even bitter torture for how he had dared to touch Y/n!!

Y/n could sense his rage returning as he closed his eyes and his grip her hand tightened almost stopping her circulation..

"Ww..ill you punish me now?" she swallowed hard..

"I wanted to.... but then I realised you are getting the worst punishment of all", he smirked at her releasing her hand!

"W..what do you mean?" she looked at him with confusion

"You ARE getting married to me.... Don't you think that is punishment enough?" he emphasised on the word 'ARE' as if it was inevitable and her consent didn't matter!!!

"How can you be so cruel, don't you have any emotions?" she had expected him to ponder over this question or give her at least a reason of why he was like that...

"No"

He answered casually without even thinking for a second as if it was the most normal thing ever!!

His response was shocking but not unexpected!! It was true, all she could see in his eyes was coldness. There was no remorse in his eyes for what he had done. It appeared as if he could still kill anyone without a second thought! His personality was still stone cold emitting the same dangerous vibes!!

"Is it because..?", she built up courage to ask the question that had been bothering her ever since that conversation with Mr Jeon.

"Because?", he looked straight into her eyes, his dark aura was enough to warn her.

"Y..you l..lost your mom", she muttered.

Even though Y/n couldn't remember that she had hugged him like there was no tomorrow, she felt talking to him had become lot easier for some reason. Maybe she got used to his ways!!!

"Go back to sleep", he said completely disregarding her question.

Y/n understood it was a sensitive topic for him and pestering him to answer could return his wrath!!

"Why were you sleeping here?" she diverted the topic of conversation..

"Because, you grabbed on to me and didn't let me go", he said sarcastically.

"I am sorry... I must not have realised... but you can sleep comfortably now", she felt embarrassed at her action.

"Hmm", he mumbled and closed his eyes turning on his back, easing himself to find a position comfortable enough for sleeping!!

"I meant... in your bed", Y/n couldn't help the slight curve of smile that formed on her lips seeing him struggle to find a comfortable position!!!

"I own this whole Mansion.. I can sleep Wherever and However I want", he spared her a quick glance before closing his eyes. Placing her right hand on his chest and holding it firmly he demonstrated his authority and power!!!!

As her hand rested firmly on his broad chest,  Y/n couldn't help but feel his steady heartbeat. She stared at his face, his sharp, striking features were majestic and breathtaking. His face looked so beautifully calm while sleeping. This was the first time she was observing him from this close. She couldn't believe he was the same person who could mercilessly torture his enemies... he was like a mystery to her.. His mind and senses were sharp enough to detect the sinner just by looking. They were impeccable.. maybe being the in the position that he was required to be alert and cautious 24x7!! You could be attacked anytime. After all, with great power came great enemies too!

"Stop staring at me, if you don't want me to pounce on you"

Y/n was taken aback at his words!!!! what was with him? Did he have 10 eyes or what? she shook her head in annoyance and closed her eyes quickly and within a few minutes dozed off......

Its was almost 3AM in the morning and Y/n was fast asleep. Jungkook was staring at the ceiling as his mind was running with a million thoughts. Who was Mark? Why was Y/n so traumatised over his name? What was her story? He looked at her.. sleeping innocently with her hand still rested on his chest... It appeared she didn't remember calling out that man's name when she woke up... Which was good from one perspective.. at least she wouldn't have another panic attack.. but somehow he wanted to know what had happened.. this suspense was making him more restless and there was only one way to settle this restlessness!!!

Thus, leaving her in a peaceful slumber.. he walked out of the room and dialled his phone.....

"Come and see me right now"