Y/n had already forgotten her conversation with Azzuraa by the time she woke up the next day... She was half asleep when Jungkook's raspy voice filled her ears.

"Get ready, you have to leave soon"

He pulled her out of his embrace and got up from the bed...

"What do you mean 'I'?" she jerked her body up...

"I have to stay back, an urgent matter's come up", Jungkook quickly put his shirt on...

Y/n's heart sank a little on hearing these words, her mind went blank remembering that's what Azzuraa had told her yesterday...

"But I don't want to go alone. Can't I stay back with you?" she pleaded...

"Y/n I've how many times do I have to repeat myself?? This is serious business... It's not safe for you to stay back..! Go get your stuff ready"

"But... I'm the safest with you"

"Y/n....", there was a hard lump of dread that he had to push down before speaking..!

"You're not safe here"............
'From Me' was silent...

She looked at him while tears built up as she was not having a good feeling about this...

"Why are you crying?", he looked at her in confusion...

"I don't know", she sobbed harder...

"Don't make it harder than it already is... Y/n"

She finally got up the bed and walked up to the bathroom where she took a significant amount of time to compose herself..!

They finally made their way out of Valencia, and were Enroute his private jet..!

Her heart was heavy not only because she was leaving her motherland but more so because she was going by herself... She realised how hard it was becoming for her to be in spaces where he wasn't present...

"Jimin will be there when you reach, he will take you home", he said snapping out her out of her thoughts...

"When will you come back?"

"I don't know yet"

She nodded softly and looked out of the window....

No one spoke for the rest of drive... Deadly silence hung between them for the next 20 minutes..! There was something unusually bitter in the air...

They finally got out and stood next to each other...

"I won't be able to talk to you until I come back.. Let Jimin know if you need anything..."

She just blankly stared at him..

"I....", Jungkook's words were struggling to leave his mouth.. "will try to come back as soon as I can"..

"It's okay", Y/n tried to sound as positive as possible...

"I TRUST YOU JUNGKOOK"

"Bye..."

Y/n turned around and took a breath....

In a spur of a moment... Jungkook grabbed her arm and swirled her around when she landed in his tight embrace....!

Y/n couldn't control herself and burst off crying, "Keep me with you, please... I don't want to go back by myself"

He cupped her cheek and pecked her forehead, there was something more than lust!! There was sincerity and genuineness in it..!

"I have to take care of some things here, Y/n."

He wiped her tears and signalled the guard to take her stuff off her and with that Y/n left.....

As soon as Jungkook dropped Y/n off, his phone rang

"Hmm.... I will be over in 15 minutes...!"

He walked into the spacious room in the basement of his lavish villa and looked at the rectangular cork board in front of him full of little prompts.. pictures... receipts. In the middle of all that mess was pinned a picture of a middle aged women holding a 6 month old baby in her hands.. Next to her stood an innocent looking boy barely 6 years old with doe eyes and round face staring at the baby with utmost fascination...!

"Test results are ready, sir"

Without moving an ounce of his gaze from the board, Jungkook forwarded his hand as the man handed him two different papers...

He scanned a list of names in front of him and smirked in satisfaction..

"Get to work...."

"Boss..... Are you... are you sure???"

Jungkook walked closer to the well built man in front of him... He stood there for a second, his face calm... ALARMINGLY CALM..!!

And.... A tight slap on his face was enough to numb his senses..

"I DARE YOU TO QUESTION ME AGAIN...!!!"

The man embarrassingly looked down unable to meet his boss's fierce gaze.. 

"NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!"

Once the room was void of any human trace.... Jungkook sucked in a sharp breath before opening the envelope that had 'Ancestry Diagnostics' written in capital letters with blue ink....

After briefly scanning the information, he folded the paper back and turned around....

Within a span of seconds the eerie silence was broken by a thunderous growl as Jungkook slammed his fist his on the metal table in front of him....

"FUUUCCKKKK"

He tightened his throbbing palms around the sharp metal edges that pierced his thick skin as blood trickled to the floor in sync with ticking of the clock....

His ragged breaths grew louder every second suffocating every inch of his mere existence...!

After a pretty unsettling flight, Y/n finally got off the plane and saw Jimin waiting for her...

He welcomed her with a smile...

"Hi Y/n, how are you?"

She just nodded and softly looked at him, "I'm fine."

"Look at you!! The motherland has elevated your facial glow even more", he tried cheering her up post sensing a hint of sadness on her face.

That spiralled her mind back to the time she spent with her husband..! And then back to the events that had unfolded thereafter...!

All through her journey, Y/n was restless as Azzuraa's words repeatedly echoed in her mind: how did she know Jungkook was staying back? Did he stay because of her?

But then she remembered how he had assured her that he will never cheat and moreover this time, she did want to trust him..

Thinking of a way to settle this discomfort in her chest, Y/n finally spoke...

"How long have you known Jungkook for?", she looked over to Jimin whose usual friendly face appeared to have been lost in slight worry..!

"Umm... Almost 26 years.. Our dad's were business partners.. Why?"

"Just curious! You guys are really like brothers, isn't it?"

"Yeah!!", he nodded and smiled.

"Was he always like this? Without emotions?"

"Sometimes life gives you hard lessons Y/n.. and you have no choice but to develop a hard shell to save yourself from the stones people throw at you"

She stayed still listening to him for a moment before speaking again...

"Jimin can I ask you something?"

A firm nod motivated her to continue...

"Can Jungkook ever hurt his own family? I mean what is the extent of his cruelty?"

"Whhyy?? Did... did something happen?"

"No... Just curious"

Jimin took a deep breath, as Y/n nibbled on her lower lip anticipating his answer..

"Y/n, this Mafia world is messed up, you never know who your real enemy is. If I may say so, don't ever attach yourself to anyone emotionally. Because the people around you are emotionless devils, you never know when someone treating you like a queen will knock you over... Sadly, this is how it is.... I'm sorry, I have no other explanation to your question"

The closest he could get to hint on the undermining problems that she was unaware of...

His words hit Y/n like an iceberg...

What if what Azzuraa was talking about was true?
What if Jungkook would really deceive her in some way.. But how?
She was not even his enemy? She had no motives...
She was just a simple girl who was pushed into this web of power, money, fame and mind games where everything was an illusion.

And now when she was finally accepting Jungkook and adapting to his lifestyle, why was this happening?

Or...

Maybe it was all in her head...!
Maybe.. she was overthinking all of this...
Because she was... afraid to loose him??

As they were on their way home, Y/n noticed a massive sky scraper with the initials 'JAY'. It was clearly Jungkook's Music Company, there were still people walking in and out of it making Y/n realise it was in operation even though he had announced a 'hiatus' from music for an year or so...

Which made her wonder, what shady businesses were going on in it, if there were no musical activities?
Did the staff in there even realise who their CEO actually was?

The mastermind behind the success of Jeon Empire.. That operated so secretly that even the random stranger next to you on a train could be his loyal man...

Secretive but Successful...

Later, they passed the villa she had stayed in when she first came here.. making her think...

Do the neighbours know the owner and what he actually does?
Do they know his wrath if anything goes wrong?..
What if they try to mess with his place when no one was around to look after it??
Would they survive?

A couple of minutes later, they passed a big hoarding with Jungkook's picture on it..

'No. 1 Ranked Businessman of 2023 : JJK'...

She looked at the people standing under the banner admiring her husband's beauty...
Did they know his actual business?

There were also a couple of teenage kids staring at the board making Y/n think, How inspired they must be right now looking at the success of this young man? They would be seeing themselves in that hoarding...

But after knowing his true personality would they still aspire to be him?....

What a MIRAGE of world was it really??

It was really like Jungkook's world and they all were the pawns in his game, knowingly or unknowingly...

And she.. Jeon Y/n.. she was his wife... presumably his better half! There were still so many milestones they had to cross together..

Would he ever love her?
Would he ever change his unemotional self and show her what he truly feels..

As he said, by now it was pretty clear, he could hug someone in one minute and kill the same person in another minute.

He always had all the information he needed about literally anyone in this world, his every step was calculated way before he took action!!....

Unable to settle the crippling feeling in her heart, Y/n just closed her eyes until the end of their journey...

Almost 3 weeks passed and Jungkook was still not home...

As per his strict instructions he was not to be contacted until he himself called...

She spoke to Jimin last week and he had assured that everything was alright...

However, even he had no update on his return and Y/n was growing restless at this point....

She would spend days reminiscing the time they spent together and missed his presence around

Her days felt lifeless without him...

Y/n had not been keeping too well for the past couple of days, she was having terrible mood swings, morning sickness and this morning she even had fainted....

This morning she had another bout of vomiting and Alice had called the family doctor to get her checked...

"Mrs Jeon, can I ask when you had your last period?", the doctor asked gently touching her belly.

"About 7 weeks ago..", she replied.

"Ohh.. I see.. Will you be able to take this pregnancy test for me?"

"I don't think I'm pregnant Dr. I have PCOD, my periods have always been irregular" she said in a concerned tone.

"I understand that Mrs Jeon, but we can just rule this out if you take this test", he implied...

"Alright", she said getting up and walked over to the bathroom...

Even though Y/n was sure she wasn't pregnant, but she was still hesitant to take the test.. She and Jungkook did have unprotected intercourse every time, but she never bothered about it... Pregnancy with hormonal issues was pretty difficult in itself!

With shaking hands she took the test.....

'Why am I this concerned... this is not possible', she reassured herself....

About 15 minutes later, Y/n finally walked out...

"IT'S NEGATIVE", her face relaxed back to normal...

"I told you... it isn't possible"

"Oh okay, that rules out the possibility, I think it could just be a virus, I will write some antibiotics for it"...

She nodded as he handed over the prescription and walked out....

The doorbell made its usual 'ding dong' sound repeatedly making him curse out in frustration..!!! People coming over without any consideration of time were no surprise for him.. given the requirements of his business...

But somewhere in his mind, Jimin wished there was some kind of decorum in the Underworld..!

"For fuck sake... Just wait!!! Why are people so impatient these days???", he groaned..

"Who i-"

Words stopped mid sentence as a shocking gasp left his mouth...

"Youuuuuu"

Another Week Passed..

Y/n was reading a book when her phone rang,

'Husband' It read....

She picked up the phone excitedly, "Jungkook??"

"How are you baby girl?"

"Where have you been? It been almost 2 months", she spoke in frustration...

"I was taking care of some unfinished business. But it's all done now... I'm coming back tomorrow"

"Really? I can't wait"....

"l..." She hesitated a little.. ... "I've missed you!!"

"I'll be here in no time.... I HAVE FINISHED EVERYTHING... FOR YOU.."

"YOU ARE MY ONLY MISSION NOW"