Hummph..! That was a strange choice of words..! But coming from Jungkook, weird was his normal..!

Moreover, Y/n was too occupied with thoughts of preparation for tomorrow to concentrate on anything else ...

She pressed her lips together to contain her smile...

"Okay... See you tomorrow then... Bye"

She pulled the book closer to her body and smiled!!

As expected, sleep hardly embraced Y/n until wee hours in the morning... She had spent the whole night fighting unprovoked with the blanket..!

The next morning, a familiar deep voice buzzed in her ears, waking her up from the slumber...!

"Morning, baby girl"
Y/n woke up in a spur of second, only to find out she was dreaming....!

She looked at her phone....

9 am...
1 new message from 'Husband' @ 0858 am....

Excitement mingled with confusion as soon as she read it..

'I'm sending you the driver, get ready and come over quickly'...

What was all this about? Was he surprising her? A strange kind of thrill took over her..

There was only one way to put an end to this anticipation... She quickly dressed herself in a white cotton dress, took one last glance at her simple, clean yet elegant look and walked out....

Completely unaware of the destination, Y/n sat in the car...

The journey was longer than expected... it seemed to never end..! Y/n was lightly tapping her foot along with chewing her lower lip with nervousness..

She almost felt sick in the stomach when the car started to ascend towards a large mountain....

"Why are we going up the mountain??", she asked diverting her mind from the nauseating route..

"I'm sorry Mrs Jeon.. I'm just following orders"

Dead silence hung in the luxury ride as she closed her eyes to escape its torturous turns and deep trenches..!!

Finally, the car stopped at the highest point, as Y/n stepped out...
Taking a few steps forward, she looked around only to find no trace of a living being there..
She turned back to ask the driver, but he was already out of the scene, his car speeding down the road..

That's weird! She thought....

"Jungkook???"

Y/n called out walking a little forward and widened her eyes in surprise...

The view in front of her was tremendous..!! There was a wide cliff overlooking the magnificent buildings and lush green trees.. the orange skies were a cherry on cake.. accentuating the picturesque scene...

After taking another minute or two to appreciate her surroundings, she returned back to her mission of finding her husband...!

She called him out again... But with no luck..

Where was he?? Was he just messing with her?
She kept walking further..

Was it really him who texted? What if it was one of enemies trying to get back at him???

No... no.. That couldn't happen... not now, when they were....

Y/n's thoughts had completely engulfed her body voiding her of anything else... not even realising that her foot stumbled and she was about to fall off!!

"Ouch!", she screamed as someone grabbed her arm preventing her from falling...

"Careful, Y/n"

A sense of comfort washed over her as ears filled with that much needed voice at the right moment!!!!

"Jungkook!!!"

Her eyes welled up and she hugged him tightly...

"Finally!!!! You are back!!"

He just hummed in response...

She was about to break the hug when she noticed something...

There were multiple cuts and bruises on his chest as if he had fought war.. They looked about a week or two old.. Still granulating, but not healed enough to not bleed when palpated....

Even the thought of him getting them made her stomach churn..!!

"What's this?", she peeked through his shirt and traced her hands gently over...

There was a moment of silence, Jungkook took a deep breath.. Usually he would be brimming with arrogance and exuding pride over winning over his enemy...

But there was a hint of something else in his eyes.. Sorrow? Contempt? Remorse? Guilt?

"It's the mark of victory... I have achieved my greatest desire..!", he tucked her hair behind her ear...

Y/n was pretty sure he had locked some long standing business deal, obviously with means she was least interested to know at that moment..!

"But-", she tried to speak when he cut her in the middle...

"Leave this! I have another reason for bringing you here"

"What reason?"

"Being my wife... you need to know everything about my life..."

Wow... was he opening up to me for the first time.... About everything?? Are we finally gonna have a happily ever after... Now that there would be no hesitation or unemotional exchange between us???

A little smiled formed on Y/n's lips and she nodded in agreement...

"I want to share some memories of my past with you"...

"You know, out of the few places precious to me, this place holds the most importance... On my 9th birthday, dad brought me and mom here for a picnic... Mom had specially planned the day for me.. and dad had taken the day off to spend time with us..."

Jungkook's expression eased a little as if reminiscing the memory in his mind..! 

"That's sweet.."

"IT WAS.....",

There was a subtle change in his expression.. Not great enough to be noticed easily by anyone else other than his wife..

"Until, dad had to leave in the middle due to an emergency and he left us with his most trusted right hand man..."

"And... He kidnapped me and mom", his face hardened...

Y/n was shocked at his revelation as her eyes widened in shock...

"He knocked us unconscious, and when I opened my eyes, there was nothing but darkness around"

"I was only a kid.. Naturally, I was scared... I didn't know where mom and dad were.. I didn't even recognise the place I was dumped in"

"I tried to escape and my first instinct was to run... but my hands and mouth were tied..."

Y/n's eyes were tearing up at this point but his face only remained hard without any expressions...

"They left me there for days... without food or water... I spent every second of the day, wondering if my parent's were safe? If  I would get out of here? Why was this happening to our family??..."

"There were lizards and spiders in that dungeon. I was bitten everywhere, my clothes were torn off.. I was a mess"

"I cried for help, but no one came.... "

Y/n cupped his face gently, she wanted to give him everything.. she wanted to take his pain away... Not in her million thoughts, she could have imagined Jungkook being so vulnerable..!

"Finally on the fifth day, the door opened and light pierced through my eyes... as much as I was relieved to see some form of human contact... I also feared for my life incase more pain was coming my way.. I finally gathered some courage and opened my eyes, only to see my mom standing at the entrance"

"I was so happy to see her... But she just stood there like a stone with tears flowing from her doe eyes"

Jungkook's words stammered with each passing letter...

"I wanted to secure myself in her arms.. but she wasn't moving even an inch. I was frustrated... I couldn't take it anymore and ran in her direction.."

"But just before I could reach her.. they shot her from back... right in the skull...."

"Blood spurted everywhere... and she was gone.."

"I LOST HER FOREVER..."

Y/n could feel traumatic events weighing Jungkook's body down as he closed his eyes and lowered his head down...

She couldn't believe the amount of pain Jungkook had been through...
She lifted his face up and he opened his eyes that were as red as blood as if he will either cry or kill every single person on this earth....

Little tears had pooled in the corners of his eyes.. but they diminished as quickly as they appeared..!

"I'm sorry for whatever happened to you. I cannot imagine the amount of turmoil you endured in such a young age"

Y/n was already sobbing and looking at her condition Jungkook's hand went behind her head and gently massaged her scalp in an attempt to calm her down...

"But, you know the most disturbing part Y/n??????..... That traitor... My dad's right hand man..Who ruined my family"

"WAS YOUR FATHER, FRANCISCO"

Y/n felt like someone had stabbed her a million times!!! Never in her life, death had seemed a better option than to face the circumstances she was in...

She never knew much about her parents, no one had any information about them... And now she was listening to a heart wrenching story of her husband's mother's murder which happened due to her own father...

Her own father?? She was about to pay for the sins of a man who she didn't even remember..!

She cursed the cruelty of fate..

Jungkook's hand continued to caress her hair....

Why? Why did it have to be like this? When she finally accepted him as hers... why was the universe playing her yet again... What crossroads had she come at?

"Jungkook... I.. I think you are mistaken... I-"

Suddenly, his hold on Y/n's hair tightened as murderous rage swept over him and his eyes turned bloodshot....

"Your bastard father was the reason my family shattered into pieces, Kay Y/n."

Her cheek stiffened with the salty tears flowing uncontrollably as she contemplated, the catastrophe that was just bestowed onto her....

More than the physical pain, it was his way of addressing her, which suddenly had turned so alien... from Jeon Y/n to Kay Y/n... He was close enough to kiss her.. But his heart was moving away from her every passing second..

Jungkook pushed her on the ground and she landed on her back as a pain riddled scream left her mouth... She grabbed on to her stomach and leaned on her elbow when he grabbed her face roughly...

"I swore to kill every person involved in the act. But that fucker had already shot himself before I could get to him.... The rest are hanging in my chamber from the past 8 years, begging and screaming for mercy... The final part of my revenge was every person related to that traitor..."

"And... these marks you see..??", Jungkook pointed to his chest...

"These are from torturing long lost relatives of your daddy dearest.. that I finally traced from your DNA..."

Y/n wanted to puke at the mere thought of what he would have done.. She was terrified to the core.. of the man standing in front of her...! Her own husband...! Her senses were screaming in the head to run away from him... but her body was numb.. she was frozen at her place..!

"And now.. you will be one of them... I have spent more than half of my life avenging and looking for that one link.. Never knew it would be my own Wi-", he gritted his teeth and stopped before completing the word...

"Jungkook.. I..", Y/n pleaded when his fingers tightened around her neck...

"You don't deserve to say my name.. I had been patiently waiting for your results for the last 3 months to prove that you have the same vicious blood running in your veins as that traitor. I have died everyday, to know.. You are nothing more than the bastard offspring of my enemy.."

Y/n's heart broke into a million pieces... a flashback of everything he ever did for her, even as little as ordering food for her... admitting her to Iris... taking her out for lunches.. consummating their union... hugging her every night like there was no tomorrow... standing outside Nicole's house, just to make sure she was safe... everything was fake??

Every single thing was fake....

He never felt even an inch of emotion for the stuff he did for her?

"Y..you were faking every single thing up until this time?", she looked at him helplessly...

He smirked in satisfaction, "Hurts, doesn't it?"..

"That's how I felt.. when that fucker betrayed my family, he was the one who had raised me, Y/n!! My dad trusted him with our lives", he screamed in anger....

"But.. but I didn't even know my parents... I barely remember their faces then why did you do this to me? Why did you break me, built me up and then broke me again... Why?", she howled as the heartache became unbearable...

"Because, that's what you deserve.. I never intended to hurt you Y/n... But, unfortunately here we are... I will never forgive you for this.. You will have to suffer.. Just like I did", he took a deep breath and got up...

"AFTER TRAPPING ME.... KIDNAPPING ME.. SNATCHING AWAY MY FRIENDS... CAGING ME AND FUCKING ME..... WERE YOU STILL NOT SATISFIED???????", she looked like her body had just given up at this point.

"EVEN A LIFETIME IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE AMOUNT OF HATE I HAVE AGAINST THE DIRTY BLOOD CIRCULATING INSIDE YOU" his evil gaze pierced right through her....

"I was a fool, I thought you would at least keep the beast inside you away from me, because we were bound by marriage"

"Huh! Marriage....???" he scoffed.

"How many times do I tell you that I am in illusion, I don't have a shit of emotions in me... there is no place for relationships in my life... Power and revenge are the only things I live by.."

"YOU WANTED TO SEE THE REAL ME...???? THIS IS THE REAL ME...!!!!! THIS IS WHO I AM!!!!"

"EVEN DEATH IS BETTER THAN THIS... JUST KILL ME AND FINISH OFF YOUR REVENGE" her lips quivered asking this question to the man who once hugged her while sleeping like there is no tomorrow....

"Ohh... no.. no.. no.."

"I want to kill you.. but I won't... That will be too easy of a riddance to you... I will keep you with me forever, so every time you see me, you will remember what that bastard father of yours did to me"

"But don't think you have a place in my Mansion.."

"You will live far away from the luxuries of the Jeon Empire... In a place where there will be no trace of a living being... tied to the bed 24/7... Just you and your thoughts of repentance"

"I will be your only visitor.. But not to care for you though... Just to FUCK YOU.."

"Because remember I said I will never cheat on you... see that's how you keep promises...", he chuckled evilly...

"I WILL INJECT YOU WITH POISON EVERYDAY... YOU WILL SEE THE MONSTER IN ME THAT WILL TORTURE YOU TO THE BRINK OF DEATH AND SAVE YOU JUST AT YOUR LAST BREATH... SO I CAN DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN"

Y/n appeared to be a stone at this point with the amount of trauma that was building up on her...

Without another word she fainted on the ground... However, here was not even a hint of worry on Jungkook's expression.. 

His robotic arms picked her up and threw her in his car's backseat, driving off....

The car stopped at a deserted place in the middle of nowhere. The place was like a hideout.. away from the hustle bustle of city..

Dry leaves crunched under his sole as Jungkook picked Y/n in his arms and walked inside...

The room was old and dusty with only an old creaky bed.. and a rusty chair in the corner..

Both of Yn's hands were chained to the bed...

His expressions were unreadable as he stared at her with a fastened breathing, but his hands fisted in anger as scenes of his 9th birthday played in front of his eyes before he could take another step forward..

And... without taking a second look, Jungkook left...