IU POV

(Few Months Ago)

"It's gonna be okay Ji-eun. He just wants to talk." I tried to calm myself by saying this, as I walked towards Mr. Lee's study. Slowly knocking on the sleek wooden door of his office, I heard a faint voice permitting me to come in. I stepped into his office when the smell of cigarette smoke entered my nostrils.

"You wanted to talk to me, Mr. Lee." I lowered my head, as I spoke to him. His back facing me while he faced the large window in his office giving a clear view of the city. While he was smoking the cigarette when I noticed Mrs. Lee seated on the couch in his study. I frowned looking at her, her cheek swollen, a little cut on her lip.

What happened here before I came?

When he decided to face me and start talking, "You should know better why I called you here." He asked making me look at him more anxiously. But I just kept quiet and didn't answer when he walked towards me taking his predator steps. I hate to admit but now I was starting to feel scared.

"I really, don't know why you called me here. At midnight?" When he scoffed at my words and stood so close to my face he exhaled the smoke on my face, that is hell disgusting as I coughed a little. "Take a look at her face..." He paused as I turned to look at Mrs. Lee, he looked horrible in that state, what did he do to her?

"Do you know why I beat her till, I couldn't hear her cry any longer and spill everything out." He is fucking monster, how can he do that to his wife. "Spill what?" I asked trying to avoid looking at her as he still stood close to me. "Spill what? Spill all your fucking plans. I thought she knew anything but now I think I need to ask you directly," He paused, dropping the cigarette on the floor he stepped his foot on it.

"Why the fuck did you break up with that lover of yours?" He asked, I didn't need anyone's name to be mentioned. I knew he was talking about Taehyung. Taking a deep breath I looked him into his eyes and said, "I can't let you use him anymore."

I thought he to get angry and start hitting me and calling me names, but he just started laughing, like a maniac. He is a psycho, "Oh, I see you have got to know everything." He said and looked into my eyes.

A few weeks ago, when I had heard Mr. Lee talk about me to his business partners, I sensed that he was planning something dirty, again. So I sneaked into his room one night and going through his things, I found some documents that looked like he had done great research about THE KIM'S, all about their current business in Korea and overseas, their wealthiest partnerships, etc., related to business but when I tried picking up those documents.

Pictures, secretly taken pictures of me and Taehyung. He had set his people to secretly spy upon us. Our pictures from the day we had started dating, he was keeping an eye on me. All this time, this bastard. When finally I uncovered his main plan, that he had made a talk with Mr. Kim about my and Taehyung's marriage. But not just a normal marriage, he was going to blackmail with this private stuff.

He had of mine and Taehyung's pictures of kissing, hugging, and being sweet. He was going to make them sign a fucking contract and use Taehyung as a course of getting dealerships with overseas partners from Mr. Kim. He is fucking selfish.

"Yes, I did. You can't do anything now. He is not your toy anymore." That was when he grabbed my jaw in his steel-like grip. It felt like he was going to break my jaw, "You fucking piece of shit how dare you ruin my fucking future!!!" He let go of my jaw and slapped me hard making me fall on the floor. "DO ANYTHING WITH ME, BUT I WON'T DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE WHATEVER I DID. I DID THE RIGHT THING BY BREAKING UP WITH HIM, OR YOU I WOULD HAVE FELT SO DISGUSTED WITH MYSELF FOR LETTING YOU USE MY LOVE AND STAIN IT." I yelled at him, as I held my left cheek to ease the pain.

"Love, Love, LOVE! FUCK THIS LOVE BULLSHIT OF YOUR'S. YOU'RE JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER, THAT SLUT. SO HUNGRY FOR LOVE. A ATTENTION SEEKER." He said, kicking me in my stomach.

"Look who's speaking a person who has never experienced the power of love." I weakly replied as I held my stomach that screamed in hell of pain. This is now unbearable for someone so fragile as me. When he just chuckled at my words.

"You do have a big mouth to spit such words at me, how dare you! You bitch!" He again kicked me, continuously. I lay there trying to control the horrific screams and the pain I felt. "Honey, please it's enough. She will die." I heard Mrs. Lee trying to get up and help me. I could feel that she was about to tear up. "YOU BETTER SHUT UP OR YOU WANT ANOTHER DOSE OF WHAT I HAD GIVEN YOU A WHILE AGO? HUH!" He screamed at her making her flinch and sit back at her place, when he squad down to the floor and grabbed my hair he made me stand straight.

"You will now listen to me," He paused taking a deep breath he said, "You will go tomorrow and patch with him and solve this or I have different ways ready, do you understand? Lee Ji-eun." He said as I gave him a sly smile, knowing I would never do anything such as he said.

"Never," I whisper looking into his eyes. When he bangs my head on the wall nearby I start losing my conciseness, the pain is nothing that I felt when I said to Taehyung that I don't love him anymore. His teary eyes, he had cried the last when his mother died due to a tumor. He was trying to be strong and found his strength in me, but I broke him.

"As expected, now you will suffer." He said before knocking me out unconscious. I fell to the floor, and my eyes gave up to stay awake any longer.

"Why didn't you tell Taehyung? He would have helped you out?" I heard y/n ask me when I just sadly chuckled at her question. "I could have. But I didn't because Mr. Kim and his brother were against it. They thanked me for saving their reputation, but if I had told Taehyung he would have gone against everyone in the world and gotten more hurt than he already was. He would have lost his soon-to-be CEO reputation for a mere person like me, which he had worked all his life."

"But then I met him again, after so many years," I said remembering the day, my father decided to make me engage with his business partner's son. I didn't have any idea that it was him.

"Jeon Jungkook, as my fiancé." I finished, I knew y/n would be in a hell of confusion and that was when I cleared why it was an important decision for me. "I was against it but Jungkook said he would help me out to destroy my father and the evidence but for that marriage was important so that my father won't doubt me and he won't be able to hurt me."

"And you agreed to him?" Y/n asked as he hugged me knowing, I was about to tear up, and I hugged her back. "Having no other choice, I did thinking wisely. I thought he would be the same cold-behaved Jungkook with me but no, he changed. That made me trust him." I cried into her chest as she patted my back to ease the pain I felt right now, I didn't know for how long I had kept this all inside. Keeping shut, and now opening up is making me feel light.

"Until Taehyung, your ex showed up at your engagement." She asked as I nodded, and she pulled away from the hug, passing me a glass of water. I gulped it down my dry throat and spoke, "He is angry, hurt, sad. But the rumors were so disturbing that they were given chances to break the engagement. I understood that I needed to find a quick solution for this mess created. And I was taught this one thing all my life. Rumors kill Rumors." I completed and looked at her, guilt visible in my eyes and words. I wanted to meet Jimin and talk it out but heaven sent me a savior. Making me meet my best friend back.

"That was when I saw you again so many years after our last conversation cause I was isolated at that hell and Jimin's clinic, I didn't know that I would ever see you again, Y/n. I never knew what all you had been through before I pulled you into my mess. You are now my only hope." I spoke. I didn't know why she was there and how she knew Jimin when he told me that she came there for regular check-ups when I buried my face in my palm.

"I am so fucking sorry, for being so pathetic weak person."

Finally, I could tell the truth which made me feel, at ease. This is not just any excuse but all my mistakes, my life was miserable from the very beginning and I feel it is destined to be like this till my death.

"You are not weak, my IU." Y/n hugged me making me open my eyes, "Jimin had come to the cafe a day before yesterday. When he asked me several questions how did I get into this acting as Taehyung's fake date." Y/n paused. My breath hitched hearing that she knew Jimin too.

"He wants to help me too. He wants Taehyung free from the pain and anger he is going through." She said, making me smile knowing that Jimin understood me too, I thought he also misunderstood me cheating on Taehyung. I smiled at her and thanked her when she spoke.

"I will help you. Thank you for telling me the truth but promise me you won't disappear again." I laughed a little at her question, I nodded promising. Y/n asked me to spend the night with her at her house, suggesting that I would feel better, and I agreed with her.

But now something bothered me was that today's encounter with Taehyung. Is he alright?

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Author POV

"Hey Mr. Jeff, where is he?" Jimin asked Mr. Jeff who stood at the entrance of the bar, waiting for Jimin. When he spoke not before taking a deep breath, "Dr. Park he's inside he is not letting anyone close to him, he is drunk and still isn't stopping." Mr. Jeff said making Jimin sigh, as they made their way inside the bar.

Mr. Jeff told him everything about the incident at the Event. At the same time, Taehyung came in their sight, who was holding the bartender by his collar, asking him to pour him more drink. Jimin sighed and walked there separating them.

"Enough Tae, let's go home," Jimin said and tried to pick Taehyung by his shoulder. When Taehyung yanked his hand, "Hey, soulmate!" He spoke in his drunken voice and hugged Jimin, as Jimin's breath got stuck in his throat, he couldn't take the smell of the alcohol. "Let's go, Mr. Jeff." He said and asked Mr. Jeff to help him carry Taehyung.

As they got out of the bar, Jimin informed Mr. Jeff that he would take Taehyung's responsibility for tonight and to inform his brother that he would be at Jimin's house for a sleepover, when he nodded and went away.

"You are fucking heavy, Taehyung." Jimin groaned as he finally plopped Taehyung onto the bed in his guest room. It was a difficult task for Jimin to bring Taehyung to his car, and then get him inside the house and to the guest room upstairs, where Taehyung was wasted now. He was in deep slumber. Smelling all alcohol.

"I smell disgusting all thanks to you Kim Jerk." Jimin gawked at the odor and went to take a warm shower, as he got out of the shower wearing something comfy he headed into the living room, where he had left his work incomplete. He made himself comfortable on the couch and looked at the report of his patient, after the recent check-up. When his eyes looked at the photo frame kept on his desk. He felt guilt wash over him. He was feeling helpless.

"I am sorry, Mia." He whispered closing his eyes.

[A/n: Don't you think it's having a lot of drama upcoming...]

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