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364. [Na-Ra's side:]

When Na-Rae finally managed to drag Na-Ra out of the bathroom, her sister looked distraught. Her appearance even worried Na-Rae because she'd never witnessed Na-Ra like that. This was new. All this because of Jimin?

"I lost him," she kept mumbling. "It's all over. I was playing a game I already lost."

Na-Rae rolled her eyes. She left her shoot citing an emergency and hurried here without even changing. Yet this was what Na-Ra put her through. She got no proper explanation except for the phone conversation Na-Ra showed her.

"What's the big deal? So what? You slept with Jun-Myeon. Everyone knows Jun-Myeon is an asshole." Na-Rae knew the problem was because it wasn't a one time incident. Na-Ra continued to sleep with him when she knew she was supposed to marry Park Jimin. "You could just tell Jimin that you used to date Jun-Myeon but the bastard two-timed you and you broke things off with him," Na-Rae said. "I mean...you could just claim that you were in a toxic relationship and you didn't realize how bad it was for you until it was late. It's not like Jimin is a blushing virgin." She threw her hands up. "He has flings all the time. And it's not like you explicitly told Jimin that you liked him and went on to sleep with Jun-Myeon behind his back. You were both playing a push and pull until Jimin pulled all the way and pushed you aside for the other omegas. You thought he'd confess and start courting you but he didn't. Technically Jimin has no right to be even angry at you because you weren't a thing."

Well, Na-Ra was completely reckless with that move, considering they all went to the same school. She should have known better than to stray away from her goal. How did she even think she could fool around with Jun-Myeon right under Jimin's nose? If it was for Na-Rae, she would have just focused on seducing Jimin until he was wrapped around her pinkie. Stupid, stupid Na-Ra.

Na-Ra shook her head. Her hair was disarray, looking like a bird's nest and told Na-Rae her sister had been pulling at it. "No, you don't get it," she sniffled. "We used to hold hands and talk for hours. He told me that I made him feel different that he could be himself when he was with me. There were times he stared at me as if he wanted to kiss me, but he always pulled back and changed topics. I always let my pheromones free around him and let him know how I felt about him. He always responded to it and his scent would sweeten. But then from that day, it was nothing but bitter. I didn't know why. But now I do. I ruined everything. No. Jun-Myeon ruined everything. That bastard knew." She sobbed uncontrollably. "He set me up, knowing Jimin caught us. I was a fool. I should have stopped but I didn't. I continued to see him because he was convenient and I could keep things discreet. It helped that he preferred no strings attached unlike the others. I didn't know Jimin would have known all about our meetings."

Na-Rae was beyond furious. How could her sister be so stupid? She'd been telling her for years that Jun-Myeon was bad news and to stop hanging out with him. But Na-Ra said Jun-Myeon's network would come handy. In a way, it did. Jun-Myeon introduced her to a lot of big people in the entertainment industry and she'd been getting a lot of work through his contacts.

However, Jun-Myeon's proposal was ridiculous. How could Na-Ra be so careless? What was she even doing when he took those photos and videos of her? Why wasn't she bothered about Jun-Myeon?

"You used to be friends. He saw you, yes. But that doesn't give him a right to be angry at you," Na-Rae said. She felt like Jimin was just overreacting. Na-Ra could date whoever she wanted. He should have confronted her if it offended him at that time itself.

Na-Ra shook her head. "No, he wouldn't believe it because he heard everything we spoke," she cried. "He knows I was with Jun-Myeon because Jimin wouldn't touch me or give me the attention I wanted. That bastard knew Jimin was watching and made me say things I wouldn't have said otherwise. That fucking asshole!" She hugged her knees to the chest, where she sat curled on an armchair in the bedroom.

Na-Rae glared at her. "Just how bad did you screw over? How could you be so foolish?!" Her voice rose, echoing in the otherwise silent room. "You had the guy you always wanted in the palm of your hand, yet you were so careless. Jimin used to be around you like a puppy. You couldn't even keep a simple affair discreet. Our parents are gonna be so ashamed of you when they find out."

"N-No." Na-Ra shook her head. "They cannot know. Na-Rae, help me. Mom and dad will be so disappointed in me if they knew. There's something going on in between Jimin and that low life omega. He could be pregnant. I mean...why else the Park family is so protective of him? If we could just prove Jimin knocked him up, then I'll be free of this."

"Do you even hear yourself?" Na-Rae scoffed in disbelief. "You're worrying over nobody when your entire life's work has gone poof. How could you be so stupid?"

"You don't understand."

"Oh, I perfectly understand." Na-Rae planted her hands on her hips. "You're nuts. From my point of view, I see a mad woman, who has already lost the race, trying to dig even a deeper grave for herself."

"W-What?"

Na-Rae rolled her eyes. "I told you to stop overthinking. We're gonna let it cool down before thinking through, but nope you wanna do everything right now and just won't listen. Didn't you read what dad said? He said to leave that omega alone and now you want to find out if he's pregnant or not? Are you crazy? You don't even know if they're together or not."

"What other reason—"

"Doesn't matter!" Na-Rae yelled. "Are you fucking blind? You're in deeper trouble than that omega being pregnant. Honestly, how is his pregnancy even relevant to the shit you are in? Jun-Myeon could expose your relationship to the world and drop pics at any moment. He's literally blackmailing you. If Jimin already knows about you two then he wouldn't want anything to do with you. That's too much to process and all you can think about is some stranger you just met today? How is proving him pregnant even gonna help your cause?"

"No, you don't get my point. We can create a biggest scandal and—"

"No. It's you, who doesn't get what's going on. Come back to reality, Na-Ra. It doesn't matter if Jimin was fucking that omega or not. It doesn't matter if he knocked him up. First of all, we know nothing. Second, even if that's the case, then the case just got stronger against Jun-Myeon because he touched an omega that belonged to another alpha. It'll automatically give Jimin the rights to fuck Jun-Myeon up. You know how our laws work. On the other hand, if you took Jun-Myeon's side, everything you built could go down in flames. Dad would lose face. We will lose the Park family's favor. Our investors will pull back. Don't forget the Park family is the biggest investor in our family business. You know how important that is for our family. Like it or not, Jun-Myeon is a sexual offender. The public is against him. The Choi family is grasping at anything and everything to get him out of this. He's got money but what about our reputation? People could boycott your products and our company."

But Na-Ra didn't look like she was listening. No, she was too deep down in her misery that she failed to see the clear picture of things the way they were.

"We need to tell dad and mom," Na-Rae announced when she noticed her sister wasn't listening. It was all going over her head and there was no use talking to her like this.

"What? No. We can't—"

"We are," Na-Rae stated in a stern voice. "I'm not letting you do anything else recklessly and ruin what we have going on right now. My career is just picking up. I can't lose this all because of your stupidity."

"No, dad can't know."

"He will know how to handle the Choi family. We'll be in huge trouble if he found this later. He needs to know."

"He's gonna hate me." Na-Ra's lips trembled. "I already ruined it all. Jimin hates me."

"He always rejected your advances," Na-Rae said. "Jimin never reciprocated or gave into your proposals. We thought it was because he's a man whore, but now we know that's not the case. He has known you were sleeping around with his rival all along."

Na-Ra looked crestfallen. Her distressed scent filled the room and intensified to the point of suffocation. Na-Rae opened the balcony doors to air out the room. Shin Global would burn to the ground and they'd go back to being penniless if they weren't careful. All their family's investments heavily relied on the Park family.

Basically, Jimin held their future in his hands. It was one of the reasons her parents wanted Na-Ra to marry him. It was the only way to secure their future. If Na-Ra had managed to do that and bear an heir for the Park family then their family fortune would have been stable for generations. But now, it was all in vain. Her father was going to be so furious.

It was already too late. Maybe their dad will find a way out of this.

"Listen, you always fuck things up when you're emotional. Just let dad and mom handle this, okay? You gotta lay low for a few days and let this cool down," Na-Rae said. "Dad is right. We cannot act without thinking. We were thinking we knew it all, but Jimin is several steps ahead of us. He knew you were in the court today and you stayed back. How?"

Na-Ra stared at her with a distant look in her eyes. She looked as if she was lost.

"We have to be very careful," Na-Rae told herself, narrowing her eyes on her sister. Very very careful.

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