Queen's POV

All of us sat in silence in Namjoon's office. After news of that incident, Taehyung ushered us all back home. So I missed the burger, the photocard and the home cooked meal as well. And right now there was a pit in my stomach due to hunger. Thats what happens when you try and act greedy.

"What are the losses Yoongi?", he turned to the second eldest.

"$16 million in guns, $24 million in drugs. $20 million in property damage. No human casualties"

Namjoon's jaw hardened as he slammed his hands on the table in anger. "We made those warehouses 8 years ago. No one other than us 7 knew about the location. How did someone put their hands on the information?"

As soon as I heard this, a thought went off in my mind. Did the location of these warehouses come from the data I stole? Were EXO behind this?

"Play the footage", Jin said and Jungkook opened the laptop.

"We only have a 20 second view where two unknown people walk upto the front gate. After that its all been erased?"

I saw the video and I could see them. But this wasn't EXO. One of them turned to the camera and did a little salute before everything went blank. I tried to recall where I had seen this salute before.

Yuta.

So it was indeed EXO. They must have sent Yuta and some other NCT guy to do it. NCT were one of our closest allies. All of them, practically raised by us to make an ally gang.

Based on the second person's height, it had to be Johnny. Also because he was familiar with explosives the most.

So it was indeed EXO.

"Who could this be? YeonJun called and he said the whole thing has been blown to bits", Hoseok spoke. "This has to be someone who knows about explosives"

"Could it be EXO?", Jimin asked.

My eyes widened as I heard this.

"Look at the time on the footage. It happened an hour ago Jimin", Taehyung answered. "They were sitting in front of us at the Royal temple then. It isn't one of them"

A sigh of relief. Thank you Taehyung.

"Doesn't mean they couldn't have this staged. They have enough allies. Maybe one of them offered to help out"

Fuck you Taehyung. Man was getting too smart for his own good. Maybe before Namjoon, I should just eliminate him.

"Do you have anything to say on this", Namjoon walked up to me.

"Me?", I asked puzzled.

"Yes. You are very silent and that is very much unlike you. Is it the silence of a guilty person?", he taunted, as he stood dangerously close to me.

"Excuse me!?", I shot back.

My body went rigid as I heard this and saw his doubting gaze on me.

"Hyung", suddenly Taehyung walked in between, pushing Namjoon a little away. "She hasn't done anything. Don't blame her for it", his jaw clenched as he looked at Namjoon, challenging him to take a step further.

"Why not?", Namjoon replied. "It happened four weeks after she joined. For 8 years they were hidden well. But the moment she joined, all of a sudden someone blows them up?"

"Namjoon", Hoseok too stood up in my defence. "You are unnecessarily doubting her and creating a rift. Sua has no idea how the Mafia works. Do you think one fine morning she is going to find the resources to blow up three of our warehouses? I know you are angry but right now you are just bullshitting"

Namjoon eyed me suspiciously before taking a step back. He didn't seem convinced and I am not going to lie, for the first time I felt jitters and nervousness. A fear of getting caught.

"Hyung, Hobi Hyung is right. I am no fan of Sua", Jimin said but stopped to give me a look "but you are being very harsh by accusing her of something like this"

Namjoon kept looking at me. I could still see doubt in his eyes. Maybe this was my cue to cry and make things emotional. Always cry, when you feel like you are in trouble. Just cry. The other person suddenly feels bad for making you cry and then you get yourself out of the situation.

Even better if you are a woman.

I closed my eyes as tears rolled down my eyes. I scrunched my nose and sniffed back the tears. All the boys turned to look at me. I wiped my eyes harshly as the droplets smeared my cheeks.

"I am sorry you still cannot trust me enough to know I would never do something like this Namjoon. I barely know the working of a Mafia. Till today I didn't even know what the royal temple was. I thought it was a place of worship. If I had enough power to go around blowing up your warehouses, do you think I would stick around with a bunch of perverts like you guys?"

With that more tears rolled down my eyes.

"Its hard for me to do all this. I have been propelled from a simple life into this mess. My brother is missing and I haven't seen him in over a month. It is taking me time to navigate through all this and it isn't easy. I know you Mafia people. If you think its me, nothing is going to change your mind. So you might as well kill me or whatever you have to do. But stop doubting me like this and making me feel bad about it"

No one said anything. Should I cry more? Are my tears not convincing enough? What is happening. I closed my eyes with my hands as I increased my wailing. After a few seconds, I heard footsteps near me.

"Sua", Jin said. I looked up to see him standing there. He removed his white handkerchief as he pat my cheeks and wiped away my tears.

"I apologize on Namjoon's behalf. We know you are not at fault. Please stop crying. Tears don't look good on a beautiful woman like you"

I stopped, calming myself down. Namjoon too seemed to feel bad as I saw the glint of doubt disappear from his eyes.

"And shame on you Namjoon for making a woman cry!", Jin yelled at him, anger flaring in his eyes. "I cannot believe my boyfriend is like this", he said with a huff. "Warehouses can be replaced easily but what will you do if Sua leaves us? Do you think people like her are easy to find? You should know better"

Namjoon looked slightly taken aback. Four of his own members had stood up for me. Seeing this, it made me feel guilty. They were here defending me while in reality, I was the one behind this. Shouldn't I feel happy? Knowing I had gotten them to trust me so much? But then why did I feel upset and dejected at my own behavior?

"Take her to her room Taehyung", Jin said and the younger held my hand as he pulled me along. I followed behind, relived that I was no longer a suspect. But still a heavy burden was on my heart as I saw the faces of the boys.

Initially when I had come here, I had come with the intention to destroy. To take revenge for harming my sister. But after getting to know them, I had my own set of doubts. Were they really the people who tried to kill me? Or did I just fall prey to the evidence laid out for me? What if it wasn't them in the first place? Because the more I interacted with them, my heart refused to believe they initiated the attack.

The door opened with a thud and I was snapped out of my thoughts. All this while Taehyung was pulling me along and I followed mindlessly.

"Sit here", he said pointing to his own bed.

"Jin asked you to take me to my room", I scoffed. "Not yours"

"Drink", he said ignoring my words and handing me a glass of water. Without a word, I downed it in one go.

"Are you okay now?"

"Yes because giving water to me makes me feel okay. You don't even know how to console a girl", I murmured. "Do you giving water makes everything okay?"

"I have no experience whatsoever dealing with female emotions. This is the best I can do", he shrugged his shoulders.

"Rude", I said to myself and looked away.

"Maybe I can learn today", he said.

I turned around to ask what he meant but he already walked to where I was and sat beside me. For a second none of us spoke anything. He raised his hand as his thumb graced my cheek, wiping away the fresh tears.

"I believe you", he said, removing the hair on my face as he tucked them behind the ear. "And I know you haven't done anything. I want you to stop crying because I don't like it. It makes me sad too. And I hate being sad. I don't even know why I am being like this. I want to tell myself I don't care. But I know its a lie. I want to despise you but I cannot. For some reason a part of me keeps worrying about you"

I did not know what to say. Or maybe because I was so flustered to see this side of him. At this point I believe he could even hear my heart thumping so loudly. A tear rolled down my eyes because his sincere words hit me right in the feels.

"And while I am it, can I also say something else?"

I did not know what to say. Was he going to confess because I literally didn't know how to respond to proposals. I nodded and he bent a little closer.

"Clean that snot dripping from your nose"

I was stunned for a second before I wiped my nose as hard as I could.

"TAEHYUNG!", I yelled at him as he suddenly burst into a laugh. I was so embarrassed as I hit him repeatedly and he continued to roll in the bed laughing.

"YOU JUST MADE IT ALL WORSE", I cried as I looked away, repeatedly brushing my nose to make sure nothing gross remained.

"I am sorry", he laughed. "I had to say it"

Angrily I stood up as I walked out of the room, ignoring Taehyung calling for me at the back. Once outside, I involuntarily burst into a smile as I laughed at my own embarrassing situation.
For the first time I had seen him smile this openly. He had a gorgeous boxy smile. And for some reason I wanted to see more of it.

My dear Hyelin, the voice within me spoke. Have you fallen for the enemy?

Have I? I asked back.

Oh I certainly think you have, the voice replied.

My eyes widened for a moment.

Oh shit. I really do like Taehyung.
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I like Taehyung more than I like Lee MinHo.