With being so exhausted yesterday, I was only able to video chat with Taehyung for a short amount of time before falling asleep on him during our conversation. The only reason why I even know I did is because I woke up this morning with a text from him telling me that I looked cute while sleeping and he missed snuggling next to me.

I decide to type out a text to him to make sure he wasn't busy before I go to work. Thankfully, I only had one evening class tonight and didn't have to be into work until noon. And with Emma being gone to class, I have some time to myself.

안녕 handsome! 💙
Are you busy?

Taehyung 💙:
Never for you 😘

I press the call button and smile when he picks up on the first ring.

"Yeoboseyo." He says in a very low, sensual voice.

"Ooh...you can't answer the phone like that if you don't want me to get naughty thoughts." I swoon on his command.

"Maybe I want you to." He replies making me raise my eyebrows at his random boldness.

"Is that so? What are you doing right now?" I ask knowing it's getting late over there.

"Laying in bed. My roommate is out at a party." He informs me.

"I wish I was in bed with you." My voice sultry and soft.

"Come here then." He flirts making me giggle.

"Oh, I'll be coming." I smirk at the words having a double meaning.

He chuckles and a soft moan escapes his throat as I hear him shift in his bed.

"Tae..."

"Hmm?" He replies softly.

"Where is your hand?" I question when I hear the erotic sound through the phone.

"One is holding the phone, the other is...wishing it was you." He groans and the warmth in between my legs heats up.

"I can't wait to have you deep inside me again, making me moan for you." I smile when I hear him hiss at my words.

"Gongju, I need you so bad." He moans, his deep voice making me squirm underneath the covers. "Touch yourself, Ava. Just like you did at the hotel."

I run my fingers underneath the waistband of my pajamas and lace underwear until I find my clit. I quickly find that I'm already dripping wet just from the sound of his voice and I softly moan as I begin to rub against my sensitive bud.

"You sound so beautiful. Does that feel good baby?" He groans as he continues to stroke himself.

"Not as good as you." I gasp as my desire continues to build.

"Stick your fingers in. Fuck yourself and picture it's me." He commands and I immediately do as he says, a higher pitched moan leaving my lips.

"I swear I'm going to fuck the shit out of you when I see you again. You miss me jagi? You miss me making you come?"

"Yes sir." I moan as I feel myself getting closer and closer to climax.

"Shit! Your voice is so sexy." He growls as he feels himself nearing the end.

"Come for me baby." I whine as I feel the first signs of release.

"Not until you come for me." He replies.

I continue to moan for him, my breathing growing more rapid and my voice getting louder until my legs tighten and I climax with my fingers still inside me.

"Fuck!" He exclaims as he comes at the sound of my voice and sighs out in relief.

"I miss you so fucking much. This is hard but you're worth every painful minute of waiting." He whispers as he relaxes after our little phone sex session.

"I miss you too Tae. Every second." I confess with full sincerity.

"Thank you." He says as I hear a smile grow upon his beautiful lips.

"For what?" I giggle.

"For loving me. Every thing about me. For not giving up on me and being my everything."

It wasn't what I expected to hear. I expected him to be playful and say thank you for the phone sex but it seems as if my handsome man is feeling a bit more emotional right now. I just hope the long distance isn't getting too hard for him.

"You don't have to thank me baby. I couldn't imagine not loving you. You're my everything, too. You know that?" I smile and turn on my side.

"I'm forever yours gongju. Forever." He firmly repeats himself.

"I'm forever yours Taehyung." I smile when I hear him yawn even though he tried his best to hide it. "Tired?"

"Damnit. I was hoping you didn't hear that. Yeah, I am. We did have amazing sex in my mind after all. I put in a lot of work." He jokes making me giggle. "Your laugh is the most beautiful sound to me."

"Get some sleep. I'll talk to you when you wake up. Saranghae." I say with a soothing voice.

"I can't wait to get that call. Saranghae jagi." He replies just before we end our conversation.

With a bit more of a skip in my step due to a full night's rest and a satisfying phone call this morning with a man I truly adore, I walk into the gallery and greet the guests I see with a bright smile before I make my way into the office.

"Well good afternoon to you too!" Lucas laughs at my chipper personality today.

"Good afternoon Lucas!" I beam. "Where's Mrs. Bailey?"

"She's talking to a guest right now about purchasing one of Ethan's paintings." He smiles and shakes his head at me as he returns to filing away some paperwork.

The gallery was lively today and has been ever since Ethan's works have been available for viewing to the general public. Guests walked around looking at the paintings with a fascination in their eyes and it was truly wonderful to see their reactions.

One by one I would greet them and answer any questions that they have about the paintings themselves or more information on the artist. Just in the hour I've been at work, I've already sold two of the paintings for more than what he was asking for in order to outbid another potential sale.

"You're really killing it today. Must be your newfound happy attitude." Lucas jokes and I roll my eyes with a smile.

"What's got you so elated anyway?" He asks as he wipes off the fingerprints on one of the statues. I don't know why people can't just follow the rules of no touching the artwork.

"Oh, nothing specific. Just life is pretty good today and I got a full night's sleep." I shrug.

"Didn't get to talk to Taehyung last night?" He walks over to me after setting the blue microfiber cloth behind the front desk and out of sight.

"I did for a little bit but I fell asleep on him." I grimace at the thought of possibly snoring on camera.

"How's school going for him?"

"It's going ok. He's doing well in all of his classes, but that doesn't surprise me." I smile and continue to write some information down in our log.

"I'm sure he misses you a lot. When he came to pick me up on Friday night, we had a little heart to heart. I'm not sure if he told you." He states as he walks around to take a drink from his water bottle that was sitting behind the desk beside me.

"No, he didn't." I look over to him with my brow furrowed and shake my head.

"Yeah, he couldn't shut up about you. I can tell he's really in love. I'm happy for you two. Seriously." He smiles and gently pats my upper back.

"Thank you, Lucas." I return the friendly smile just as another couple walk in.

Towards the end of my shift, I look over to Mrs. Bailey who is watching me like a hawk while I'm in the middle of a conversation with another guest. She had a deadpan expression and her arms were folded across her chest as she leaned against the dark blue focal wall.

"Thank you for coming by! Give us a call if you should want to make an offer!" I wave goodbye to a couple heading out.

"Ava, could I see you in the office please?" Mrs. Bailey asks as she turns to walk in that direction.

I look over to Lucas who just shrugs and shakes his head. I thought I've done well today and at the art show while she was gone. I was damn proud of myself but now I'm nervous.

Oh shit...does she know Taehyung and I had sex in the office?

"Shut the door and have a seat." She commands as she walks around the large wooden desk.

I do as I'm told and slowly sit down in the chair adjacent to her. I stay silent and focus on the pounding noise in my ears.

"Ava, there's something I wanted to talk to you about and I wanted to keep it away from Lucas." She begins as she leans up to clasp her hands together on the desk...right where my bare ass was less than a week ago.

Here we go. She knows! She knows and I'm about to be fired. How am I going to explain this to future employees? How am I going to pay for gas, food, essential items...anything?

I nod and lower my head as I play with my thumbs, preparing myself to hear about how much of a little whore I was being at the workplace. Even if that night was incredible and with someone I love.

"I heard about what a great job you did on Friday. I spoke with Ethan as well and he was so very pleased with how you pulled it off and your ability to recognize the story behind his paintings without him needing to tell you about it. He highly recommended that I gave you a raise and well, after seeing you with the customers today, I couldn't agree more. I'm also going to extend your paid leave by an extra 4 days but you'll need to use it by the end of January. Were you still wanting to visit your boyfriend?" She sits back with a smile as she waits for me to respond.

Wait...I'm getting a raise? So she doesn't know about what happened right in front of where we sit?

The memories playback to me like a video as I stare at the same spot on this desk. My face grows hot and I bite my lip to hold back a smile.

"Yes, yes I am. Thank you so much Mrs. Bailey!" I finally perk up.

"You deserve it, Ava. You've truly come a long way. One day, your gallery or museum will be magnificent and I'll be coming to visit you." She smiles fondly at me. "But one more thing before I let you go home for the day."

She walks over to me, grabbing my hands and making me look her in the eyes as I stand up.

"Tell that really cute boyfriend of yours thank you for helping out around here for free. Mr. Edwards raved and raved about him." She smiles and I plaster on a cheesy grin of my own before nodding.

"I definitely will. Do you mind if I use the office phone before leaving? I still haven't informed the artist of the up-sales today." I ask before she walks out.

"Of course not. Have a good evening!" I nod and continue to smile as she walks out.

I go into the third drawer and pull out Ethan's file and walk around the desk to give him a call. I dial the cell phone number first, but no answer. He never picks up his cell phone. I should just automatically call his work number from now on.

I call the number instead and the same woman from before answers upon the third ring.

"Thank you for calling the Law Offices of Jones & Michaels. How may I help you?" I can hear her frantically typing away at her computer and other phones ringing in the background.

"Hello. May I speak with Mr. Ethan Michaels please? This is Ava Young from Bailey's Fine Arts." I request professionally.

"Oh, hi Ava! How are you?" She asks and it makes me smile.

"I'm well and you?"

"Oh, honey...it's busy around here today. One minute, let me get my boss for you." She says just before putting me on hold with the God awful music again.

Boss? So is she like his personal secretary maybe?

"This is Ethan." He answers, sounding like he's focusing on something else.

"Hi Ethan. This is Ava. If you're too busy, I can call back another time." I insist as I hear papers being shuffled about.

"Ava...no, no. It's fine, really." I hear him trip over something and shut the door, the background noise becoming almost nonexistent. "I'm not too busy. What's up?"

The sudden change of his tone and his clumsiness make me quirk an eyebrow and smile.

"I wanted to let you know that I sold two of your paintings for more than what you asked for today." I inform him as I sit back in the chair.

"Oh, that's nice. Good job! Thank you." He responds with the sound of him sitting down in a leather chair.

"It's no problem but I also wanted to call to thank you for giving my boss such a good review. She ended up giving me a raise."

"I'm glad to hear that and you're welcome but you earned it. Seriously. It was the best art show I ever had." I can hear the smile in his voice as he speaks.

"I appreciate that. Well, I've got to get going before Mrs. Bailey gets upset about me staying late. Enjoy the rest of your day."

"You too, Ava Young." He waits for a second and then hangs up the call.

I look up and see Lucas standing in the doorway with his arms crossed and his head cocked to the side.

"Calling Ethan, huh?" He quirks his brow as he stands upright.

"I was. I sold two of his paintings remember?" I stand up and grab my purse before walking up to him at the doorway.

"Sure...that's the only reason." He smirks and continues to stay in my way.

Okay it wasn't the only reason. I got a raise and wanted to thank him for helping make that happen but I'm not supposed to discuss that with my coworker. But that's the only thing I'm keeping from him and I'm not about to get in trouble because of Lucas of all people. Taehyung would have been worth it, but getting in trouble for Lucas? Not so much.

"Just move Lucas." I roll my eyes and push him backwards and out of the doorframe as he smiles.

"I'm just messing with you. I know you don't have eyes for anyone else."

I shake my head, "I don't but it's not like I can't make friends or be nice to the male species. As long as no lines are crossed, Taehyung and I are perfectly fine with that. You had just crossed lines immediately."

I roll my eyes and walk out of the gallery, waving goodbye to Mrs. Bailey as Lucas follows behind me.

"Good night, Ava." He croons.

"Good night, Lucas!" I throw my hand up without looking back at him as I make my way to my car.

I call Taehyung as soon as I get to the dorms to tell him the good news, knowing he'd be awake for class.

"Hey handsome!" I grin at the sound of him answering the phone.

"Hey beautiful. How was work?" He asks as I hear him stuffing books into his backpack.

"It was good. I sold two paintings. Mrs. Bailey wanted me to thank you for helping at the gallery and oh...I got a raise!" I squeal in excitement.

"That's so good baby! I'm proud of you. I told you that you're amazing!" He boasts.

"Thank you babe but that's not even the best part." I can barely hold back the news.

"It's not?" He questions to get me to continue, an obvious smile upon his face.

"Nope. She gave me more leave so I can spend even more time in Korea with you!" I try to hold back my squeal of excitement.

"Are you serious? Don't play with me please." He stays reserved, waiting to see if it's a joke.

Ever since I made that horrible joke about forgetting my birth control shot, he will check to make sure I'm not playing another prank on him.

"Yes, I'm serious." I giggle and my squeal eases out of my closed lips.

"Hell yes! So how many days will you be here so I can go ahead and purchase your ticket tonight?" He tells his roommate goodbye and meets up with Jungkook outside.

"18 days."

"I'll email you your ticket tonight so you'll have it when you wake up. Ah, this is the best news I've heard since I left! I can't wait to see you jagi." He sounds so excited that it's hard not to smile so wide that my cheeks hurt.

"I can't wait to see you either jagi." Jungkook teases as he grabs the phone from Taehyung.

I hear him scurrying off with it while Taehyung runs after him yelling in Korean in the background.

"What have you done to my best friend?" He pants from running.

"What do you mean?" I giggle at their playfulness.

"He's different. He's all about business or wanting to stay in and talk to you. He used to go to parties with me and help me pick up girls." He pouts.

"Ah, Jungkook...I'm sure you don't need help with picking up girls." I roll my eyes.

I've seen how he is during my video chats with Taehyung and he's definitely capable of doing it all on his own.

"So you think I'm cute?" He flirts and I roll my eyes.

"I didn't say that, Jungkook." I scold and I hear Taehyung walking up to him still yelling at him in Korean.

"Your girlfriend thinks I'm cute." He teases as he hands the phone back to Taehyung.

"I never said that!" I yell as if Jungkook can hear me.

"Aish, jagi. Jungkook, jinjja?! Don't pay him any mind babe. He's an asshole!" Taehyung yells and Jungkook laughs in the background.

"I'm not but he may get punched when I see him." I joke.

"Fine by me." He chuckles. "Thanks to Kook, I'm at class much earlier than I expected but I should probably go in and study before my test. I love you gongju." Taehyung kisses the phone.

"I love you too!" Jungkook croons in the background and then winces when Taehyung punches him.

"I love you too, my handsome Taehyung. Forever yours." I smile softly.

"Forever yours." He adds just before ending the call.

Now I really see what Uncle Kim was talking about when he mentioned Jungkook. I barely know his friends but I hope Jungkook has more respect for Taehyung than Uncle Kim's friend had for him.