"What are you doing here?" I asked in shock.
Fucking Jackson Wang was standing in front of me.

"I knew it! You and Taehyung are together!"
"Nonsense" I calmly said, "I just brought some papers for Kim Taehyung..."
"Cut the crap Val" he shoved his phone in my face.

A photo of me and Taehyung. From Tae's phone. Swipe. Another photo. Me in his shirt looking out the window.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

"Oh the whole you and Clara are together thing almost got me. But your stupid friends shouldn't have been so surprised when the two of you kissed. And your boyfriend thought he was so smart hahaha. Putting a password on contacts and social media. But he wasn't careful enough. No password on photos at all." he laughed in my face.

"What do you want Jackson?" I finally asked. "Taehyung will be here any minute."
"Then we better get going." he winked at me. I almost vomited.
"Let me just grab my stuff."

I told you his name is like a name of a villain.

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Taehyung's pov

I got home and Valerie was nowhere to be found. No food either.
I tried calling her. No reply.
I texted her "Babe where are you? Is everything alright? 🥺"
No reply.
15 minutes later she texted me back
"I had an emergency. I will explain later. I'm sorry bae 💜"

To be honest I was pretty worried. It's not like her to just vanish. I spent half of my day thinking about the things that could have gone wrong. Is her family okay? Is Clara okay?

I texted Namjoon in the evening "Hey did Clara say anything about Val today?"
"No, should I ask?"
"Yes please"

A few minutes later Namjoon replied "She doesn't know what you are talking about but Val isn't in their apartment and she is not answering her phone"

Okay now I am really worried. It's 11 pm and she hasn't gone home all day. Where is she?
I tried calling again. Straight to voicemail. Aishh.

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Monday morning at work / Valerie's pov

I haven't slept at all. I didn't eat anything for 24 hours. My head was about to explode. I gave my interns some tasks and just stared out the window. What the fuck am I supposed to do now?

Flashback from yesterday

Jackson and I went to a cafe. I wore my hat, mask and glasses while he didn't bother covering his identity. Pabo.

"So Valerie, you are an employee in Big Hit and you are dating another employee who happens to be an idol."

"Wow, you really are good at connecting the dots" I said ironically and rolled my eyes.

He grabbed my wrist "I wouldn't be a smart ass in this situation if I were you"
"What do you want from me Jackson?"
"I want you to come work for JYP."

"What?" This is not what I expected.

"It's simple. You work for us - I don't leak these photos. You stay at Big Hit - I send the photos to your boss and the media. You lose your job and precious boyfriend. I need you to give me secrets about future plans for BTS and TXT so we can beat them and have a better comeback"

I just stared at him. Blackmailing me so Got7 could have a better comeback? I am not even the best employee in the creative team....but he had something to blackmail me about...

I couldn't help myself. I started laughing so hard. He widened his eyes and yelled "What the fuck is so funny?"
"Shhhh" a woman behind him gestured.

"Sorry, I just couldn't believe you would do something like this. You know Namjoon for 6 years. Why would you ruin your friendship and a good relationship with BTS?"

Now he was a bit shocked "Yeah, but... I... I love my members more." His face turned serious "So listen little bitch, I just changed my offer. Not only will you come work for us, but you will also be my personal little assistant slave. Anything I need you will do for me." He smirked.

I opened my mouth in shock and he continued "Just think about it. If you reject, your stupid boyfriend will be torn up in media and you will get fired. So I wouldn't laugh if I were you. You have a lot to lose and your only option is this job offer."

He told me I have 24 hours to accept the offer or else he would leak those photos and then he left. I sat in the cafe for another hour just thinking.

I love Big Hit. I am loyal to this company and I am good at my job. I don't want to lose it. I don't want to lose Taehyung, he is my life, my everything.
Must I accept the job? Is there another way I can fix this? I don't want Clara to know about this, she will tell Namjoon and it will unleash hell.

I got my phone out and dialed a number "Hey, where are you?"
"Driving back to the apartment."
"Can I come over? It's an emergency."
"Sure babe."
"And don't tell Taehyung."

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Back to present

My head hurt so much not even coffee could fix it. Now that I think about it, I only drank coffee since yesterday morning. Maybe I should try eating something.

Someone opened the door aggressively. Taehyung stood there with anger written all over his face "Interns out."
Fuck. Does he know?

Nicole and Joe looked at me. He shouted again "Interns get the fuck out!"
They bowed at him and me and hurried to get out of the office.

"Listen Tae, I'm sorry for not answering my phone. I had a family problem..."
"Stop lying Valerie. What the fuck is this?" he yelled.

He threw his phone on the desk. I looked at it. Gossip news. Big headline "WHO IS THE MYSTERY GIRL JACKSON WANG IS DATING?"

And there was a photo of us in the cafe. You couldn't see my face but I wore the shirt Taehyung bought me and he knew that was my tote bag on the table.

"I can explain." Suddenly I felt dizzy and my vision got a little blurry.

"Explain what? You ditched me yesterday to go out with this fool? And you pretended not to know each other at the party." Nervous laugh "How could I be so blind? Is he your lover? Did you sleep at his place last night?" - his face was so red.

I was starting to lose my breath.
I got up and wanted to walk towards him "Taehyung please let me expl...."

Bam. Ouch.
I collapsed on the floor. I knew it. I should have eaten something.

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Forgive me if there are some mistakes, I wrote it on my phone lol. 💜🙏🤞