Tae and I sat in silence for over an hour after I confessed everything. I told him about my surgeries, I told him what my original name was, and I told him the real reason why I don't talk to my old friends. He didn't run. He didn't shy away from me. His grip didn't even loosen from my body. In fact he held me tighter, he kissed me harder, and his look was determined.

"I am not going anywhere." He finally spoke breaking the silence.

I looked up to him confused. What? "What do you mean?"

"You are my girlfriend and I'm not allowing us to break up over this." He said sternly.

I looked up to him and sighed deeply. "Tae –"

"No." he said again. "You make me happy. Finally I found someone who loves me for me, who loved Kim Taehyung. I'm not letting you go. I don't scare that easily, and when I said you're worth the work I meant it. I will fight for you, and so will Jiminie and the rest of the boys. We all love you." He said as he traced his hand down my face.

I leaned into his touch ecstatic that he wanted to stay with me. "I really do love you, Tae. I know we havn't been together for long but, no one makes me feel the way you do. I meant every word I said last weekend. You make me feel safe. Even now. Thank you."

"You make me happy, and that's all I ever wanted. I will protect you, you're not alone anymore."

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Tae for the most part didn't actually need to be in his office to work. He was a vocal coach but mostly he listened to auditions and watched audition videos of dancers. So after we told the rest of the boys, and Jin, they he spoke to their HR department, they decided that Taehyung's position would be one carried out from home. We turned my spare bedroom into an audio office for him, and Taehyung officially moved into my apartment. Despite the dark reasoning behind his sudden move, we were so happy to go to bed together every night. We loved ordering take out and falling asleep on the couch watching movies. And our sex life didn't change at all. He still made my blood boil, and I still got him hard by walking around in my lace boy-shorts. Things were looking up, sort of.

One day at work, it was just Nina and I since Ian was at yet another conference, and Jaxon was sick. A flower delivery man stepped into our office looking for me.

"Awe..." I heard Nina coo. "You really have a winner with that one, don't you?" she said to me.

"I am so lucky." I said back as I signed for the flowers.

We stepped back into my office and with a lone rose was a small box the size of my hand. This was the first time that Tae had sent me anything less than a dozen of something, but the rose was beautiful. I read the card and all it said was...'I'll love you forever.' When I opened the box, my stomach clenched and I gagged in my place. I threw it on my desk and Nina gasped in horror as well.

"Why would he send you that?" she shouted.

"He didn't." I responded  still nauseous from the realization. "It wasn't him." I looked up to Nina but before she could ask I spoke first. "Go home." I said. "I will explain to Ian that we were slow and I sent you home, but seriously leave. I'm closing the office."

We didn't speak much. We closed down our computers, locked the door and I sent a text to Ian explaining our absence. I made it back to my apartment with the flower and dead bloody baby rabbit to see Tae watching TV. He turned to me and shot up when he saw my distraught look.

"What is it?" he asked making his way to me.

I just handed him the flower, the note, and the box. He had a confused look on his face before he looked back to me in anger. He dropped them all in the trash and pulled the trash out and stormed out of the apartment. When he came back he was empty handed and he slammed the door shut locking the deadbolt. He hugged me tightly.

"We are going to fight this. He will not hurt you."

"I think I'm going to quit my job." I said suddenly.

"That's fine, I can pay for the rent here, I live here so I can help with bills, you won't be alone."

He made me laugh. There was one thing I still had not told Tae yet, and after hearing that, I trusted him.

"Tae."

"Yes, baby?"

"You don't have to do that."

"Well how are you going to pay for things?" he asked.

"Well first, I don't have student loans or credit cards. The rent for this apartment is only $1,000 a month. And the rest of my bills for internet and a few things here and there are maybe $500 max if you count gas and electric."

"How are you going to pay for that?" he asked concerned and pulling back from our hug.

"Before my parents died they had started a trust fund for me. So now that they are gone every month I receive $10,000, and will for the next 35 years." I said smiling to him. "I'm set for life. I paid off my car already and I don't use that much money every month, so I put almost half of it away in savings."

He looked at me with wide eyes. "Why do you work then?"

"I like working." I smiled.

He smiled and kissed me. "You are amazing you know that?"

I kissed him in return. "You are just as amazing."

"I would like to help though. I live here now too so I want to split everything 50/50. I make good money too, Noona. I can afford my luxuries along with half of the bills."

"That's fair, but you don't have to."

"Please?"

"Okay." I smiled kissing him again. "And thank you for...getting rid of that."

He let go of me. "No problem..." he looked up. "When are you going to quit?"

"Probably tomorrow when Ian comes back. I will have to give him a good reason."

"Just tell him you don't want to do it. You really don't owe and explanation. Plus you were just talking about how bad you felt that Nina was working so hard but no promotion available for her. Now there is."

I loved his positive thinking. I kissed him again. "You are amazing."

"Hey, I said that." He giggled.

For the next few hours we went over bills that we were going to share and when they were due by. We decided that it would be best to open an joint bank account and set up automatic withdrawals for each one that way we can both put money into it making it easiest. Taehyung is surprisingly good with money, and he shared his expenses with me as well. He MUST make good money if he lives comfortable the way he says he does. I didn't want to ask but eventually he told me, and he made more money that I did. I asked if his roommate would be upset with him not paying rent, but he told me he would continue to pay for his room as well. He wanted a safe place, just in case.

Maybe that is a good idea.

When we went to bed that night I couldn't help but to bring it up again. "Tae."

"Yes?"

"I don't want you to get hurt...he killed my parents. I...I don't want to lose you too."

"He will have to get through 7 of us before he gets to you. The boys are livid and they think the same way I do. We love you, you are part of our family. We will not let you do this on your own. And I love you so much I can't let you go. I'm too selfish."

"Me too." I giggled. "Never not be selfish, Tae."

"I promise."

He kissed me softly, and in a short time the kiss became more intense and heated. I moaned into his mouth as he bit my lower lip softly. He hovered over me as he slowly trailed his kisses from my lips to my neck. Each kiss lingered, and became wet with desire. His tongue teased my skin in the most delicious way. He always got me hot, it never failing once. My breath started to increase heavily and my skin started to crawl with his touches. Slowly, he ridded me of my clothes and I did the same for him.

That night, was the first night we made love. His touch, his kiss, his body moved with mine in perfect harmony. He was slow, and I shivered with every thrust he gave. My back arched as his lips ghosted over my chest and I couldn't stop myself from smiling feeling his lips touch my chest. His hands roamed my body and his sweat mixed with mine. His moans were sensual, and hearing him let them out was building my orgasm in a slow meaningful explosion. I moved my hips in circles to meet his, allowing the pressure of our movement to build. He kissed my lips as he thrusted, and his breath was heavy and shaky. My breath mirrored his and he looked me in the eye as we both finally came together. He didn't stop moving allowing us both to ride out our climaxes together. Once we were done he didn't pull out. He laid on top of me softly his head tucked in my neck.

"I love you." He whispered. "You mean, everything to me." He said between breaths.

I wrapped my arms around him holding him closer to me as he lifted his hand to brush through my hair.

"You are my everything now." I replied. I kissed him on top of his head as he kissed my neck.

I knew we'd make it through togther, I knew we'd win this time.