The day of the Press Conference

Outside the conference hall;

I was supposed to introduce Guk to Taehyung as Mr. Jeongguk today. But this idiot was running late so after waiting for around half an hour, I decided I'll meet Taehyung alone and introduce them after the conference was over.

"Anneyong Lisa ssi, you're here already! You're looking stunning today by the way." Taehyung exclaimed when I met him backstage of the conference room as he prepared for the speech.

"Thanks a lot Taehyung ssi. I hope I didn't overdress?" I asked, trying to fix my Bvlgari black one shoulder blazer dress, and he grinned. "Relax, you didn't. You look chic and your sweet personality makes you more attractive."

"That was a ton of compliment, I should thank you. But you seem nervous. What's the matter?"

"There are so many media persons and other businesses out there. I am hoping that I won't mess up with my words. It's just-" I cut him off when I gently held both of his hands in mine. He was surprised at the action and it looked evident in his gaze. I smiled.

"There is nothing to worry about Taehyung ssi. Your efforts have brought you here, for the world to get an idea of what you're going to do." Surprisingly, these words genuinely came from my heart, as if I was encouraging him as a real friend to go ahead. I didn't understand why I was behaving so differently for this mission. Maybe it was Taehyung's aura, his calm eyes? I'll never know.

He nodded convincingly yet his hands nor eyes never left mine. We stared at each other for a brief moment which seemed to be very long. That was until, a shirilled, babyish voice made way into the room, and Taehyung's eyes shot up. He immediately let go of my hands and moved away from me. I saw Sana ssi standing by the entrance door, flashing a radiant smile as she called out to Taehyung. "Tae baby!"

Sana stepped on her toes and planted a kiss on Taehyung's cheek, almost ignoring that I was standing next to him. It's okay Lisa, she's meeting her fiance after a long time, stop introspecting unnecessary details, my conscience reminded me.

She looked at me with knotted brows in confusion. "Who are you Miss?" She faced Taehyung expecting him to introduce me. "She's Miss Lisa, the woman I was talking about the other day. Remember I told you about the chief supervisor of Utopia Inc who newly turned in to sponsor our project?" "Oh yes, now I do remember her. It's good to have you on board with my fiance working together in a project, eh?" Sana sounded sternly sweet, and purposely strained on the words my and together in the sentence.

Just after that, an assistant from backstage asked Taehyung to go along with him. "I should be get going now, and check if my projectors etc are working well. I hope you two would bond well! Anneyong." He bowed to us and hastily went, with Sana waving at him with a  goodbye kiss. She turned back, this time with a different or rather uninteresting expression towards me.

"So you're the new chick who gave such a huge amount to the project?" "Uhm yes, I represent the company that supported the maximum funds for this innovative." She then walked towards me, her heels clicking like a female vamp entry in a movie scene. "Listen up, you don't have to act so sweet before me. Taetae is innocent, he doesn't know how bad the world is but I have a good knowledge of this. I've met tons of sluts like you before so it isn't new to me. I know your cruel intentions, you want to stick around my fiance just so that you can hook up with him and throw me out of his life one day and enjoy a lavish life with his hard earned money. Not happening, bitch."

"Woah woah, hold up miss. Don't you think you're being confidently provocative here? I have a reputable job and I am not those sluts you're comparing me with. We just met and now you're throwing dirty allegations at me. Isn't this very cheap of you to-"

"Me? Cheap and provocative? This is the truth. Your flirty looks on him doesn't go unnoticed from my eyes. You were lucky that I wasn't there the time when you signed the deal with him. Hence I'm warning you. So Lisa or whatever, stay away from my Taehyung. Otherwise you'll have to suffer from painful consequences." Before I could reply back to defend myself, she left.

"So how was the first conversation with her babe?" Hearing Jungkook's husky voice behind me suddenly caused me to jump out of shock. I pushed him away by hitting his elbow and clenched my heart tightly. "For heavens sake, stop appearing like a ghost Jeon. You're scary. And look, so early you are! Had a good sleep last night?" I mocked him while shadowing him my watch.

We proceeded to walk towards the lobby area to enter the hall as I waited for his explanation.

"But you're the reason I was late,"he scratched his nape and mumbled. "I heard that! Now you'll blame me because you are late?" "I had a dream about you, so that makes you the reason for my delay." "Oh wow, what exactly did you dream about me?" "I'm sure I can't answer that..." he looked visibly desperate hoping for me to change the topic. I wasn't in a mood to argue with him either, so I did the same.

"If you were here just a minute on time, you would've seen how much of a bitch she was. She was being all smiles and giddy when Taehyung was here and the moment he left she threatened me to stay away from him and even made dirty assumptions about me! I don't even understand how can you and other guys like her and watch her movies. I mean she's right to some extent that I am trying to make a move on Taehyung but she can't just accuse me of being a gold digger just like that. I am so hurt."

My lips automatically curved into a pout, as they always do when I get upset over something. All this while Guk said nothing, and I didn't seem to mind that - until suddenly he wrapped his arms around my petite frame and rested his chin on my head. I suddenly grew conscious since we were in the public lobby and could earn stares from other people passing by.

"Ya, neo michyeoss-eo? [Eng: hey, are you crazy?] We are in the lobby and what would people think when they see us!" I asked him but my words only came out as shuffles since I was pressed against his hard chest.

"You talk so much and so fast doll, I wouldn't be surprised if you were a rapper. And I would like to clear things out with you. First of all, I don't like Sana." "But you said you did when we first met!" "I said I liked watching her acting, doesn't mean I would be whipped for her. She's not even my type! I'm into hot and dainty girls like you. And secondly, I would've loved to see that cute pout on your face, but you need to wipe it out if you want me to let you go. You don't have to be jealous of her doll." "Jealous! Why would I be jealous of her?! I was just grieving, and now you're just ruining the moment."

"Isn't it understandable that she would be insecure and obviously pissed of such an ethereal beauty working alongside her to-be husband? Then why are you so worried just because she showed some sass in front of you?" He said after a long sigh and some sparks of frustration.

He made perfect sense. Sana was pissed of me, why was I being so whiny about it? I was suffering from mood swings, I had to relax. Somewhere, I felt a calming effect after listening to Guk.

"You don't look good with those furrowed eyebrows doll, smile for me?" He whispered in a husky tone. I felt so shy, but it later turned into an embarrassment. Some people crossed by and starting gossiping of how young couples of this generation had become, bursting out into romance in the public. I immediately let go of him and tried walking straight into the presentation hall while lowering my head to hide my visibly red cheeks.

"You're so cute when you blush babe! Hey, wait for me!" I could hear Guk snickering into these words as he joyfully followed me into the presentation hall.

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Thank you so much for reaching
'The Seductress' to over 1k reads! It has only been around half a month since I started writing it, and I am very grateful to all my readers
out there!

This chapter looks certainly dragged, but I tried to add some fluff into it. Because apparently some of the readers who read the Instagram version wanted me to add some considerable amounts of fluff for both Liskook (and Taelice). So I am trying my best, even though
fluff is not my forte.

Please forgive me if these
scenes look very cringe😓.

Expect a double post tonight to celebrate 1k reads!❤