A/N: This is the liskook ending of the story. To read the taelice version, please go on to the next chapter. Enjoy!

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Without a proper goodbye, Jungkook and I had to part ways. It was very painful yes, but it wasn't in a bad way though. We wanted to take a break; from our lives I believe. It wasn't just a dramatic episode that we'd just forget like a bad nightmare; we needed time to process all of this, accept the fact that there was a hope of bringing things back to normal again.

Also, I did have a lot of things to take care of myself. If we were meant to be, then maybe we would meet each other someday again. Not as a raven or a seductress, but as Jungkook and Lalisa. Maybe then, if I get the chance, I can let him know my unsaid feelings for him.

Jeon Jungkook, the man I love with all my heart. And I could now finally realize that my heart honestly, truthfully and completely belongs to and it always will belong to Jungkook.

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Two Days Later

I found myself standing in front of Taehyung's house. Jimin came along, but insisted on waiting for me inside the car so that I clear my misunderstandings with him by myself and apologize to him for all the ruckus I had created of his life. He trusted Taehyung and knew that after hearing me out, he would forgive me someday.

But as I had known, words come easy, impulses don't. So I could only hope for the best.

Mu hands shivered as I rang the bell. I couldn't risk him slamming the door on my face, so I walked in right away when he opened the door.

"L-lisa?" He was stunned, hurt, angry. I couldn't help but notice the tears that welled up in his eyes, threatening to run down his cheeks for a crime I was so apologetic for; breaking him.

"H-hi..." I shakily replied.

"Wh...how...a.." he tried to form some words but his efforts saw no success.

"You lied to me, betrayed my feelings, my hope, my trust, my love for you...all enough for you to barge in casually into my place just to say a hi? How outrageous!"

"T-Tae...please let me explain..."

"NO! You don't deserve my time!! I LOVED YOU! But what did you do huh? Merely played me as a toy to just get away from my greatest lifetime achievement?"

"I-I know I can never make it up to you. Because all I ever gave you was a present of lies...about me, my profession, my capabilities. I don't know if you will ever trust me again but for this one last time, I want you to know one thing; I did have feelings for you too. You were the first person I'd look up to open up about my past, which I did. You were someone that held me close in all the delicate moments...but just this time, please let me through, I won'tbe able to forgive myself and live again if I don'tdo this." I begged, tearing up.

Taehyung's eyes softened. Somewhere even he was aware that no matter how much he'd hate me for everything that I had to him. The look in his eyes told me that he wanted me to get away from his eyesight as far as possible...but within the deep concealed heart of is, did beat for me too. After all, feelings weren't something that could be discarded or erased as immediately as the memories could.

The first thing I did the very next instinct was to hand him back the drug, which he was once very proud of. Though taken aback for a moment, a sigh of relief escaped his mouth when he found it safe in his hands.

"I...okay...I think you should explain what's going on because I don't understand any of this." He said before guiding me to the couch.

"Taehyung, I didn't intend to steal this...I wasn't even aware what it was for, before I was assigned a job to steal it. I was tricked into infiltrating your labs and pose as a sponsor. I...am a Seductress, a spy, a secret agent or whatever that comes to your mind when you think about espionage and secret service." I heaved out with a sigh.

"B-but why?"

"I was tricked into ripping it off from you because I was told it could be a possible biochemical weapon, a deadly virus...I didn't have an idea that I was being used as well. By the same group of people who mercilessly murdered my family in the span of a night."

"Do you mean..."

"Yes. My family was murdered. Though nobody believed it and the police suppressed the case, I found out that a famous Asian mob, the Pledis mafia was responsible for their death."

And so, I continued to explain everything, an account of all incidents that happened prior to and after meeting him. I explained how Sana had been plotting against me after the breakup, how she hired someone to assassinate me twice.

Tears streamed down both of our cheeks as I told him about Sana and Tzuyu and the reason behind their tragic deaths, which had me associated in a direct or indirect way. How Pledis was able to stage the whole act, caging Jungkook and I, how we managed an escape and lastly, how I encountered them all.

Taehyung was left in a state of shock, body running pale as a ghost as he tried to catch up with what I was explaining him. Once I was finished for narrating it in brief which took around an hour or so, I knew it was my cue to leave. With unfinished words, an unsaid goodbye.

"Thank you for hearing me out, Taehyung. You probably wouldn't want to see me ever again, so without wasting much time, I just wanna say a sorry for everything I've caused you...I'd always seek for your forgiveness. Before I leave, I want you to know that theres someone waiting to talk to you too. As a goodbye it is, I wanted to tell you that I never intended to hurt you, perhaps confessing all of this might reduce some of the guilt of the crimes I've caused. It will be wonderful to see you back in this world-changing project. Wishing you the best."

Saying so, I wiped off the tears that formed on my face over and over again, turning my back at him. Although letting this out to him didn't make me less guilty of my tort. It did make me feel free though, atleast Taehyung had now known that I hadn't deceived his love for me, though it terribly hurt me to see him broken like this. Maybe, another day?

"J-Jimin-ah!" I heard Taehyung stutter in a surprised wonder as Jimin engulfed him into a hug. I never told him about Jimin's story, because it was his to share and perhaps clear the misunderstanding they had developed between themselves.

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It took around four months to buy my family land and my home back. After all, the properties under illegal ownership of Pledis were to be tracked and seized before a proper investigation of confiscated drugs and illegal stuffs before it was put up for sale; the legal paperwork consumed another month in the process.

Finally returning back to my roots threw me to another level of ecstasy. Although my house that existed here more than a decade back was down in flames and only some remains were left, I didn't want to rebuild a via for myself. Because I felt, it wasn't proper justice to the innocent young children who had lost their families and were forced to shift into childcare centers and other poorly managed government facilities. So instead, i envisioned something else ㅡ which probably was much of a need now ㅡ an NGO, a new place for them where even though stranded, they could stay united ㅡ a place they could call a home, until they were moved into foster homes.

Soon enough, the Manoban ancestral villa was back to normal again ㅡ turned into a "New Hope" organisation that came into being, was supported by Seokjin oppa, Jisoo unnie and Miyeon unnie as well. They did occasionally visit me, spend some time around the huge lawns and orchards surrounding the villa, but mostly it was me living with the kids and some other members of the NGO I had collectively founded.

Gradually, I was feeling healthy and my nightmares were soon brought to an end, I haven't experienced tremors ever since. Perhaps it is nature's way of healing the body and the mind, or the warmth of a home, just what I ever needed to become the same old Lalisa Manoban again.

To me, losing someone you loved, didn't mean also losing the love and respect you had for them. After all, people come, people go in a hope that they'll meet us if destiny called for it. Making new memories was just like living the nostalgia of the old, memorable ones.

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Watching the children run around the orchards reminded me of the time I spent as a kid, playing in the fields with my brother Lucas. I dearly missed him, maybe he might be smiling down at me from heaven too. Finding my place under my favorite mango grove, I sat down, feeling the freshness surrounding me. Yes, thoughts about Jungkook did cross my mind everyday, wondering how he was, what he had been doing, after all it had been almost a year since I had met him. Right until the day, when he surprisingly showed up.

"This is so warm and cozy, I must say your tastes never surprise me doll." I heard the angelic voice speak behind the tree I sat under, the voice I'd been missing for months.

"Jungkook!" There stood him, my bunny faced handsome man that I had been wanting to see all this while, spreading his arms to take me into his warm embrace.

"Do you know what a torture it was to wait for your call but never receiving one?" He said timidly in a tone indicating he had been a little hurt.

"I, I needed some..."

"Time. I know, which is why I didn't contact you too. I heard you left the MIO from Jin hyung, to say I did too."

"Really! What do you do now?"

"Nothing much, I got to put my technology skills into film direction and videography assistance." He answered as I nodded, my head placed against his chest, hearing his heartbeats running at a steady rhythm.

"I hope those aren't pornographic-" I teased. "No, definitely not!" He whined as I chuckled. "How have you been keeping up?"

"Spending full time here with the children, teaching them new activities and also running side business of fresh fruits and veggies. Farm fresh. And missing you." I answered. His touch gave me electric shivers and spasms all over my body, make me want to hide from the world in this safe haven of his embrace.

"I was so desperate to see you, hear your voice again. Which brought me here. No matter how far I wish to stay from you, I simply can't Lali. You living here again is a living proof of an honest and brave woman that you are. My home is wherever you are." His voice was a little hoarse, though his eyes were tenderly staring at me, completely the opposite.

"And you....you complete me, Jungkook. For all this while that I've been feeling I'm a mess, is because I've been living away from you."

He planted a kiss on my forehead as a stray tear found a way to escape my eyes. Followed by a few more.

"Heyy. I'm here for you, I always will be, Lali. I love you. And for all the while that I've known, you born to be like this - independent, bold, beautiful with the biggest heart out there. And it makes me proud that you've overcome your fears, all by yourself. I love you, Lalisa."

"I love you too, Jeon Jungkook."

I knew that even though I had been a strong personality through the entire course of life, my life felt empty, as if a void formed in my heart. Little had I known until now, how much value Jungkook had in my soul, my mind. I saw myself in him in so many ways, yet he was the missing puzzle piece to my heart. His optimistic outlook on even the smallest details in life, his honesty and ability to mend my heart, stand with me in the toughest times to make me smile. And there was only one thing left for now ㅡ

I stood on my toes, pressed my lips against his ㅡ sealing our lips with a kiss. It was a moment we had been waiting for so long, a kiss I wish would never end again.

I was now sure of it; Jungkook was the only one ㅡ that one true love of my life.

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It didn't take him long enough to propose. And I, of course said yes. The wedding was a private ceremony involving a very few of our friends as our witnesses, in the same orchards under the mango grove of our home. Jungkook and I did move back to Busan, his hometown, paying homage to his late mother. We received noble medals of bravery from the MIO by President Namjoon himself, although he was unhappy that we were not spies anymore, yet he wished the best for our future.

Stretching my arms, I found my husband softly snoring beside me as his arm wrapped around my naked torso, the other over my head. Trying not to make the slightest of movements to wake him up from his deep slumber, I slowly turned around to adore his beautiful facial features.

"You know that I won't be able to sleep having a beautiful wife staring at me all the time..."he whispered huskily in my ear, nibbling my lobe as I felt shy under his gaze.

"Don't wake up then, I'm pretty sure I look so ugly right now." I covered my face with my hands, Jungkook removed them the very next moment as he stroked my hair.

"You are ethereal. Being ugly is something you can't do, my wifey." He smirked, sweeping my bangs to the side to reveal my forehead, which he felt was the most cute feature unique to me and reserved for him, gently pecking it.

"The flattery I'm sure will get you everywhere, Kook."

"But you like it. Do you know what it is today?"

"Its the weekend. Which means we have free schedules. Why you ask?"

"You know exactly what it means...shall we have two more rounds?" He smirked.

"And what makes you horny this morning, huh? Even so energised after three fucking rounds we had last night?"

"Oh baby, I'd rather be horny for you anytime you want me to. And don't lie to me, you want me to wreck you again, don't you?"

Heaving out a sigh, I let out, "Okay, I guess one round doesn't hurt."

"Hmm...on a second, we'll have three more rounds doll." He pretended to be deeply pondering, a devilish grin lingering around his lip.

"Yah!" I tried to playfully protest when he pinned me to the bed to resume our love making session.

(A/N: if you thought I was going to write some smut, I'm sorry to ruin your expectations lol.)

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And as you may notice, it didn't take us long to be expecting after our wedding. Jungkook was in the happiest tears when I broke the news out to him. He swore to himself he will be the best father ever to her, taking me out for regular walks, designing her crib, even waking up late in the night to fulfil my cravings.

It was a girl. We named her Jeon Aejung, which stands for love and affection. A very pure hearted baby, shimmering with innocence and perfection in every way. When I first held her in my arms, I realised I wasn't destined to meet Jungkook to save the world ㅡ instead to be his wife, start a family with him someday and bring a beautiful angel in our lives. To nurture her with unconditional love.

Surprisingly for the first time in so many years, I heard from Taehyung. The news headlines flooded with articles of of him taking over the world, in a positive way of course. The Vantae Corporation was renamed as Kim and Park Corp. with the joint association of Taehyung and Jimin. Though the success rate of the drug was only 12% for now, it did reduce the symptoms and was thought as a revolution in the future years, for which Jimin and Tae won a Nobel prize too, being one of its youngest awardees. He wrote to me, congratulating me about Aejung, for my NGO and the new fashion line I was about to start. He offered help, in the hands of our profound friendship. For one thing, Taehyung and Jungkook never became friends. he killed his now-ex fiancé, after all. He informed me about many things, of how the drug showed gradual progress, Jimin and Chaeyoung were married and had twin sons, whilst him....he finally found true love, which he deserved. Quite recently, when he married a simpleton who could love him unconditionally, accepting his flaws, give immense love and respect to his family. Lee Y/N.

I felt happy for him too. I did write back to him too, we occasionally have met at close celebrations sometimes. Maybe Taehyung and I were meant to be just a great memory.

Never had I expected that I would go from a cynical, heartless assassin to being a lovely wife and a proud mother of the precious six year old daughter someday. When I look back at it, I still can't believe how the course of my life has changed, finally settling down and have a normal relationship with someone. Although it is probably absurd for Jungkook and I to have a normal life, given the circumstances of how we met, but we have the love, trust and security like everybody else.

Our lives are finally something we can look back with a proud smile. And I, the Seductress hence ends this account of my once forbidden love story that I would always cherish with the whole of my heart.

THE END.

I guess this is the most fluffy chapter of the book after so many plot twists and melancholia haha. To read an elaborated thank you note, please read the last chapter titled notes. It was a wonderful journey, thank you for reading this series and hopefully y'all enjoyed it!
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