"We can have a bet, if you want-" Seokjin challenged him. "But I can promise you, that Jisoo's life would be better off without you. If you stay by her side, she'll keep pushing me away, the business deal will fall through, Jisoo's dad's business will go bust and their family will have nothing left. Do you want Jisoo to live a difficult life... just like yours?"
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Now, Taehyung was silent.
"If you leave her side..." Seokjin continued, sensing Taehyung's uncertainty. "I promise that I will pay off all your debts and finance your career as an architect."
Taehyung inhaled sharply. "I don't need your filthy money-"
"Give it some thought," Seokjin ended off. "Here's my name card - I'll be waiting for your call."
And just like that, the audio clip ended.
Jisoo sat there, still holding Seokjin's phone in her hands, as she stared forward. There were still tears flowing down her cheeks, but her face was blank - expressionless. It was like she was unable to process everything she had just heard.
To think that the warm and kind Seokjin-oppa she knew and loved as an older brother... would do such a horrible thing... What did he even do to Taehyung? Did he pay him off and ask him to leave Jisoo's side? With his filthy money, like what Taehyung had said? Did Taehyung, in his desperate situation, end up choosing this... bribe, over... her?
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"Wait, Jisoo-ya-" Now that Jisoo had finished listening to the entire audio recording, Seokjin was freaking out internally, hoping that she wouldn't be mad. "Hear me out-"
Jisoo swallowed hard as she stared straight ahead. "Unlock the door and let me out."
"Listen, this is not the full story, okay?" Seokjin reached out and grabbed Jisoo's hand. "It's not completely the way it was painted to be, Kim Taehyung didn't-"
"Let go-" Jisoo shouted, flinging Seokjin's hand away, as well as his phone. "Let me out, right now."
"Jisoo-ya-" Seokjin was pleading with her at this point. "I did it to protect you, don't you know-"
"Why do you all always say that, huh?!" Jisoo shook her head in disbelief as she glared at Seokjin with hot tears running down her cheeks. "You're like that, my parents are like that, why do all of you have to be like that, huh?!"
Seokjin lowered his head. "I'm sorry..."
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"Y'all always say that you do things to protect me..." Jisoo sobbed. "But have y'all ever once thought of how I felt?! Lying to me, breaking up my relationships behind my back, giving my hand in marriage to a guy just so that I can have a so-called 'good future'... is this your idea of protecting me?! Because if it is... I rather not be protected at all- I'm sick and tired of all this... I can't believe I trusted you and treated you like my friend all this while. You make me feel dead awful, Kim Seokjin. Don't talk to me ever again."
"But Jisoo-ya, you promised you won't get upset-" Seokjin's eyes widened as tears sprung to his eyes as well. Things were going way worse than he had expected. He thought that maybe, after all this years, she'd give him a pass.
"Who on earth are you?!" Jisoo yelled. "You are not the person I knew, how could you even think of doing such a horrible thing- Kim Taehyung- he left because of you! Do you not even have a conscience?!"
"No, Jisoo-ya-" Tears ran down Seokjin's pale cheeks. "Listen- I can explain-"
"Unlock the door," Jisoo said cold-heartedly.
Seokjin still didn't give up. "But earlier you said you won't be-"
"You are a monster-" Jisoo swallowed hard. "And I hate you."
Seokjin was instantly stunned and heartbroken by those words.
"Do not come near me ever again."
Jisoo reached over Seokjin, unlocked the doors for herself, swung open the door and stormed off.
