As soon as she saw the plaintiff's name, Taecyeon, Lisa understood what was happening.
Taecyeon's Family finally made their move; they sued Lisa on the grounds of severe injuries, and she would stand trial at the Provincial Higher People's Procuratorate in a week.
Even the name of the court sounded fancy – the Provincial Higher People's Procuratorate. It was obvious that this matter was taken seriously.
"Severe injuries? Seriously? I didn't even sue him for drugging Chae and his attempt to rape her." Lisa's lips curled, but she wasn't afraid. She just thought that Taecyeon's Family was an interesting bunch.
If they had the money and power, why not just hire people to deal with her?
Of course, they wanted to, but what Lisa didn't know was that, Taecyeon's Family couldn't find the opportunity to.
Because behind Lisa was not only Jungkook, but also Jimin and Sehun's people, who all worked to make sure that Lisa stayed safe.
That safety barrier was as sturdy as the Great Wall of China...
Taecyeon's Family used their connections to issue an arrest warrant, but in the end, it landed in Bambam's hands.
Therefore, Jungkook was able to resolve the issue with a simple phone call.
After Taecyeon's Family found out about this, they were pissed off like crazy and had no choice but to request a court summons.
They were obviously ready for a face-off in court...
See what they've become?
Lisa picked up the summons and muttered to herself, "Fine, the Provincial Higher People's Procuratorate and Taecyeon's family it is! let's deal with the problems as they come."
After work, Lisa had gathered her stuff and was just about to leave when a middle-aged rich-looking lady, around 40 or 50 years old, stormed up to her angrily.
"You're Lisa?"
"Yes."
"I am Taecyeon's mother." The rich lady was round and swollen, and she was dressed in dazzling luxury brands.
"Can I help you?" Lisa asked indifferently.
She didn't panic when she realized who it was. The truth was, she had no reason to panic.
She wasn't guilty of doing anything. From her perspective, Taecyeon deserved what he got.
Plus, he only sustained some minor external injuries...
She already went easy on him, okay?
"You were the one who injured my son?" Taecyeon's mother demanded.
"You should ask him what he did," Lisa answered faintly.
"I don't care what my son did. Either way, you didn't have the right to hurt him like that. You're just a little low-life, who do you think you are? How dare you injure my son, I think you're sick of living."
"That's where I think you're wrong. I still want to live, I'm not sick of it at all. Plus, I think that expression better fits your son because he deserved what he got. Think about it, why was he the only one who was injured that night? It's obviously a matter of character and as his mother, you should be reflecting on yourself."
Lisa didn't feel the slightest bit of pressure during her stand-off with Taecyeon's mother. Her words were like daggers, piercing through whatever came at her.
Taecyeon's mother was so mad that her face went pale...
"You sure can talk, but you'll soon regret it. Have you seen the summons?"
"I have." Lisa picked up the summons and waved it, not seeming to care at all.
"I will personally make sure that in a week, you'll be sentenced to at least ten years in jail. You can compensate us with money or apologize, but we won't accept anything. Just you wait."
"Ma'am, I think you're overthinking... If I didn't do anything, why should I apologize and pay compensation? You should know that I value money like I do life."
"You have seven more days to be like this, and then I will personally make sure that you end up in jail."
Then, Taecyeonvs mother turned around and left, and so did the two bodyguard-like men behind her.
Lisa was speechless – did that middle-aged woman come to find her just to tell her that she'll be in jail in a week?
Seriously... no wonder Taecyeon's brain didn't work so well; his mother was the same.
He may have money and power, but her husband wasn't so easy to deal with either.
Lisa had a feeling that a stand-off between money and power was about to begin; who was going to be the ultimate victor?
The answer was obvious – are you kidding me? No one in Seoul could compare with Jungkook's power and wealth and above all, his smart brain.
In the past, she never thought about relying on her husband, but now, she had one thought in mind, and that was how great it was to have a powerful husband...
*
Chaeyoung had just gotten off the plane when she saw Bambam's text.
"Lisa's in big trouble because of you, did you know that?"
Chaeyoung immediately lost her cool when she saw this and called Bambam, "What happened to Lisa?"
"You don't seem to know yet?" Bambam asked carefully.
"Know what? Hurry up and tell me what happened?"
Chaeyoung had been distracted ever since she found out that Lisa had lied to her.
Her ex boyfriend also warned her about it, but her life had been peaceful thus far.
However, the more peaceful it was, the more unsettled she became. It felt like the calm before a storm.
She had already deleted all methods of communication with her asshole ex, so she didn't have a source of information. Lisa, on the other hand, was a crappy friend who made her worry by not telling her stuff like this...
It wasn't the first time Bambam broke the news like this...
All the upper-class people heard about what happened between Chaeyoung, Lisa, and Taecyeon at the Seductive Fox.
- 20 minutes later -
Bambam picked Chaeyoung up in his Jaguar, and they went to a restaurant.
He ordered a lot of dishes, but Chaeyoung wasn't in the mood to eat.
Bambam slowly told Chaeyoung everything that happened, and Chaeyoung's eyes immediately turned red...
"Hey, don't cry, I'm not used to you being so vulnerable." Bambam was surprised that Chaeyoung was crying.
He assumed that she would curse that son-of-a-bitch for at least half an hour.
"It was all my fault, Lisa is in this mess because of me." Chaeyoung choked as guilt filled her eyes.
She felt awful after she heard that the Taecyeon's Family issued an arrest warrant and sued Lisa at the Provincial Procuratorate.
It felt like a rock had been dropped onto her heart, and she couldn't breathe.
"Don't get agitated yet, I didn't finish talking. Yes, the arrest warrant was issued, but we didn't actually arrest her. Jungkook called my dad and he dealt with it. Don't worry too much about the lawsuit as well. As long as Jungkook's by her side, even God himself won't be able to do anything to Lisa."
"I know what Jungkook's capable of, but Lisa is still in this mess because of me... Everything happened because of me, it had nothing to do with her. I wish I never sent her that WeChat message that night... If she didn't come, then Taecyeon's family would not be hunting her down right now."
Bambam immediately rolled his eyes at Chaeyoung, "What are you talking about? If Lisa didn't go, that trash Taecyeon would have gotten his way with you."
"I'd rather it be like that then have Lisa be in this mess! She's my best friend, and I don't want to hurt her."
"Lisa would never think that way, she doesn't blame you," Bambam comforted her.
"Sir, can you bring over a bottle of Chamisul?" Chaeyoung suddenly stopped a waiter.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Bambam exclaimed with exasperation.
"I'm depressed and want to have a drink."
"But Soju's too much, have some beer instead."
"No, I want Chamisul. You don't have to stay here with me, I can drink alone..."
Chaeyoung declared those domineering words like a man. Although she said that, Bambam was the one who suggested that they eat together.
If he was paying, then he should be the one to drink with her.
In the end, Bambam and Chaeyoung each drank an entire bottle of Chamisul and countless bottles of beer.
When they helped each other out of the restaurant, they were both so drunk that they didn't even know where they were.
"No... drinking and driving... I know the law... I can't break it... Call for a designated driver." Bambam burped as he helped Chaeyoung lean on his car. Then, he dialed a number, "Hey, 911? Find me a designated driver."
- 15 minutes later at the Seoul bureau -
The good thing was it was their bureau's officers who came to pick them up. If it were another bureau, the rumors would not be good for their reputation.
The captain of the criminal police bureau got drunk and called 911 for a designated driver?
Was this not an intentional obstruction of public order?
The officers at the bureau looked at the two drunks before them; they were all speechless, "What are we supposed to do about Captain now?"
"This is the first time I've seen Captain stay up so late to drink with a woman. Does he have a thing for her?" one of the officers asked.
In the end, the officers decided to check both of them into a four-star hotel next to the bureau.
"Sir, this is all we can do to help you." The officers placed Chaeyoung and Bambam on the luxurious bed, closed the door, and left.
- The next morning -
Chaeyoung dizzily flipped over and felt something beside her.
She slowly opened her eyes; when she realized what it was, she screeched, "AHHHHHH!!!!!!"
As soon as she screamed, Bambam woke up in a daze. He was also dumbfounded when he recognized who he was with.
"How is this possible? Why are you here?" Chaeyoung screamed.
"How would I know? I was just about to ask you the same question!"
Bambam was also stunned... He drank too much the night before so he didn't remember much either.
He only remembered parts of the night; he knew that they went out to eat and drink, and that she was in a bad mood...
But how did they end up in a hotel together? Even worse, they were both ...
Chaeyoung looked down at her body, she wasn't even wearing her underwear...
This is crazy...
"Bambam, you fucking pervert, you took advantage of me..."
"Miss, if I were to take advantage of anyone, it wouldn't be someone like you, okay?"
"Bullshit, I am so pretty, you must've lusted after me and planned this for a long time. I was wondering why you would invite me to dinner out of nowhere, you are so despicable."
"Oh please, spare me. To tell you the truth, if I wanted to sleep with you, I would've done it a long time ago. I wouldn't wait until you're old and battered as you are."
"Who are you calling old and battered?" Chaeyoung raised her hand up to hit Bambam.
But she felt a cold breeze in her lower region; she had almost exposed herself...
She immediately pulled up the blanket to cover herself, but she used too much force and pulled all of the covers over to her side.
Bambam was left completely naked...
"Do you have a heart? Couldn't you have left me some of the covers? I'm not wearing any clothes too."
"No one wants to look at you."
"I want to look at myself, okay?"
Bambam was also speechless...
(a/n- don't you guys think, these two will make a cute couple?? Or is this weird?? I find them cute together though)
Neither of them knew that the police officers had taken off Bambam's clothes. They also asked a female staff at the hotel to take off Chaeyoung's.
Their intentions were to create an opportunity for them, but Bambam and Chaeyoung were both so drunk that nothing happened.
"We... Nothing happened last night, right?" Chaeyoung felt like crying as she looked at Bambam.
"God bless me, I hope nothing happened." Bambam put his hands together.
"What do you mean?" Chaeyoung was angered by the way Bambam was acting; he seemed to be even more opposed to the idea than she was.
"Calm down, as a senior police officer, I don't think anything happened last night. First of all, we don't have any hickeys or any... mysterious fluids on us."
Upon hearing Bambam's words, Chaeyoung looked down at her body and saw that neither he nor she had any marks on them.
"Secondly, there's no condom on the ground or in the garbage bin."
Chaeyoung's expression darkened, how could he even think of that?
"Thirdly, a normal man who was as drunk as I was last night wouldn't be able to get it up even if he took Super Viagra Ultra-Plus. So, we can conclude that nothing happened between us."
Chaeyoung pondered for a moment and thought that his words made sense. Plus, her body felt normal.
When he saw Chaeyoung's silence, Bambam said, "If you don't believe me, we can go to the hospital. You can do a check-up and see if there's any... um, you know, in your body. If there is, I will take responsibility. I won't take advantage of you."
"How are you going to take responsibility? Are you going to marry me?"
Bambam fell silent... He had never thought about marriage, it was too sudden.
"Whatever, I don't care what happened last night, but let's pretend nothing happened."
After speaking, Chaeyoung pulled over her clothes and started to dress while still under the covers.
The two walked out of the hotel one after another, both of them looking really awkward.
When Bambam returned to the bureau, two police officers smiled at Bambam mysteriously and asked, "Boss, did you have a good night?"
"Good night?" Bambam was taken aback.
"Last night you drunk called 911 for a designated driver. When we got there, we saw you flirting with a girl so we brought you guys to a hotel and helped take off your clothes. Of course, a female staff member took off your date's clothes."
"Oh, so it was you guys."
"Yup, you don't need to thank us. You can call us Robin-hood."
"Very well, you two Robin-hoods, you two must stay back until 8 PM for work every day this month, or you won't get your pay."
After speaking, Bambam walked away...
The two police officers were stunned, "Did our Boss just repay our kindness with enmity?"
*
It was still early morning and Lisa, who was on her way to work, began casually chatting with Chaeyoung on WeChat.
Chaeyoung was worried about the lawsuit.
Just then, a black Lamborghini appeared before Lisa. She immediately slammed the brakes. Thankfully, it was just a false alarm.
She hung up her phone and was just about to bash the bastard who didn't know how to drive when she saw Jimin, fully dressed in white, walk out of the Lamborghini.
Without waiting for Lisa to speak, Jimin walked over, pulled open her car door, and looked at Lisa with a complicated expression on his face, "Get out of your car."
"For what?"
"I have something to talk to you about," Jimin said stubbornly.
As expected of Young Master Park, he was the one who came here looking for Lisa, but he still expelled a sense of superiority.
"Hurry up, I still need to get to work."
Lisa didn't delay any further and stepped out of the driver seat.
She wore a coffee-colored trench coat, navy-blue pencil pants, and a pair of black heels, giving off the mature and intelligent vibe.
She was very comfortable to look at...
"How can you still be in the mood to go to work? Are you that carefree?" Jimin was speechless.
"How am I carefree?" Lisa smiled, finding his words interesting.
"Aren't you standing trial at the Provincial Higher People's Procuratorate next week?"
Lisa's eyes flashed, "How did you know? You are very well-informed."
"Everyone in our circle already knows, a shady guy like Taecyeon only knows how to bully a woman," Jimin said with disdain. He could easily screw over a dumb-rich guy like Taecyeon.
"Oh, is that so?" Lisa did not react much.
"What do you mean, is that so? What are your plans?" Jimin asked restlessly.
It was an urgent situation, how could she be so calm?
The involved party was not anxious, but the bystander was...what a sight!
"What are my plans? Since he is suing me, I'll go to court. It's a crime to refuse to stand trial, right? If anything, I'll hire a lawyer to defend me," Lisa said nonchalantly.
"It's not as simple as you think. Taecyeon's Family spent 5 million to hire the number one lawyer of Seoul, Mr. Seung. He has a spiteful mouth, and as long as someone pays him, he will say whatever they want him to say. He has the ability to turn black into white and vice versa. If you are found guilty, you will have to go to jail."
"I am innocent, why would I go to jail?" Lisa chuckled.
"The world is not as simple as you think, our society is complicated. People can distort the truth with money, do you understand?" Jimin said painstakingly.
"I know, I always knew that this world is not simple."
"What are you going to do then?"
"I'll face whatever comes my way."
Jimin, "-_-"
Jimin was speechless to see how relaxed Lisa was, it was quite different from what he was expecting.
Don't girls usually panic when they're faced with something like this?
Shouldn't she ask him for help? How could Lisa be so calm? As expected, she was not a normal girl.
"If you need my help, then..."
Before Jimin could finish speaking, Lisa immediately interrupted him, "That's not necessary, thank you."
"Are you sure?" Jimin raised a brow.
"Very sure." Lisa's answer was clear-cut.
"Why?" Jimin was puzzled.
"Ha, why do you need a reason? I'm contentious, I don't like owing others favors."
"You can be assured that I won't ask for anything in return. I won't use this to threaten you or anything, I'm not that kind of person."
"I know."
"Then why would you refuse my help? As long as you ask me to, I will let the Taecyeon's family..."
"Thank you, but there's really no need for you to do that. It's almost time, I need to get to work."
After speaking, Lisa walked back to her car and drove away...
Jimin was unsuccessful this morning, so he was quite upset. However, he was even more curious about Lisa now.
He wanted to see how she was going to get out of this crisis. Was her mysterious boyfriend going to help her?
What kind of person was he? Someone so powerful that even Sehun had to be cautious of him...
Just as Jimin was deep in his thoughts, his phone rang...
"President Park, something happened at the company, can you come back?" his assistant sounded very anxious.
When Jimin returned to the Headquarters of BigHit Entertainment, a lot of people were gathered outside Seulgi's private dressing room.
Seulgi was sitting on the sofa; there was bandage around her foot and her eyes were red...
Her assistantwas by her side and carefully taking care of her. On the other side, Jimin's assistant was with Lissa, and neither dared to utter a sound.
Lissa had her hair down and head lowered, she seemed to be quiet as if she had made a mistake.
"President Park..."
"President Park, you're back."
The people in the company all greeted Jimin carefully upon seeing him.
"President Park, you're finally back! Come look at Seulgi, she was tripped by this stupid new girl. Seulgi already has a ton of jobs lined up but her foot is so swollen, what are we going to do?" Seulgi's assistant complained.
Jimin glanced at Seulgi's foot, but his expression did not change...
When Seulgi saw Jimin, she quickly said in a soft voice, "It's okay, everyone was too nervous. Lissa did not do it on purpose, she's still new so she didn't know that I'm the only one who uses this dressing room."
Lissa also explained, "Yes, President Park, I really didn't know that it was Ms. Kang's private dressing room. I was late today because of traffic, and I was afraid I couldn't make it to the interview so I just went into an empty dressing room."
"What happened to her leg? Did you push her?" Jimin looked at Lissa and asked.
"No, no, no, I didn't do it on purpose, we were chatting and Ms. Kang was walking out of the room when she slipped, and I was only trying to help her..."
"Yeah, President Park, she tried to help me but the floor was too slippery so I fell. It has nothing to do with Lissa. Please don't blame her." Seulgi's words sounded like she was helping Lissa, but her words were actually all directed against her. Jimin was smart enough to hear it through her tone.
As a higher-level executive of the company, Ms. Choi (Jimin's assistant) did not side with anyone, but she was quite fed up with Seulgi's pretentious behavior.
She explained, "President Park, let's not pursue this matter any further, they are both celebrities under our label and have a lot of public activities they need to attend to. There's no need to blow this matter up. It will be bad if the media catches news of this and writes a report about it. Lissa is still new, so it is understandable for her to make mistakes, I will make sure to teach her well for the future. But she should pay for Seulgi's medical fees, I will deduct the fees from her salary, is that okay?"
"Yes, just do that." Jimin approved Ms. Choi's idea; he looked tired and was not in the mood.
Just as Jimin turned around to leave, Seulgi got up. "President Park, I have some matters that I would like to discuss with you in private."
Jimin paused and looked back at Seulgi. "If it's a business matter, talk to Ms. Choi and she will pass the message on to me. You don't need to talk to me if it's a private matter, I'm not in the mood to deal with trivial matters these days. Since you injured your foot, just go home and rest."
After speaking, Jimin turned around and walked away...
Seulgi suddenly felt so embarrassed...
Once upon a time, she was Jimin's favorite woman, but now, she had to talk to his assistant first in order to speak to him?
Was Jimin tired of her and wanted to replace her?
That shouldn't be it. As of right now, none of Jimin's women were even close to being her opponent.
Her manager sensed that something was amiss and asked in a low voice, "Seulgi, what happened between you and President Park?"
Seulgi smiled bitterly. "I don't know either."
- That evening -
Lisa stayed back at work for a bit, and when she got home, Jungkook had prepared a warm meal for her...
At the dinner table, Lisa slowly took out the court summons from her bag and handed it over, "Kook, here... take a look at this."