A\N- guys, this chapter might contain some voilent and disturbing scenes. So, kindly read at your own risk.
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"Krystal?"
Lisa immediately recognized Krystal's voice.
"I'm really sorry, I should've called earlier. But when I got here, it took me a while to get adjusted... so there was a lot of fumbling about. I also had to apply for a bunch of random stuff."
"What about now, are you all done?"
"Yeah, I am. How are you doing?"
"I'm good, you?"
"I'm good too. The air is really clean here, and my parents can help me take care of the baby. I plan on going back to work in a while."
"That's great. Director Jung told me that you were doing well, I'm really happy for you."
"My uncle told me that you're a doctor now, congratulations."
"Thank you."
"Have you seen... Kai lately?" Krystal suddenly asked.
"Yeah, a while back he came to see me at South Side and asked me to lend him 100k. I refused."
"Don't lend him money," Krystal warned her.
"Why not? Do you know what he's been up to recently?" Lisa had a feeling that Krystal knew more.
"He's still dating Dahyun. They've been addicted to gambling recently and lost a bunch of money... Kai's apartment wasn't rented out; it was mortgaged... He's useless now and will lose everything no matter how much you lend him."
"How did this happen?" Lisa was a little taken aback.
"It's all because of Dahyun... I knew nothing good would come from them fooling around... Before I left the country, I hired a private investigator. Apparently, Dahyun is a gambler too and has a lot of debt. I think they owe money from loan sharks too, and they've been hiding out in a steel house in the slums. He's really despicable; when we were getting divorced, he even threatened me and refused to sign the papers unless I gave him alimony."
"So, did you?" Lisa was a little worried.
"Of course not... I'm not that easy to bully, there was no way I was going to give him whatever he wanted. Our family provided the money for the condo, the car, and even the wedding reception. Why would I give him anything?"
"I can't believe how things ended up."
"Never mind, he brought everything onto himself... I don't plan to tell my daughter what kind of person her father is, we don't plan on going back to South Korea either."
Lisa felt bad upon hearing what Krystal said...
"A while back, Kai's parents came to see their granddaughter with a bunch of free-range eggs, but didn't know that you went abroad... His parents were forced to pay for Kai's sins, I feel really bad for them."
"This is all fate... They can't blame anyone for this... Anyways, my baby's crying, I'll call you another time."
"Okay."
After Lisa hung up the phone, she closed her eyes and sank deep into thought...
The truth was, she felt bad in the beginning because she always thought that if she hadn't broken up with Kai back then, maybe his life wouldn't be as miserable.
However, if she did marry him, he may still choose to go down the wrong path.
Maybe what happened to Krystal was what was supposed to happen to her.
Therefore, it was wrong to say that she ruined Kai's life; all she could say was, Kai ruined his originally perfect set of cards.
If he learned how to be a man after marrying Krystal, today, they would both be doctors, have a happy family, and a healthy baby. Wouldn't that be good?
Or, if she went with Jungkook to the United States all those years ago, maybe Kai wouldn't have appeared in anyone's lives.
Therefore, everything that's happened was in the stars; humans could not control them.
"What are you thinking about? You seem to be in a daze," Jungkook walked into the bathroom.
"I was thinking about things that happened in the past," Lisa said, a little depressed.
I thought you were wondering why my stamina's so great, and if I took pills," Jungkook teased her on purpose.
Lisa immediately covered her face with her palms...
"I'm still sore all over," Lisa complained shyly.
"I have a way to help you with that," Jungkook said mysteriously.
"What way?" Upon seeing him smile like that, Lisa knew that Jungkook was up to no good.
It turned out that her instincts were correct...
Because Jungkook said, "Let's go at it again all night tonight and fight poison with poison. I promise you'll feel better tomorrow."
"Screw you..."
Lisa started cursing...
If they went crazy tonight like they did last night, she would probably fall apart.
She would feel better tomorrow? Was he tricking to trick a 3-year-old?
Vacation time always passed by really fast...
They enjoyed 3 mesmerizing nights and 4 wonderful days in the Maldives.
They took countless stunning wedding photos, played in the ocean, sat on a cruise ship... Everything was as luxurious as can be.
Lisa was reluctant to leave and kept looking back as they headed out...
"Doll, did you like it here?"
"Yeah." Lisa nodded obediently.
"Then let's come once a year, what do you say?" Jungkook rubbed her head lovingly.
"Okay."
Lisa kept looking down even after their plane took off.
From where she was sitting, the beautiful Paradise Island looked like a teardrop in the Indian Ocean.
This place was so beautiful that it took people's' breaths away...
The Maldives was a place that after one visit, everyone would want to return to.
Lisa was no different from the rest...
If she had time in the future, she really wanted to come back a couple more times...
After ten or so hours of flying and two transfers, they returned to Seoul.
Jungkook slept for a bit on the plane and went to JC right after they arrived at the airport at 3 PM.
Lisa and Haruto were driven back to Sky Blessing Court by a JC's driver.
While they were transferring, they passed through the duty-free shops at Seoul; Lisa bought a bunch of makeup and a jade bracelet for her mother.
Lisa's mother was elated to see her children come back, and she immediately went into the kitchen to make a bunch of dishes.
Lisa walked onto the balcony with her phone and called Soobin.
"Lisa noona."
"Do you have time to talk? I'm back in Korea."
"Yeah, I'm just reading my movie script."
"What's up? You seemed anxious when you last called," Lisa asked.
"I haven't... been feeling well recently and have been experiencing some symptoms. I thought it might be because of all the medicine I took in the past, so I wanted to ask you about it."
Because of his celebrity status, Soobin rarely ever visited the hospital. After he met Lisa, he treated her as his personal doctor.
"Tell me your symptoms."
"My stomach doesn't feel well, and sometimes I feel like throwing up. I'm also constantly tired..."
"Um... are you pregnant?"
Soobin was speechless...
"Noona, can't we have a normal conversation?"
"Haha, of course we can. Go on, I'm listening," Lisa laughed.
"Sometimes my abdomen hurts, and recently I've been experiencing diarrhea."
"Did you eat something you weren't supposed to?" Lisa asked.
"I don't think so, I haven't been eating much recently, just some simple congee, but the same thing happens."
"Maybe you're experiencing indigestion. Have you been taking medicine that helps with digestion?"
"I did, but it didn't really make a difference. My symptoms only got worse."
"What's your schedule like tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow... I have to film in the afternoon, but I'm free in the morning."
"Come to South Side in the morning, I'll give you an exam."
"Sounds good." Soobin nodded.
"Okay, get some rest soon."
"Okay."
After hanging up, Lisa walked into the kitchen.
She felt possessed with happiness as soon as she saw the tableful of food...
"Mom... you bought me crabs, you're the best!"
Lisa was exhilarated to see a dozen giant crabs on the dining table.
"Noona... seriously? We ate crabs literally every single day in the Maldives, have you not had enough? Didn't you get sick of it?"
"Nope, I can eat seafood three times a day, no problem."
"Okay, you win." Haruto was speechless.
"Jungkook and ask him if he wants to come back to dinner," Lisa's mother reminded her.
"Okay."
Jungkook was in the conference room when his cellphone rang.
The atmosphere in the room was tense; after Jungkook came back from their 5-day trip in the Maldives, he was met with an awful mess at the company.
"So... did you all lose self-consciousness when I was away? Do you think you can relax and do nothing since you all earn an annual salary?"
This was Jungkook's first time yelling at the executives; Lee was so scared that he hid off to the side, afraid to say anything.
"President Jeon, We tried our best... It's not our fault that we couldn't get that project," the marketing director boldly complained.
"Is it my fault then?" Jungkook asked icily.
The entire conference room fell silent again...
Their boss was steaming mad...
Just then, his phone began to ring...
Everyone's gaze landed on that phone, wondering who on earth had the guts to call the president right now.
However, to everyone's surprise, Jungkook's expression softened as soon as he saw who was calling.
He picked up...
"Kook, my mom cooked, are you coming back for dinner?"
"It's okay, I'm at a meeting."
"Okay."
"I'll pick you up later."
"Okay." Lisa didn't dawdle before hanging up.
Everyone was shocked at how gentle Jungkook was just now.
They all glanced at each other and finally came to the realization that... It must've been the young madam who called just now, or else President Jeon wouldn't have acted that way.
"I'll give you all three days to fix what you messed up... By then, give me either results or your letters of resignation."
Upon finishing his sentence, Jungkook left with a stern expression on his face.
The executives all looked worried...
They used to think that President Jeon was easier to talk to and treated employees better than, his father, Chairman Jeon.
However, he was absolutely terrifying when he was mad.
Jungkook didn't like the servility of Korean people – if the boss was at Office, they would work hard; if he wasn't, they would slack off.
This wasn't something to be encouraged; since they had high salaries, they had to show that they were worth that money.
There was no boss in this world who liked to pay good-for-nothings to sit around and do nothing all day.
After returning to the office, Jungkook turned on his laptop and continued organizing documents.
"President Jeon, your coffee,"
Lee carefully put a cup of coffee on his desk...
"Go on vacation starting tomorrow."
"Sir... don't tell me you're firing me, did I do something wrong?" Lee's legs almost gave in.
Why would the president tell him to go on vacation all of a sudden, was he trying to give Lee a heart attack...?
"You're thinking too much. When I was on vacation, you worked overtime every day. I know how hard you've been working. You're a father and a husband, so you need to spend time with your family. Take a week off, I won't count this as your annual paid time off. Consider this as a bonus, you'll resume work in a week."
"Thank you, President Jeon." Lee was so happy he could cry.
His wife's been nagging him about visiting her parents with their baby.
However, she was from different city and met Lee while studying in Seoul, so her parents lived far away.
Lee didn't want her to go back alone with their child.
Now that the president was giving him time off, he was elated.
"Go home, have the rest of the day off."
"What about you...?" Lee was afraid that the president would overwork himself.
"I can get someone to come and help me for the time being."
"Okay, thank you sir. Call me if you need me." Lee ran away from the office like a bolt of lightning.
Jungkook sank back into a state of nonstop work.
Tzuyu called Jungkook a few days ago and didn't say much else upon hearing that he was in the Maldives.
7 PM – everyone in JC was working overtime.
Tzuyu went up to the top floor as she was passing by the company.
"President Jeon, Miss Tzuyu's here," the female secretary called Jungkook from the assistant's office.
"Tell her to come in."
Jungkook treated Tzuyu decently not because he was mindful of their time as children.
Rather, it was because Uncle Han had taken great care of him over the years.
"I saw that your office lights were still on when I was waiting for a red light under your building, so I assumed that you were back." Tzuyu smiled.
"Mm."
"Did you like the Maldives? I bet it was great."
"Yeah," Jungkook only said one word.
"Have you eaten yet? What do you want, I can go buy you some," Tzuyu said gently.
"No thank you, I'm not hungry," Jungkook declined.
Feeling a bit awkward, Tzuyu asked, "Where's Lisa, isn't she here?"
"She's tired, so she went home to rest."
"Oh... I kinda miss her."
"Tzuyu, I'm busy and don't have time to talk..."
"It's okay, I'll just sit here for a while. I have nothing better to do anyway."
Tzuyu had no intention of leaving...
This was because she noticed that it's becoming harder and harder to approach Jungkook, especially when Lisa was around since Jungkook's gaze never left Lisa.
It was rare for Lisa not to be around, so tonight, she wanted to take this opportunity to spend some alone time with Jungkook.
He might think she was being childish, but she didn't care.
Opportunities like this were hard to come by...
The female secretary came in and placed a cup of coffee on the table, "Miss Tzuyu, your coffee."
"Thank you."
Tzuyu then secretly took a photo of Jungkook and posted on her WeChat friend circle.
She wrote, "When people are working hard, they become more attractive."
Her friends began commenting; a couple of socialites who were close to her knew how Tzuyu felt towards Jungkook.
Therefore, they began fueling the spark...
"Tzuyu, you went to see Prince Charming?"
"Tzuyu, you guys look cute together, his wife really isn't that good."
"He is gorgeous, he looks good from every angle."
The girl sitting beside Bang Chan had Tzuyu's WeChat as well.
They added each other during the party that other day; Tzuyu was good at socializing.
She had only been back for a month but had gotten to know people in the upper-class society well and had a stellar reputation.
Of course, this had a lot to do with the fact that her father was Mayor Han.
"Mayor Han's daughter sure is ambitious, she wants to steal Jungkook," the woman exclaimed.
Upon hearing what she said, Bang Chan immediately scooted over to see what she was talking about. Then, he looked at Jimin, "Talk about a strong contender... It's already nightfall, and she still managed to spend time alone with Jungkook and take a photo of him. I wonder what Lisa will think when she sees this photo."
Jimin played with a lighter in his hand, but didn't say anything; no one could tell what he was thinking.
"Jimin... do you want to screenshot this and privately message it to Lisa's Instagram?"
"Nope."
"It's such a good opportunity, why wouldn't you take it?" Bang Chan was confused; if Jimin liked Lisa, why didn't he attempt at wreaking havoc in her marriage?
"I don't do degrading stuff like that," Jimin replied domineeringly.
Neither Jungkook or Lisa knew about Tzuyu's post.
But Sehun did since he had Tzuyu on WeChat as well.
"Tzuyu's interesting, but I look forward to it. I wonder who will win, her or Lisa? I bet it's going to be a surging battle."
Then, he reached out and began playing with the globe on his desk. With a smile on his face, he said, "I bet that Lisa will win."
*
After Lisa stuffed her belly with her mother's cooking at Sky Blessing Court, she lied on the couch and watched TV.
Then, she suddenly saw Haruto come downstairs in a change of clothes.
"It's so late, are you heading out?"
"Um... my friend's having a birthday party, he called me," Haruto said as he headed for the door.
"Come home early, don't drink too much."
"I got it, noona, you're as garrulous as Mom."
Then, Haruto opened the door, got on his car, and left.
"Ruto went out again?"
"Yeah, he went out with his classmates." Haruto had always been a good boy, so Lisa didn't think too much about it.
– 40 minutes later –
Lisa received a phone call from Haruto; he was crying, "noona, come here and help me save Wonyoung."
Lisa began panicking upon hearing Wonyoung's name.
Did Haruto go looking for Wonyoung when he told her that he was off to see classmates? But the men Wonyoung was with...
Lisa immediately shot up from the couch.
"Ruto, where are you?"
"Rooftop of Universe Nightclub."
"Okay, wait for me," Lisa said as she quickly put on her shoes and left; she didn't even hear what her mother said.
Universe Nightclub again – Lisa despised going to that messed up place.
She also didn't know what happened to Haruto...
On her way, Lisa called Jungkook.
"Kook, I think something happened to Haruto. He's on the rooftop of Universe Nightclub, come here quickly and remember to bring back up." Lisa hung up immediately after.
Jungkook lost his cool upon hearing what she said.
Universe Nightclub was like a wolf's den; it was dangerous for Lisa to go alone.
She might not be able to escape as smoothly as she did last time...
"You're leaving?" Tzuyu asked when she saw Jungkook getting up.
"I have an emergency, I'm going to go now."
After one short sentence, Jungkook quickly went downstairs.
Thank god Jungkook arrived just as Lisa did; he held her hand and said, "Follow me, don't walk around by yourself."
"Okay." Lisa nodded...
When they arrived atop Universe Nightclub, an extremely bloody scene unfolded in front of them.
Haruto was so beaten up that he was too ghastly to look at; he kneeled on the ground, his face bleeding.
Lisa felt so heartbroken that tears began running down her face...
"Haruto..."
"Noona... help me... save... Won." Even at his state, Haruto was still worried about Wonyoung.
Jungkook looked up to see Wonyoung sitting on the edge of the balcony; her clothes were ragged, as if someone ripped them apart.
Seven or eight tattooed men stood there; the man she saw the other day had his foot on Haruto's back.
"Haha... you stupid woman, I finally found you. I'm going to get back at you for kicking me the other day," the man hatefully spat at Lisa.
"Don't hurt my brother, let's talk this out."
"Talk this out, what do I have to talk to you about?" Then, that man immediately kicked Haruto in the guts.
Haruto made a muffled noise; it must've hurt like crazy.
"Kook..." Anxious, Lisa squeezed Jungkook's hand hard, not sure what to do.
When Jungkook was with her, she found it hard to keep her usual cool.
"Let go of my brother, tell me how much money you want."
"Hahaha... don't think you're high and mighty just because you have money. Fuck you... I have money too, I've been out about town for many years and have more money than you'll ever have. I don't want your stupid money."
The tattooed man obviously didn't recognize who Jungkook was.
"What would you do to let him go?" Jungkook asked controlling his rage because looking at the scene unfold infront of them, any sane person would boil with rage.
"Simple... get your woman to strip down naked and sing us a song. If I'm happy, I'll let him go."
Then, the men began laughing hysterically...
Jungkook glared at them icily...
"If you don't want to die, let him go. Don't push me."
Lisa held tightly onto the needle she usually carried with her; she wanted to stab that tattooed scumbag to death, right at this second.
She wanted to paralyze him...
"Are you threatening me? There are only two of you, why would we be scared?" The man laughed arrogantly.
"Wonyoung... Haruto treated you so well, why would you set him up like this?"
Lisa shouted at Wonyoung, who was still sitting on the edge of the balcony.
However, she didn't turn around, nor did she say anything...
Lisa was angry; Wonyoung kept saying that she wanted to protect Haruto, and did what she did for him, so why would she set him up like that?
"Are you talking to that little slut? Haha, she ate something nice and is still orgasming... She can't talk right now."
"Noona... they fed Won something... she's... clouded and confused... save her."
Haruto used up all the energy left in him to shout that information at his sister...
That's when Lisa came to the realization that Wonyoung must've ingested aphrodisiac or some other drug.
She breathed in sharply at this thought...
"I won't agree to your demands and suggest that you let him go now... or else, no one will leave here alive today," Jungkook said icily, word for word.
Lisa had never seen Jungkook so terrifying.
"Hahaha... Dude, are you threatening me? Do you think I'd be scared?"
The tattooed man continued mocking him and stepped on Haruto even harder.
Not willing to waste another word on them, Jungkook reached into his inner pocket and pulled something out, aiming it at the tattooed man...
Everyone immediately fell silent...
Terrified, Lisa looked at Jungkook; he... had a gun, a black gun. It exuded a horrific energy in the night skies.
"Brother... this guy has a gun." The other men became a little scared.
"He's fucking bluffing, did you think a toy like this would help you save him? Am I an idiot? Why would I fall for..." Before he could finish his sentence, Jungkook pulled on the trigger, and with a 'bang', the bullet went through the right side of his chest...
A bloody hole appeared where the bullet went through...
The tattooed man looked down at his bleeding wound, so dumbstruck that he couldn't speak.
"I don't like to waste time, I'll give you three seconds to let him go. Or else, my next target will be your brain."
"Honey, don't act rashly..." Lisa was a little scared as well; she wanted to save her brother, but she didn't want Jungkook to commit murder.
The tattooed man was no more than a punk on the streets; he had never seen anything like this before, and his legs immediately gave in...
Lisa took this opportunity to run up to Haruto and help him up.
Jungkook pointed his gun at the tattooed man, his expression icier than ever...
"Boss... you got shot!" The man's followers were scared out of their wits.
"What are you all standing there for? Get me to a hospital!"
The tattooed man and his 6 or 7 followers ran away, tails between their legs. Jungkook didn't run after them.
This was because after they arrived downstairs, Bambam would be there to greet them...
As for the gunshot wound, he knew Bambam would deal with it appropriately.
"Ruto, are you okay?" Lisa felt heartbroken for her brother.
"Noon... please go check on Wonyoung for me." Haruto was hurt all over, but he was still worried about Wonyoung.
Lisa turned around to grab Wonyoung's arm...
To her surprise, however, Wonyoung's body leaned forward... and she jumped.
There was still a smile on her face as she exclaimed, "I finally have wings, I can fly..."
Wonyoung jumped too fast and suddenly that Lisa was only able to get ahold of her arm.
Then, Wonyoung's entire body fell off the building and hung against it. Lisa almost fell off with her.
Her weight was too much for a skinny woman like Lisa...
"Lisa!" Jungkook was so scared that his face turned pale; he ran up to Lisa and held her tightly.
Haruto immediately got up as well to help Jungkook...
In the end, it took two men and a lot of strength to pull Wonyoung back onto the rooftop.
Just now... if Lisa was a second later, Wonyoung would've been crushed; no one, not even God, would have been able to save her.
Thank god Lisa reacted fast and was able to grab her on time.
"Won... look at me," Haruto kept shaking Wonyoung's body.
However, Wonyoung's gaze was lifeless, and she was reactionless. She kept smiling like an idiot as she drooled...
It was horrendous.
Lisa consoled Haruto, "Her brain is under the influence of drugs, there's no use calling her right now. She needs to get sedated at the hospital; only then will she wake up."
Then, Lisa and Jungkook drove Wonyoung and Haruto to the Asan medical center.
The injuries Haruto sustained this time was much worse than the time Hyunjae hit him; the good news was, they were all minor external injuries that would take a while to recover.
Wonyoung's results, on the other hand, were shocking.
"Dr. Lisa, come here for a second," the doctor mysteriously called her off to the side.
Because she used to be an employee at the Asan medical center, and Wonyoung currently worked there, they knew each other well.
"How's Wonyoung doing?" Worried, Lisa asked.
"We sedated her so she's more stable, but..." Then, the female doctor hesitated.
"Doctor, tell me." Lisa's heart was pounding against her chest. She feared the worst.
"Her urine sample tested positive for meth composites, but we need to wait until her lab results come back to figure out what's really in her body. However, there's something else that shocked me.'"
"What is it?" Lisa had a very bad feeling.
"We found sperm from three people in her vagina; right now, we can't tell if she was raped or if it was voluntary, maybe she was drugged and forced to submit. I think you should call the police and tell them to further investigate the matter."
"What?" Lisa was completely dumbfounded.
The tests showed that Wonyoung had sex with at least three men, this... was unbelievable.
Lisa guessed that Wonyoung was raped after they drugged her...
"Those scumbags... they can die a million times over and it still wouldn't make up for what they did," Lisa cursed with tears in her eyes.
Jungkook saw how down in the dumps Lisa was; he walked over to her and patted her shoulder.
"Noona... how's Won? What did the doctor say?" Haruto really seemed to care a lot about Wonyoung.
"Tell me first, what happened before I arrived at the club?" Lisa asked as she stared into her brother's eyes.