"If we are together, then even this endless maze is paradise."
***
Lost in life and needing a change of pace, Audaire Wilson came to Seoul, South Korea to teach English. Then, one night, after having her heart broken at a BTS concert, seven men come...
"We apologize for calling you back so late," Alex commences, "but Special Agent Wilson and I have formed our first plan to ensure your safety, and we wanted to relay it to you."
"That's right," I accord, acknowledging my partner. "We are aware that you have individual apartments, and you'd be pleased to know that the NIS has reported to us that they did not find anything suspicious."
"What about this place?" asks Taehyung.
"We only found one item—the dead rose in Mr. Park's bedroom," says Alex.
"No hidden cameras then?"
He shakes his head. "No spying equipment was found."
Taehyung breathes a sigh of relief. "Good. Changing made me nervous."
"Wait, is the hidden camera thing the reason you'd flex your muscles every time you got dressed?" Jimin giggles.
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"Well, yeah, I wanted to look good in case the footage got leaked. Like how Jungkook and Joon hyung's sex tape might be."
"Why would you bring that up?" groans Jungkook.
"What? I'm just sayin'," Taehyung shrugs. "You never know."
"Maybe not, but you still didn't—"
"Guys, please," Namjoon interrupts. "Let them talk."
I give him a small thank-you nod before going on with the conversation. "Although we have only found one item of interest so far, this does not mean you guys are safe. And so, because of that, we are requiring you to have a bodyguard at all times. Once we rule out your guards as suspects, any one of them may accompany you, but until then, Agent Crawford or I will. We are also implementing a ten p.m. curfew. You must be inside this house at that time every night. Do you all understand these rules?"
Jungkook scoffs.
I look over at him and raise my brows. "Is there a problem, Mr. Jeon?"
"Yeah, actually, there is," he replies in that same snarky tone from earlier. "I don't need you acting like my fucking mother."
Crossing my arms, I take a step forward to close some of the distance between us. "I'm sorry you feel that way, but these rules are in place to protect you. If you do not comply, we have the right to detain you and put you in our protection program. This means your music career would be halted until the situation is handled because seven minus one is zero, is it not?" Jungkook remains silent, and I take another step forward, asking, "Have I made myself clear, Mr. Jeon?"
Namjoon answers for him. "Yes...you have."
With my eyes still on Jungkook, I smirk. "Wonderful."
***
"That Jungkook guy is a real piece of work, huh?" Alex remarks as we're waiting for the security team to arrive.
The members have all retreated to their respective bedrooms by now to get some rest as they have to report to the studio early in the morning for a recording session. This also means we have to report to the studio early in the morning. Anyway, I was relieved when they left because the tension in the air was so thick you could cut it with a knife. On top of that, I was relieved because I'm so exhausted at the moment that I feared I would completely snap if Jungkook made one more rude comment toward me.
