The Devil Within (S2)

Chapter 10

"You don't love me, do you?" She whispered.

"You're right, I'm obsessed." The same deep voice echoed sending chills down her spine.

Elenora gulped as she woke up.

So it was not a nightmare this time, it was her real life.

Till the very end, she hoped for it to be a dream, a bad dream...because dreams always end.

She rubbed her eyes and grabbed a glass of water gulping it.

She put her head on her knees pulling her legs upto her chest while clutching the blanket.

"I loved you so much and you completely shattered my love, my trust, my emotions..." Her throat dried as she remembered his face.

How ironic? The man she loved once was the man she hated to death at this stage, yet his face was the only one she saw when she closed or opened her eyes.

He was right.

He was really the devil, who had possessed her completely.

She uncomfortably stood up and dialed a number.

The person picked it up on the second ring.

"Calling at this time? Is everything alright?" He asked.

"Jungkook, can we meet tomorrow? I heard you're in Rome nowadays. At the bar." She let out a shaky breath.

"Sure." He hung up.

***

The next day, casually dressing up, she entered the bar and spotted the young man infront of her.

"Hey." He gave her a charming smile but didn't shake hands.

Elenora returned him the smile and sat across him.

"How's life with Eunji?" Elenora asked not knowing Eunji is Jimin's sister and it was least concerning to her until Jungkook said something which caught her off guard.

"Amazing. She's such a joyful person, my life feels completed. Always messing around, one day with Taehyung, she was in the mansion when she poured a jug full of-"

"Wait-" She hesitantly cut him off. "How does Eunji know Taehyung? And Taehyung... " She looked at him, her eyes looking at him with a questionable look.

"Eunji is Jimin's sister and Jimin is Taehyung's best friend." Jungkook explained.

Elenora felt her heart shuddering at his words.

"When did you last meet Taehyung?" She asked Jungkook.

"A month ago." He told.

"Is he fine?" She asked unintentionally.

"Suffers everyday." Jungkook sighed, "He didn't spend one day without yearning for your presence. Your absence left a mark on his soul which he's unable to erase."

"That's his punishment." Elenora looked down, slightly disappointed, "He deserves this for the cruelty he did."

Jungkook sighed, "Don't you think what you did was also foolishness? I mean, knowing his nature very well, why would you even pull a stunt like that? Rejecting his proposal and then shifting the blame to your sister."

Elenora shifted on the seat, his words seemed to have struck her like a physical blow.

"He went to the extreme measure because he was seeing himself losing you and it was unbearable." Jungkook added.

"He tortured the only family I was left with." Elenora gulped, "He wounded me badly."

Jungkook, being a mutual, just nodded. He wasn't taking sides. He was the closest friend of Elenora since college and did business with Taehyung hence he didn't formulate any opinion about their personal life and what Elenora should do, however looking at Taehyung's miserable condition, his heart leaned slightly towards him in sympathy.