Dinner was announced as they walked. "Where are we going?"

"To our table." He tells her before freezing at his spot. He gapes at the table a few feet from them. Mari is walking towards it throws a casual look at them, before taking one of the three empty seats. He let's out a long sigh as he continues walking. He briefly explains to her that they are sitting with some of his coworkers who are part of his team in the project.

Aliya's eyes went straight to Mari who's chatting with the guy sitting next to her. "Mari is your co worker?"

He only gave a slight nod in response before whispering in her ear. "Whatever she says to you, just ignore it." Aliya didn't get to ask any more questions because they were already at the table. He pulls out her chair, waiting for her to sit before he moved to his seat. He introduces everyone to Aliya.

Curious eyes were on Yoongi's date since it's something new to everyone, he never brings anyone to any of the company events. Some watched Mari too, they know there's something going on between her and Yoongi and yet here he is sitting between two women.

"How long have you known Yoongi?" The man next to Aliya asks.

"It's been quite a while, I was a freshman in the university and we have common friends." She replies back.

"You look familiar, have we met before?" Mari asks her.

"Not formally but if I'm not mistaken, we saw each other at the elevator when you were headed to Jimin's place." Aliya replied smiling sweetly at her, that night when Yoongi sent you home, she wanted to add as her eyes catches the other woman's hands resting on his thigh.

"Oh right, you were with a cute guy. Does he live in that building too?" Mari asks.

"Actually, I live there." Aliya replies loving the surprised look on Mari's face. The condo she lives in is located at a high end district of the city so the price of a unit there isn't cheap. Her mom bought that house for her because she said she wants her to live in a secure area. Aliya doesn't like bragging to other people about anything but she felt like she has to tell it straight to the other woman's face.

As the food got served, the conversation flowed steadily and Yoongi made sure he gives Aliya attention since Mari is trying to hog him to herself. She's also deliberately focusing their topic on their project and office happenings to get Aliya be an outcast from their conversation, fortunately, Yoongi and his other coworkers would jump in to explain to her what their conversation is all about.

A program followed after dinner wherein different heads and president of the companies involved in the project had a speech. The lights were lowered for the slideshow presentation and Mari took that time to move close to Yoongi, whispering something and he replies back. Mari sits back and throws a sideways look at Aliya before looking away.

What the hell is her problem? Aliya can't help but ask herself.

Yoongi got busier after the program while Aliya mingles with the women who came along with their partners. When her phone rang, she couldn't get Yoongi's attention to let him know where she's going so she just stepped out of the room to find a quiet spot. It was Taehyung who had Jimin and JK with him at his place because Jia is in another event. Chatting with them is always fun which is what made her lose track of the time until she started to hear voices coming towards her area. She's sitting at a secluded open garden at the opposite side of the party's venue. She immediately hangs up and makes her way back to the door that'll lead her to the function room, but she stopped when she sees Yoongi and Mari step out walking at the opposite side of the garden from where she is standing.

Mari wraps her arms around Yoongi's neck and starts to kiss his lips. Aliya instinctively takes a step back behind a large plant. She didn't mean to eavesdrop but she's trying to avoid in making the whole situation more awkward by showing up. She can see clearly as Yoongi pulls back and steps away from Mari. "I told you I'm not in the mood for this." He tells her.

"Come on, I know you like doing it in wild places darling. No one's around." She replies ignoring his previous statement as she steps towards him and placed a hand on his crotch. He immediately knocks her hands away.

"How many times do I have to tell you to stop? I don't want to do it do you understand?" He tells her.

She scoffs at him. "You didn't ask me to stop when I had your dick in my mouth a few days ago."

Aliya gasps and is desperate to leave this place if only those two weren't blocking her way.

"Well I didn't ask you to suck on it did I?" He replies back.

"Is this because of that bitch you're with? I can tell you're fucking her. Is she that desperate for a man she screws her friends?" Mari scoffed.

"Say another word and I swear..." Yoongi pauses as he tries to calm himself. "Just to let you know, she is not some cheap slut I picked up from the streets so I do not want to hear any more of you saying demeaning things about her. Stay away from me and stay away from her. Do you hear me?"

He sounds so scary that Mari answered him right away. "Yes."

"I can't hear you, say it louder." He commands her.

"Yes." Mari replies her voice shaking in fear. Without another word, Yoongi turns his back leaving her alone breathing heavily. She's obviously terrified on how serious and angry he is that it takes her a while before she walks back inside.

Aliya is just as shaken too as she hears Yoongi defend her and at the same time personally hear that something is still going on between him and Mari. He made it clear that they're not tied up to each other alone so she shouldn't be bothered by that at all, and yet here she is disturbed by that fact. Over thinking won't help her at all so she decides to leave unfortunately, her night going from bad to worst unfolds as Mr. Choi comes out of the door just as she's about to walk through it.

"Aliya right?" Mr. Choi asks as he walks towards her. He obviously had drunk a lot of alcohol as the scent fills the air when he got closer. "I came out here to enjoy the scenery but I guess I found something better." He gives her a big grin.

"Excuse me Mr. Choi, but I think Yoongi is looking for me." Aliya tries to move past him but he takes her elbow and pulls her back.

"Wait, wait, I'm not done talking to you, don't be rude." He tells dropping his hand when Aliya glares at him. "I mean, I want to know more about you and your relationship with Yoongi."

"I'm sorry but I don't think I would like to discuss my relationship with Yoongi with you. If you really want to know more about it, you can ask Yoongi yourself." Aliya said.

Mr. Choi takes a step closer to Aliya. "You've got spirit, and you're way different from Mari and the others. I think I see why Yoongi likes you and honestly, I like what I see too." His eyes travelled down her body and he licks his lips. "Tell me, how much is Yoongi paying you, I can double it. I've got money too you know."

Aliya finds her hand flying towards the other man's cheek in a resounding slap over his words. She's never felt this enraged before, this is the second time in a span of barely an hour she's been degraded into being a cheap, money hungry chick.

Mr. Choi is just as mad for getting slapped by her. He grabs her arm tightly, his fingernails digging into her skin as he pulls her against his body. "You bitch, how dare you hit me..."

"What the fuck are you doing?" He didn't say the words loud but his tone speaks volume.

Mr. Choi's face turned pale when he looks up. "She started it Yoongi, she came up to me first offering herself to me."

Aliya's eyes filled with tears not so much from the pain but more for being overwhelmed with relief now that Yoongi is here. As soon as his hand dropped from her arm, Mr. Choi was thrown on the ground in a flash, his lips bleeding from Yoongi's punch. He then grabs the fallen man by his tie wringing it around his hand throwing curses at him. "What did you say you son of a bitch?" He asks him but the other man couldn't speak because he is getting choked by his necktie as it got tighter around his throat.

"Yoongi stop please, he's not worth it." Aliya wraps her hands around Yoongi's wrist looking up at him. "Please." She whispers not letting her hands go until she feels him relax his hold.

Mr. Choi starts coughing as he gasps for air. "This is assault Yoongi, you'll hear from my lawyer."

Rage fills Aliya's mind over the other man's threat, she's having none of it. "Excuse me, do I have to remind you that you grabbed me first. It's you who will hear from my lawyers. You obviously don't know who I am so," Aliya opens her small purse and throws her card at him. "here's my card. If that's not enough, you can google me. I am sure there's enough information that'll tell you exactly who I am." She then takes Yoongi's hand and pulls him inside

First thing after getting in, Yoongi takes her to a secluded corner and cups her face in his hands. "Did he do anything else to you?"

"No, you came right on time." She tells him trying to appear calm although her whole body is visibly shaking and her tears remained unshed in her eyes.

"You should've just let me beat the shit out of him." He said.

"I'm ok, so take it easy. I don't want people from your work seeing you like this, this will risk your job. Please pull yourself together." Aliya tells him as she reaches out to touch his cheek. To her surprise, he turns his head and kissed her hand before looking at the bruise on her arm. He makes a deep sound in his throat before hitting the wall next to Aliya who jumps up in surprise.

"I'm going to kill him." He mutters.

"No you are not. Is the party over? Because if it is then we should leave." Aliya grabs his head and made him look at her. "We are leaving and you need to calm down." He slowly nods his head before taking one of her hand that's holding him as they left.

Aliya notices that Yoongi isn't driving towards her place. "Where are we going?"

"I am taking you home." He simply replies.