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The ladies stood still from their spots. No one shifted from their places.

It was quiet in the room. The room was filled with shock and peace. A sudden peace as if the room sucked it away beforehand. Everyone took it in as all they heard each other's breathing. Ben looked around waiting until it's time to speak. Everyone starts gazing at each other in the room except Esther, who was frozen in place. Jin glanced at her in concern. Before he said anything, Terrence says your majesties as he walks in and bows.

"Yes, Terrence," Jin says while glancing at Esther.

"Jin."

"Wassup Park."

"What would you like to do with Shara's belongings?"

"I wanted to inform you that you should put the fakes in the safe and hide the real ones."

"What made you say that?"

Hearing her name all over again hardened the room. It grew awkward as even the King tensed up hearing her name again. Terrence patiently waited for an answer.

"One of your maids is very suspicious. When I left the office, she looked at me as if she was eavesdropping. Something is off about her. Remember to be cautious of everyone."

"Thank you, bro. I'll do that."

"You know I got you."

Jin hangs up and dials Terrence's number. As the phone rings, he wonders who was the maid his friend is warning him of? The phone stopped ringing as Terrence says "yes, my King". "Terrence? Can you come here for me please?"

Jin is so glad he listened to his friend that day because if he didn't Shara would have killed his wife. He could have lost his wife, the love of his life, today. Like how could he deal with that? He knows he would have never been the same. He loves her too much. God gave her to him as his own to cherish as God cherishes His own. Just how could he live with himself? He just can't. He just can't imagine it and will not imagine it.

Realizing he dozed off, Jin mentally shakes himself to answer Terrence's question. He can barely stomach her name now. He can't think about this anymore. He never wants to see her or any of her stuff or anything that's her ever again.

Jin instructed him on what to do and Terrence nodded then left the room. Jin scanned around the room and stopped when he eyed Ben.

"Ben, can you make sure our beds are prepared for bed? I think we all need to get some sleep." Ben bowed to the King.

"Taylor, can you go with him and check the ladies' beds?" Taylor stares at Jin with an undecipherable expression but bowed and left with Ben. As Ben and Taylor left the room, Jin grabbed Esther's shoulder caressing it.

"Babe are you okay?"

Esther slowly glances at Jin. "Yeah, I am fine. I'm going to pray and get the girls set up for bed."

"Okay, my love. Guys let's head to the den, we will talk later on today around brunch." Jin kisses Esther's forehead. She smiles warmly at him and walks over to the girls. Esther whispers to them and they leave the room with her.

Jin turns around and stares at the guys. The guys stare at Jin. The guys start getting up and they head towards the den. As they head inside the den, they see Ben fixing the waterbeds for them. The guys disperse in different areas of the den unknowingly as they are waiting for the beds. No one has spoken yet as the night itself replays in everyone's heads. All still wondering how the night turned out like this. Finally, Ben finished the beds and informed Jin. Jin lightly taps Ben's shoulder and nods. Ben leaves the room as he looks at the King with sorrow.

Jin waves the guys to come near him. They walk over near Jin. Jin saddens by the looks of his brothers' faces, which was sadness, confusion, and tiredness.

"Everything will be okay. All of this had to happen for a reason but it will get better. Let us pray then get some sleep. I love you guys." Jin smiles warmly at them. They smile at each other and head to their beds. Namjoon prayed then the guys got into bed. Jin turns off the light and lays in his bed.

Later in the night, the guys were knocked out except Jungkook and Jimin.

Jimin couldn't get Eve out of his head. He knew something was wrong when he looked at her. She looked like she could burst into tears at any moment.

She must know something.

That thought alone excited but hurt Jimin. He doesn't want Eve to be hurting and going through this pain. It troubled him. However, he was excited because he knows he truly cares about Eve.

He has an ounce of hope that he will have her. Finally.

Jungkook is all over the place. As he stares at the wall above him, he feels like he's in a dream and a nightmare at the same time.

"L-Leah"

Her.

"You love me?....a-and what do you have to tell me?"

"Yes, Leah I'm in love with you. And I love your children. I believe that through God, I can truly love your children and you the way both of you deserve. And I will say it a thousand times so you will believe me."

He still can't believe he said that to her. But he certainly meant those words. He knew he loved her long ago.

"LEAH!"

"I'm in the kitchen Kook!"

Jungkook stepped in Leah's house, a smell of delicious foods filled the home. As Jungkook closed and locked the front door, he headed to the kitchen. As he was about to pass the dining room, hands wrapped around him from behind and he knew exactly who it was.

Jungkook makes a mischievous look and quickly grabs the arms, bringing them forward. The little boy is now in front of Jungkook as he holds his arms. He pushes the boy down lightly and tickles him. The little boy can't stop laughing. Then the other boys jump on Jungkook's back, trying to tackle him down. They finally got him on the floor and they were playing fighting. Jungkook and the boys were laughing as Jungkook blocked his face. The little boys got up from Jungkook and helped him up. Jungkook hugged them tightly.

"I miss my boys."

"We miss you too Kookie."

Jungkook loves the boys. He dearly misses them too since he had got busy at the lumber business.

"Guess what? I got a surprise for y'all!"

"Ooo what did you get us and it can't be cheap," Reuben says as he stares at Jungkook with anticipation.

Jungkook smiles at Reuben. "I know mom spoils y'all. But you are going to like this."

Jungkook runs and unlocks the front door. The boys stand near the dining table in excitement. Jungkook comes back in carrying a big box, that seemed heavy by how he was carrying it. He puts the box down, closes and locks the front door and put the big box on the dining room table. The boys talk all at once and occasionally pull on Jungkook's shirt.

"Boys."

The boys get quiet, knowing what Jungkook is going to say next.

"What did Kookie always tell y'all?"

"Patience is important because God is patient with us."

"That's right. Are y'all being patient right now?"

The boys look down in guilt. "No," said in unison.

"Okay, so what do you have to do?"

"Wait."

"Good," Jungkook smirks a bit at them.

Jungkook takes out his pocket knife from his bag and opens the box. He paints to the box and the boys rush to look inside.

The boys widen their eyes in excitement and hugged Jungkook, thanking him all at once.

Jungkook got them a soccer ball, basketball, baseball, baseball gloves, and skateboards.

They ran and yelled Mom. All you hear is loud noises and we love Kook in the kitchen. Leah comes out and looks at all the stuff in the box. She smiles at Jungkook then looks at the boys.

"Boys take these things to your room. When Kook comes back over, we are going to do something special for him. Okay?"

"Okay!" They say unison. They start grabbing the balls, gloves, and skateboards in the box and headed upstairs.

"Thanks again Bestfriend!" Simeon yelled as he was heading upstairs.

"DO NOT PLAY BALL OR SKATE IN THE HOUSE!"

They yell okay mommy but it was faint.

Leah takes a deep breath as Jungkook glares at her and chuckles. She gives him a hug and Jungkook hugged her back, smiling hard.

"Thank you Jungkook. You mean so much to them. And so much to me."

"You're welcome beautiful. I would do anything for y'all."

Leah pulls back to glimpse at him and smiles. She leaned closer to kiss him but stopped. Jungkook widens his eyes at her.

"I'm sorry. I'm with- uh, actually- but I couldn't-and I want-"

"It's fine beautiful." Jungkook chuckles and grabs her face softly. Leah shut her eyes, sulking in his touch.

Jungkook wanted to kiss her so badly. He wanted to feel her big, luscious lips on him.

Just once. Just once he wanted to break the rules.

But he didn't.

Although he wants to, he held back. Leah grabbed his hands and kissed it lightly as Jungkook was hampering his blush. He doesn't know if he can control himself. She waved him to sit as she walked back into the kitchen to bring in the food.

Jungkook knew at that very moment that he was in love with her and loves the boys. He would do anything for them. Although she looked broken into pieces, he was going to do anything to bring her back up again. He was going to continually lead her to the source that can only heal her, God.

Jungkook and Jimin finally close their eyes as slumber was plodding upon them. However, little did they know, Leah and Eve were thinking about them too and the girls eventually fell asleep as well.

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Jungkook opened his eyes, laying on the bed. He saw he was the only one in the room. Jungkook got up and called Ben. Seconds later, Ben came across the corner and bowed.

"Afternoon Ben where is everyone?"

"Afternoon Jeon Jungkook. They are getting dressed for brunch. The King told me to let you know when you wake up. The guys didn't want to disturb your sleep."

Jungkook plop his hands on his face and traced to his hair, ruffling his hair. "Thank you, Ben. I am getting up now."

Ben bowed and left the room. Jungkook breathes a deep sigh as he gets up from the bed. He glances at the staircase and proceeds to walk toward the staircase. He then stops as his heartbeats uncontrollably. He realized he finally has to face Leah and he doesn't know how to handle everything.

Well here goes nothing.

Leah puts coconut oil on her hair. Then she massages it in. She finished getting dressed and was waiting for Hannah to finish getting dressed. The other ladies were in Esther's bedroom, talking.

She fluffed her hair as she walked out of the bathroom and went near the dresser to put on her shoes.

"Hannah!"

"Yes, darling?"

Hannah strolls around the corner of the double doors that separate the couch area and bathroom and the bedroom.

"I'm nervous." Leah fiddled with her white sweater. Hannah smiles a bit and sat next to Leah on the edge of the bed.

"Sis it's going to be okay. I know it's hard and I know handling this truth isn't easy. But you have to tell him as Eve needs to tell Jimin. Be true to your feelings and move forward the right way. Don't stop the true joy God has for you over a trashy man. He will do what trash people do but you have a man who truly loves you and your sons. God wanted you to be with him and sometimes we have to see that the hard way. Also, let's be honest, you love this man. Which I understand because he's a MAAAN."

Leah grins and chuckles a bit at Hannah while nodding. Leah laid on Hannah's shoulder as Hannah rubbed Leah's back.

"It's going to be okay. We are all here for you and Eve. We love you both. So you won't be alone."

Leah quickly wipes her tears and puffs out okay.

"I'm going to put my shoes on and head to Esther's room. When you're ready, come in okay?"

Leah nods and smiles a little bit. Hannah lets go of Leah and gets up to the couch area to grab her shoes then leaves the room.

Leah takes a deep breath, gripping her chest as she felt like her heart wouldn't stop beating of anxiousness. Her phone vibrates and she grabs her phone, which was near the dresser on the other side of the bed.

Leah sighs. She didn't want to tell the girls that he has been calling and texting her non-stop. She knows the ladies will take her phone, call him, and let him have it. She roughly clicks the power button, puts her phone in her jean pocket, and walks to Esther's room.

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Jin smiles wide as he looks at the dining room table. This table is able to seat 20 people. The food is ready as it is laid out eloquently. Lace is decorated on the table that forms a heart. The food is on top of the mats as the kitchenware is directly in its proper place.

There are pancakes, french toast, scrambled eggs, grits, potatoes, omelets, bacon, turkey bacon, sausage, ham, apple juice, coffee, different coffee creamers, such as french vanilla, vanilla hazelnut, and hazelnut, orange juice, three different types of syrup, such as maple, strawberry, and chocolate, salt and pepper shakers, and butter. And of course hot sauce.

The dining room is painted solid white with a portrait of Jin's poodle, Paca. Paca is back at Dion but he loves his poodle very much. It has borders and a gorgeous chandelier hung in the middle of the table. It also has a side door that leads outside to the terrace.

Jin is dressed in a blue polo shirt and white slacks with blue dress shoes. He's absolutely eager to eat with everyone. He knows it will be awkward at first, but he will make sure it is a happy ending.

Of course, no one is able to take what he loves away from him for God protected them.

"My King, everything is ready. Would you like everyone to come?"

"Yes."

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