"I'm sorry Mr. Jeon. Our client wants you to die tonight,"

Jungkook eyed the weapon with bleak eyes, the eyes of a hunter framed in the passionless face of an assassin. His blunt hands were steady as they lifted the gun and pointed to his head. Sweats covered his forehead as he also not quite sure what his future would end up tonight. But for what he wants is to know which one of his enemy that wanted him to die.

"Shouldn't you tell me first who's sent you? Cmon, consider it as my last wish," a smirk drew on his face as his eyes keep glaring to those two assassins he deals with.

He didn't afraid of this threat. He knew it was coming for him sooner or later. Lately, he's been receiving many death threats since he came back from Italy. A warning that he shouldn't touch her. Saying that he has to stop interfering her personal life. It must be Mark Tuan! He bet billions won that Mark Tuan who sent those threats for him. Ah, what a coward Mark now! Is this some kind of gentle game he likes to play this round?

"Why don't you ask God for yourself once you reached Him later. As if you ever meet Him," one of the assassins allowed his finger to curl around the trigger and smiled grimly towards him.

"I don't know assassin like you guys also believing in God," said him in a sarcastic tone.

Jungkook actually wanted to buy some time by talking nonsense with them. The truth is he got his team prepared to attack in any minute from now on. Kino and the rest of his private professional bodyguards quietly coming close to him with their guns from the back. He knew they would come for him according to what they had planned at first. His squad will always have an eye on him 24/7 wherever he went and whoever he met since the death threat issue he got.

He nodded to them secretly. He was ready. His heartbeat echoed in his ears as the firing squad approached. It beat so loudly that it seemed to want to escape his chest, to flee the oncoming bullet. His whole squad immediately came rescuing him and surround those assassins.

"DROP YOUR GUN NOW!" Kino pointed his gun back at the assassin's head, forcing them to put the weapon on the road and lifting their hands up.

"Ops, caught in a trap huh?" provoked Jungkook and tends to remove the inexistence dust on his black leather jacket. Looked like he was the one who was able to hold a smirk now.

Those assassins' eyes had narrowed, their smile had vanished. There was anger on their face, hatred but the gun still never let off from his hand. Kino shouted at them, instructing to drop their gun over and over again. But not just they won't listen, the assassin himself started pulling a trigger.

The assassin who still pointed the gun towards Jungkook arched an eyebrow "Let me get this straight, Mr. Jeon. I don't mind if I die as long as my job done," he said, he had a huge mocking smirk plastered all over his face.

"Wipe that smirk off your face. Don't smirk at me, buddy. You're gonna regret later," Jungkook said with a teasing smirk. But who knows inside him now he was burning deeply. This strange contract killer really wanted to sacrifice their life just only to kill him. Mark had gone too far this time!

"Surrender yourself before I'm going to shoot you!" Kino shouted at them from the back.

The assassin ignored Kino and the rest of the squad and lets out again his smirk "See you in hell!" He pointed the gun at Jungkook and he pulled the trigger.

Jungkook's face was focused straight forward, his face was expressionless. He gulped down his saliva and started to close his eyes. His heartbeat pounded as loud as he can, afraid what coming next. What's going to happen? Is he will get back to his home safely tonight?

"NO!" he heard Kino screaming and-

The loud band sound echoed all over his ears, the gunshot cracked into the air as loud as thunder but without the raw power of a storm. He daren't move, he daren't even breathe, he froze on the spot. His hands slowly touched his stomach as he opened his eyes and looked up at Kino. A single bead of a tear falling down into his unmoving lips.

Kino immediately ran towards him, catching him from falling down. He still didn't believe it. His heart strongly wanted to deny what's just happen to him. The bullet hits him with extreme precision. They tore effortlessly through his soft human tissue, allowing the arteries to split. This coated the floor in a slick, thick liquid. Blood. His blood.

The dark red blood makes its way out of his body. It oozes between the spaces between his fingers as he covers his wound with a shaky hand. His vision becomes blurrier as his red shirt turns darker and all he can see is the scarlet blood that once flowed in his veins. Each drop of blood slowly takes away the life of him, leaving him pale and weak, yet defying death.

"Jungkook! Look at me! You can do this! Just please stay on focus - Yah! What are you doing! Get the car now!"

He could still hear, but he could control none of his body. His eyes could only witness the panic Kino while putting his head rested on his chest. His arms pressed his gunshot wound, trying to make the blood stop flowing out from his body.

"Ki- ki- no," he tried to speak with his trembling voice. His tongue was soaked with the taste of blood.

"You're gonna be fine, Jungkook. I promise,"

"I can't die now, Kino. She doesn't... know... about me... yet,"

They say a man who lives fully is not afraid of death. That's why he's afraid to die now. He didn't live this life fully yet. His heart beats only for his daughter. Now he's stuck in somewhere between life and death. He's too scared to die, too weak to live.

Let me die the moment my love dies.

Let me not outlive my own capacity to love.

Let me die still loving, and so, please never die yet.

The greatest mistake he ever made was thinking that work ever mattered. He had a precious moment with his unborn daughter and beautiful wife, but rather spent most of his time in his office cubicle, working late, being churlish when she asked for an extra bedtime story. Now here he is nothing but a shell, worse than a robot and bereft of a love he took for granted. His heart isn't merely broken, it is a shadow of what it was and fading a little more every day.

He could feel his heart beating against his rib cage, slowing every second. Realization dawned on him, he was going to die. He tried to move his chest, tried to suck in air, but none came. His heart stopped. His mind gave one final sigh. Then he felt nothing. Nothing at all. Darkness. And he looked up at death as his time dawned.

Please, he said...

Just one more life

I promise I'll be quick.

"JUNGKOOK! JUNGKOOK!"

∞

He breathes deep. In. Out. Within a split second, he's there again, its like he never left. Time is forgotten. Their lips fitted perfectly-- as if they were meant for each other. Moving against each other, feeling each other. Jungkook grabbed the back of her neck, growling in the kiss as she whimpered in pleasure.

"Jungkook, we can't do this here. What if your girlfriend comes back?" Jennie tried to push his muscular body on top of her but her small, frail body is nothing compared to him.

"She won't baby. I knew she's busy having a lunch date with that bastard," He grinned before kissing her again.

Why needs to worry about his girlfriend if he already got a whole meal for lunch today. His secret lover, the most favorite mistress out of other girls he owned is here to entertain him. Lust can be fun - he's not just saying it is - but where does it lead? What is it's purpose? Everyone he knows including himself who prefers lust to love was damaged by someone. He won't trust anymore and without trust, he can't have love, it just isn't possible.

"This time I'm in control; so you be a good girl and don't move your hands. I'm gonna drive you crazy, then stop, then do it all over again until you beg me to finish this. Even then, I won't. I'm just gonna do every naughty thing to you until your mind and body explode."

The side of her thighs is pressed against his. He's sure of himself, he thinks he is in control. She seems to surrender completely. He has wanted this for so long now, craved her human flesh, her tongue tasting his breath. They were both caught up in the moment, its like they never left each other. He feels for her, pulls her up, they twist and turn and it starts all over again like a cycle. He senses everything, this immense magnetic field between them.

"JUNGKOOK!"

He froze the moment he heard the familiar voice coming. It sounds so near to him like she was in this room too. He immediately stopped what he was doing right now and looked at Jennie who already frowned. He's busted for sure. He turned his head back to the door and saw Y/N was standing, looking at him with her surprise reaction.

"How could you do this to me!"

Y/N shouted at him while dragging her feet into the room, coming closer to him and Jennie who still in inappropriate position. She stared up at him, her eyebrows furrowed before grabbing Jennie off from the bed. "Put your hands off from him!"

"How dare you bitch! You knew he's my boyfriend!" she lifted up her hands, on ready to slap her but he quickly makes his move, stopping her from doing any violence towards his precious mistress.

"She is a bitch, Jungkook! She just wants your money," Her voice comes back at him, tight with rage. She struggled to pull away her hand from his arm. Her face turned red, Jungkook not quite sure either she's going to cry or stay like a mad person.

"Enough, Y/N! She's not a bitch!" his raw voice brutal all over the room. He who still shirtless and only left with a trouser quickly dragging her out from his room.

"Where you're going to take me? We're still not done here," she tried to loosen her hand from his tight clutch.

"No. I'm done with you! Stop acting like you are a victim here. I'm not as dumb as Mark!" he blew his temper hot. His words were spat out with the ferocity and rapidity of machine gun fire.

"Mark is got nothing to do with us! Why did you need to drag him all over again? The problem is you. You are the problem here!" Their heated quarrel continues. It was definitely a war of words and who can hurt the other one worse.

He exploded. "So I'm the one who problem here? You must be kidding me. So what if I fucked other girls like you never done it before!"

"I never cheated on you since five years we together!"

He felt his ears getting hot. He glared at her then spat out "Bullshit! Don't you ever lie to me, you cheap woman! I wonder how many men already tasted your pussy," he began to smirk.

"How dare you?!" and within a second he felt a slap stung on his face. He winced, trying to bear the pain. How dare she slap him!

"You slut!" he attacked her back, paying her another slap to her reddish face and making her fell to the floor real hard. So much damage was done when Jungkook argued. Every mean thing he'd thought but knew better than to say came flooding out. When he saw the hurt in his opponents eyes he never backed off, only dug deeper, like a hunter at the first sign of blood.

"Jung- jung- kook..." he saw her trembling on the floor. Ah, now she wanted to become dramatic? Cmon, it's not that hard his slap.

He witnessed a sudden gush of pain jolted throughout Y/N's body. Her hands slowly brought to her stomach. Her stomach seems ached, her arms lost tension and her legs began to weaken. He saw a fresh red blood coming through under her skirt, flowing down to her pale legs.

"You didn't just cheat on me, you cheated on us. And you didn't just break my heart but you broke our future. You killed our future, Jungkook. Our child," she cried aloud.

He widens his eyes, could not believe what he just heard. It can be real though. He? Kill his own child? Suddenly he saw both of his hands coated with blood.

"You killed our child!" these words keep echoing in his ears, saying he was the killer. The murderer of his own flesh blood. He closed his ears, he didn't want to hear this whisper. He's not a killer!

"NO!"

"Jungkook! Jungkook!"

He heard Kino's voice and felt someone shaken his body for several times. He awoke to soft sheets, and the morning light trickled in through the blinds. Shedding himself of the remaining glimpses of a dream, his eyes were still shut as he soaked in the warmth of his covers before letting his eyes see the sun's rays. A first person on his view was Kino who looked at him panicky.

"Thank god you awake now," Kino lets out a relief breath.

"Where am I?"

He found himself lay down on an unfamiliar bed. In unfamiliar room. Where is he exactly? The moment he tried to get up, he felt extreme pain in his stomach. It was so hurt like he's going to cry now. It felt like he got stab deeply with a knife. It hurt so much that he wanted to die just to remove this pain. Everything feels scolded and, move or not, he's in more pain than he could have ever imagined was possible.

"You're in Dr. Lee's house. Are you okay? How's your wound?"

Suddenly he recalled what's happened to him. He got shot by those assassins! So Kino brought him to Dr. Lee instead of the hospital. Dr. Lee is his private doctor, JK Group doctor who in charge of taking care of his health. It such a relief Kino brought him here. He had no idea if he was ever sent to the hospital. The media will know about him almost getting killed. It will bring such a big controversy later. But the most important, he doesn't want Y/N to know about his condition. He doesn't want her to worry about him.

He tried to get himself up, he didn't give a damn about the pain anymore. He needs to go somewhere!

"Yah! What are you doing?" Kino holds his shoulder, looking at him with concern. He tried to bear the gunshot pain but it's so damn hurt. He put his hands on his stomach, still trying to get up.

"Stop, Jungkook! Your wound still doesn't stop bleeding yet,"

"I need to pick up Eva, Kino. I promised her to take her out today," said him. His legs felt shaky and could not support his body yet his head was the only thing that was feeling heavy. He places his hands on Kino's shoulder, pressing it and arched his back as the pain was rushing through his body like an igniting fire. His eyes squeezed closed as his face contorted. Never had he ever experienced such pain in his life.

"Stop pushing yourself. I'm sure she will understand it. Let me inform this to Y/N," he saw Kino pulling out his phone. He quickly took it away from him.

"No! Don't tell her about this. Never!" he said as his red eyes keep looking at Kino. Kino then lets out a sigh. He knew his friend only feels, only look pity towards him. A pathetic man who has nothing.

"I'm just wanted to be a good dad to her, Kino," out of complete silence the cry arose. His eyes already drip with tears.

"You already are," Kino gave him a warm smile.

"No, I'm not. You have no idea what had I done to her," Salty drops fall from his chin, drenching his shirt.

"Past is past, Jungkook. You will never see happiness coming if you keep dragging yourself back to those painful memories," Kino never skipped on giving him his emotional support. Who knows behind his cold staring eyes, there's hiding a big heart man.

People can grow strong enough to whisper at the iron bars that hold them and see them bend out of their way, like the craziest magic. That's what love can do: fix souls, fix brains, cure us all. He wished he could have mastered that way, but it's hard when you've been starving for so long. What followed was endless emotional marathons on bleeding knees. He learned how to hide the pain, how to look normal. He understands why some go cold inside to escape the pain of isolation. He refused this time. He was too tired to hide his pain over and over again.

Jungkook rose unsteadily to his feet, it was against doctor and Kino himself orders to be moving right now but he needed to see his daughter right now. He has an uneasy feeling towards her. He has a bad thought that might happen to her. The dream he dreamt is not just a dream. He can feel it as a sign to him.

"I don't care, Kino. She's more important to me right now," as soon he began to stand up, he felt his shirt wet and an extreme pain attacking him. He frowned, trying to endure it. He lifted his shirt only to see the bandage already fully covered with his blood. His wound began bleeding openly.

"I'm calling the doctor now. You stay right here and don't go anywhere. About Eva, I will go to Y/N's house later and bring her to you," said Kino before calling out Dr. Lee and disappear from this room.

∞

Three days later,

"You sure you wanna let go JK Group to Jennie?" Kino asked him.

His eyes keep staring Eva who happily playing by herself in the living room. After what had happened to him four days ago, he found out that the assassins sent for him were from Park Legacy. And what more surprisingly, Jennie was spotted for several times at Park Legacy HQ building. So he just makes a short conclusion that the one who wanted to kill him was his own wife. His unwanted wife.

"You know what, Kino. JK Group never brings any good to me. I cheated on Y/N since I became President. I have been an abusive person since wealth and fame blinded me to see what's real and what's not. And because of this goddamn company too, I divorced her and didn't have a chance to see my own daughter growing up in front of my eyes. What's more heartbreaking, Kino than seeing my own child doesn't know who her real father is. So I'm planning to just focus on being a dad to her. A good dad like Y/N wanted me to,"

He was ready if he left nothing later. He doesn't care anymore about his company or stressing his head on how to gain many profits because it didn't bring any happiness to him. A company that he been struggled days and nights for eight years only bring disaster in his life. He even lost his mother because of his selfishness.

"Make a wise decision, Jungkook. I always support you till the end," said Kino before patting his shoulder gently. A friendly smile appeared on his face.

"APPA!" Eva ran towards him with her teddy bear still in her arms. Jungkook glared at Kino before he lifted his daughter and putting her on his lap.

"This is your fault," he whispered to Kino.

"What? I have done nothing wrong," he saw Kino laughing.

"You should not call me Appa, Eva," he said.

"Why? Uncle Kino told me a good guy must be called Appa," told her while turning her head looking at Jungkook. Her big round eyes keep staring at him, silently melting his heart down.

"I'm not a good guy, Eva," said him slowly before kissing her forehead.

I'm not a good guy Eva. I'm not a good father to you. If only you knew how horrible I was treating you when you still in Mummy's stomach then you will hate me forever.