Experiencing Love & Lies [Jeong Jaehyun FF]

Chapter 1- The tape recorder

[From a tape recorder]

"...a psychopath, an antisocial person who lacks emotion and has thoughts such as harming something be it an animal... or even a person. Their behavior is usually different from normal people's. They are usually violent... seeing others in pain will make them happy and... they won't hesitate to harm someone or feel guilt after what they've done. As I'm recording it... my heart is throbbing in fear... because someone... no forget it... but remember... a psycho-" He picked up the tape recorder which fell from the desk and switched it off before kissing me. I smiled in between the kiss and wrapped my arms around his neck again. He stood in between my legs and leaned in to deepen the kiss but we stopped when my phone started ringing. He gave me a peck on my lips before I answered the call.

"Hello? Yes, sunbae" 

"Hey! Lee Y/n! Where are you right now?! I'm sure lunchtime doesn't take one and a half hours unless it's barbeque... and don't you dare lie to me saying it is barbeque" Minjun sunbae said from the other side. I checked my clock and it was 3:30 pm and I had left the police station at 2:00 pm. I mentally slapped myself before saying,

"Sunbae! I swear, I was having a barbeque-" He cut me off by saying,

"Is your husband around?"

"Huh? Yes, he is with me" 

"As I thought... you had a nice barbeque, right? Now if you don't return before 4:00 pm... I'll make Jaemin your senior! You can bet on this!" He said disconnecting the call

"Sunbae...? Sunbae! Minjun Sunbae! Ah!" I groaned biting my lips. Jaehyun tried controlling his laughter while he kept the recorder back inside the drawer. I rolled my eyes before getting off the table and grabbed my phone and car keys which were lying on the bed.

"You still listen to that recording and stop at that particular part... why don't you try listening after that? Aren't you curious?" I asked while tying my hair up. He did not answer it for a few minutes, instead, he walked toward me and stood behind me. Taking the rubber band from my hand, with a warm and gentle touch, he tied my hair up before saying,

"I am curious... but... I'm scared... what if there is something that I don't wish to hear?"

"Then why don't you keep it somewhere where you don't find it easily?" I said

"No, this is the only thing I have... that everyone said... belonged to my mom," He said. I did not want to question him any further because I wanted him to open his heart to me himself... not because of my force... and I'll wait as long as it takes for him to do so. I embraced him in my arms and gently tapped his back in a comforting manner

"Jaehyun... if you ever hear something that you do not wish to hear, then come to me," I said making him nod. I slowly let go of him before he kissed my forehead making me smile.

"You don't have any more surgeries today right?" I asked as he shook his head in a 'no'

"Could you pick up Ji-hun from the school at 4:30 pm? I'll be late today because I need to make a deal with Minjun sunbae so make sure she sleeps before it is 9:00 pm" I said making him nod

"Have a nice day, my detective wife" He said smiling and his dimples made him look too cute that I wanted to pinch his cheeks and kiss them but it was already 4:45 pm and I really don't want Jaemin as my senior.

"You too, my surgeon husband," I said flashing him a smile  

Jaehyun's POV:

I waved Y/n goodbye and closed the door once she left. The house was empty again even though she was here just a few minutes ago, I feel like I always need her by my side. It was around 3:48 pm right now which meant I still have a lot of time before I pick up Ji-hun from school. I walked back into the bedroom and slid open the drawer taking the tape recorder out and playing it.

"... but remember... a psychopath can never love someone... they can make a lie sound like truth-" I turned it off and leaned against the wall.

"Mom... even though you are wrong about one thing... but how can you know so many things about me?" I said before walking towards my laptop and closing the article I was reading which said,

"Where is Jeong Yeon-hee all these years? Is she alive or was she also a victim of Jeong Min-ho and the Yeongam Gurim serial murder case?" 

End of POV

[Time skip: Gyeongju police station; 8:30 pm]

"... so what I'm trying to say is how can you even think of making him, my senior!" I argue

"How can you say that you are going for lunch and return after two hours!" Minjun sunbae argued back

"Why do I have these two in my team" team leader Cha groaned 

"Team leader Cha, how can they argue for the fourth time on this topic?" Jaemin whispered

"Honestly, I have no idea"

"It was a barbeque!" I said 

"Barbeque my foot-" we were interrupted when the telephone started ringing. Our attention was diverted to the call which made team leader Cha and Jaemin let out a sigh of relief as we had finally stopped arguing. Jaemin reached out to the phone and answered the call.

"Hello? Gyeongju police station" 

"Help-p me please-e... he-e is trying-g to kill me-e" 

"Someone is trying to kill you?" Jaemin said drawing our attention. Jaemin put the phone on speaker and Minjun sunbae started tracing the call while team leader Cha and I stood there to listen to the conversation.

"Ma'am... can you recognize the person who is trying to kill you?" Jaemin asked but she did not answer. All we could hear was her heavy breathing and whimpering before she said,

"Jeong-g Min-ho" and with that, the call was disconnected. There was nothing but silence in the room and the silence was suffocating. Everyone was having a cold sweat before Jaemin said,

"Jeong Min-ho? Isn't he the..."

"The serial killer from Yeongam Gurim serial murder case.... who died ten years ago"