"This is Jeon Jungkook, CEO of Seoul Higher View. You must pour all your skill, energy and talent into protecting him from all these attacks."
My head snaps up to meet eyes as bewildered as mine.
"You-"
"Do you know each other?"
***A week earlier*...
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"I won't repeat it. And I know it's not conventional. But...don't give up your life for this guy."
I freeze, my eyes snapping open and staring in front of me. My hand is tensed on the phone. He can't have said that. Jang Hoon wouldn't say that.
"I gotta go, Hyejinah. Be safe." And just like that, he disconnects the call.
He wouldn't say that. We've spent our lives working our asses off, doing the right thing, always acting by the book. We've always been ready to die for our country.
Why would he suddenly tell me not to give up my life for Jungkook whom I'm supposed to protect with my life.
It's true that we've always disposed people like Jungkook, people who think they're above the law, people who bend and break the law for money and their business.
We loathe them.
They trample all over others.
And we'd love to put them behind bars with other criminals. But we can't. More importantly, I've been assigned to this job. He recommended it.
I was ready to die for this job. Like always. Give my all for the mission I'm responsible for. That's probably how I earned a reputation for being hard working.
A question weighs heavily on my mind.
That question is now torturing me.
I put my phone away, pinching the bridge of my nose with my other hand, releasing a deep breath.
At the end of the day,
Can I let Jungkook die? If it comes to him or me, will I choose myself when I've always chosen others...?
"Everything okay?" I quickly look up at Taehyung who's frowning, looking down at me.
Seeing him just sets me on edge.
Him I'd let die...
I let an annoyed sigh and nod silently, straightening my coat and turning around. I don't let him speak the sentence hanging from his mouth and close the door behind me.
Jungkook eyes me suspiciously for a few long seconds before diving back into his paperwork.
After holding a professional and neutral stance for a while, I can't hold my eyes from setting on the young man.
"No matter what we do, where we are in life, aren't we all human? Aren't we all human before being what we do?"
His dark hair dust his forehead as he looks down at his paper, his back leaned in in the large leather armchair.
His words still echo in my head so clearly, I felt his every word deep in my heart.
