If I Can't Have You | GOT7 [SEQUEL] ✔

Chapter Eighteen

"Good morning" Rosette greeted the staff as she entered the halls of millennium records. "Is Jaebeom in yet?" She asked her new assistant, Alison. "He has arrived, he's in Studio B." Rosette nodded "Can you set a meeting for us please." Alison nodded and immediately went on a call as Rosette entered Studio A.

About an hour passed as knocks was heard at her studio door. "Come in." She yelled as she stopped her producer before dismissing him as the requested male entered her office. "You wanted a meeting, Alison called. Since I'm in office I might as well come see you." She nodded and pointed to the couch. "How have you been?" She began small talk as she looked for the flash drive that include the song she wanted to bring forth.

He watched her with full intent. "Been better. You?" She gave a small smile "I've been great." He folded his lips as she found the flash drive. "Arianna?" He shifts and nodded. "She's good. Jackson?" Another smile grew and Jaebeom mentally frowned. "Same. I have this song that I would like for you to jump on. It fits your solo vibes" He nodded and listen to the R&B jam and she could tell he's enjoying the instrumental.

"Can you envision a verse?" He nodded and leaned back. "Have you started any lyrics? What's the concept." She nodded and searched for the song in her writer's book. She handed him the book and his eye caught the lyrics. "Never enough? It fits the beat." She chuckled "it does don't it?"

Her lyricism got even better, he stood in disbelief and pride as he admire her controlling the sound board. "When do you want to start?" She turned to him and pouted, a habit he remember of hers. "Day after tomorrow." He nodded but he had this overwhelming feeling. "Can we talk?" She paused then sigh. "Fine. Jaebeom, let's talk."

He sat down once again as she gave him her full attention. He noticed the change in demeanor from her prior professionalism. "I know you probably thought that those feelings I had for Arianna was lingering during our relationship but I promise you they weren't." He began and she listened. "After your accident I think it was...it was just the aftermath of spending so much time together and sharing the same pain, which was the thought of losing you." He looked in her eyes that stayed unnerving. "Let me jump in right there. Jaebeom, you stayed...you fucking stayed with her once I recovered. You weren't there." He nodded "I know, I know but I didn't want to be a trigger. I was the reason for everything that happened to you"

She cut him off "you weren't.." she chuckled. "Jaebeom, we made a decision. I admit the way we went about it was wrong, I guess it was just my karma." He shook his head and leaned forward to her. "You didn't deserve any of that Rose. Nothing that happened to you was your karma." He can tell he's breaking a barrier in her eyes and he went to the other chair that was besides her. "Jackson was there.." she sniffles back her tears.

She looked at Jaebeom, "I wanted you there. When my memory came back, all I still wanted was you." He watched as her brows furrowed to keep that tears that suddenly welled up in her from falling. "The thing is Jackson tried protecting me from the heartache and I was pissed at him for it. All of you." Rose raised her voice a bit at the end. "All of you hurt me, shit despite what you say I still did all this and hurt myself."

"Jaebeom people snap." She began "and everyone tells me it's not my fault but like, Anthony never laid a hand on me until the affair." She stood up as the tears fell. "Yes, he had an ego, he had an awful personality but he had a level of respect for me that dropped after I did what I did. Yes, he overdid it...he went overboard with his action but can you blame him?" He stood up "Yes. Rose, I do blame him. Did we trigger something in him? I can agree that we did but the way he made your life hell was uncalled for."

"And you're still dating her." she mumbled before looking at him. "And you're dating Jackson." He retaliated with a laugh. "How did it get like this?" He laughed some more as his own tears fell. "I fucking love you Rosette." He finally confessed and he approached her. "I love you." She saw him leaning in but turned her head before he could've connected. "I'll see you for the writing and recording process"

She sat back down and stared at the soundboard before finding something to play with to seem busy. He wiped his face with a sigh before collecting his items and leaving the studio. Staring at the closed door, her tears fell. "Fuck you Jaebeom." She mumbled.