[4] GLADIOLUS : THE HEIRESS

M-21

Chapter 21: The only relaxing time
"Hyunsuk please I know you won't do it."

"How are you, Y/N?"

The question was ask over and over again but by different person. She felt miserable, she felt weak, she was lost. She was breaking inside but she tried not to show her weak side to any other people but only two words can answer all above.

"I'm fine, dad." She answered her in law. She was having dinner together with her father in law along with Treasure.

A relieved smile plastered on Mr. Choi's face. "You know, your father must be proud of you now." He stated. Y/N couldn't help but felt her heart ached in pain whenever they were talking about her late father. She let out a heavy sigh and gave him with a small smile.

"Thank you for helping me these days. I don't know how I can repay you." Mr. Choi just laughed it off. "Please, you are already like my daughter." He said.

The dinner was only short because Mr. Choi had to go back to his mansion since he and Hyunsuk took care of their clan in half. Some in stay Y/N's mansion, half of them in Choi's mansion.

Suddenly Y/N's phone rang, it stated the leader of Bangtan. She excused herself out to the backyard pool. "Hello?" She answered. "Y/N! We found the antidote!" He exclaimed. "Really?" She felt her eyes lightened up.

"But," He said. "He only have one vile of the antidote, and it can't be use twice. Only once." He explained. "Why is it so?" She asked.

"Because it was very hard to produce, the alliance said not all people was searching for the antidote so he didn't produce many." He continued. "Hey be thankful you missy! We lost almost the cost of ten of your mansion!" He complained.

She chuckled. "Thank you Namjoon. When are you going back?" She asked while walking back into the mansion. "We still want to stay here for awhile, maybe by the end of the month. We need to relieve our stress. You too Y/N, for any long time you will get wrinkles if you keep stressing yourself."

"Okay okay." Then they ended the call. Y/N let out a happy sigh and ran into the mansion.

"Guys!" She called. Fast foot steps then appeared towards the living room. "I have a good news." She said with a smile. The rest of them were petrified when they saw the smile on her face.

"The antidote is already found in China. Bangtan will send the parcel maybe in few days." She explained making them sigh in relief. "But, there's only one antidote so we need to be extra careful."

She stood up walking towards the kitchen. "I will make some brownies, we can have some relax tea time." She skipped to the kitchen.

They all have big smiles on their lips. "Finally, she's smiling again." Said Junkyu. Hyunsuk sighed happily, "We won't hear any wailing in this house." He joked. It was true, Y/N cried almost everyday and he was the one who calmed her down by lulling her to sleep.

"Should we lend her a hand?" Asked Mashiho. "It's just brownies. She can do it herself." Hyunsuk said scrolling through his phone. Suddenly he was pushed by Jihoon. "You only eat. That's why you never help the one who was cooking." He said rolling his eyes at Hyunsuk.

"CAN ANYONE HELP ME? I CAN'T REACH THE CUPBOARD!"

"Jaehyuk, you haven't pay your debt." Y/N stated making him whined. "Can you please let it go?" He argued. "Only this time." She warned.

It was Hyunsuk's turn and stopped at one place. Y/N looked at Hyunsuk immediately started an intense eye contact. Just then she hold his hands looking at him with pleading eyes.

"Hyunsuk please I know you won't do it." She said. He shook his head, "I need it Y/N. I already let you have it last time." She looked at him in disbelief. "I'm your fiancee please, give it to me." She shook him.

Jeongwoo grabbed a brownie from the plate. "So are you going to buy it?" He asked. Hyunsuk answered him with a nod. All of them hitched their breath waiting for the next thing that soon to be happen. He was about to hand in his money suddenly Y/N threw her money at his face and stood up. "I don't want to play anymore!" She stomped away from the living room.

Asahi sighed taking a bite of the brownie. "I told you playing Monopoly with Y/N again is not a good idea." Hyunsuk pouted, "I can't let her win again! I did last time." He picked up her money. "Who wants to replace her?" He asked then Haruto volunteered himself.

Then they heard her door clicked open. "I WILL GET YOU NEXT TIME CHOI HYUNSUK!" She shouted and slammed the door closed. They were stunned especially Hyunsuk. "So competitive." Yoshi shivered.

"Let's continue. Jeongwoo, I'm still buying the land." He saw fast hands grabbing the brownies one by one. "Hey leave me some!" He exclaimed loudly. "There are more in the kitchen!" They yelled.

Y/N who was in her room quite frustrated that she lost one land to Hyunsuk. Just then her phone rang again. "Namjoon, what's wrong?" She answered as soon as she pick up.

"He's dead."

She furrowed her brows. "Who do you mean dead?" She asked. "The man that produced the antidote. He was found dead just now." He answered.

"What?" She whispered. "How can?" She asked walking downstairs. "Hyunsuk come up." She called him over then walked back to her room when she saw him stood up.

"They found his body on the floor with a deep slit on his throat. We turned back when Hoseok realized he left his phone there, hours after we left." He said gritting his teeth. She heard Hoseok apologized in the back.

Hyunsuk walked into her room sitting on her bed. "We will talk about this later." She said ending the call. "He is dead." She stated. Hyunsuk just stare at her. "The man who produced the antidote he was found dead just now." She continued sitting down in front Hyunsuk on her chair.

"Do you think it happened because of me?" She suddenly blurted out. He waited for her to continue. "Do you think that all this happened there is something related to me?"

He scooted closer to her holding the both her hands. "It's just coincidence, maybe." He said. "Don't worry." He rubbed his thumbs on her hands.

"I'm really tired Hyunsuk." She confessed. "I'm really tired with things that happening right now." She paused. "I'm still not ready to leading this all, being honest." She slumped into the chair. He pulled her into a hug patting her back. "You can do it. We will always be your back bone." He patted her back, he knew that no words could calm her anxieties.

"Before I forgot, do you want to know what happened to the woman?" Hyunsuk asked. Y/N raised an eyebrow. "Well, we found out that she is not from our world. We ran a background check and she was not from any clans here. She came from the normal people, not like us. She got into the emergency room." He explained.

"I knew it!" She claimed. "I was thinking why didn't she know about me. She even lie that she met me before she came into the school." She rolled her eyes. Hyunsuk chuckled finding out her reaction was cute.

"But," She hissed. "What if she spread false rumors about me in her normal goons? Should we just..." She didn't finish her sentence but smirked at her fiance. He also copied her same expression.

"The boys and I will take care of her."