Marriage about love, or loyalty or choice. It's about expected duty and honor. About : money and power. Both have diminished since mafia groups and other criminal organizations have attempted to expand their power in our region.
Thirty minutes later our car was parked in front of a shabby building. I'm so happy, and I'm glad to have an activity to distract me from what happened yesterday. Taehyung and I got out of the car and he carried our bags as we passed the rusty steel door. Security cameras were everywhere and a middle-aged man sat in a corner of a table and chairs and a TV. Two weapons were in his waist holster. He bends down when he sees Taehyung, then he looks at me and his eyes widen.
"My wife," Taehyung said with a hint of warning and the man's gaze snapped away from me. Taehyung puts his hand on my small back and guides me through another door that leads to the great hall. There are boxing tools, all kinds of training machines, dummies for combat training and knives, and a mat circle where some people practice self-defense. I'm the only woman.
Taehyung smirked. "Our locker rooms are for men only. We usually don't have female visitors."
"I knew you would make sure no one saw me naked."
"You're right, a man who sees you naked I'll make sure he loses his sight."
I laughed, and several faces turned towards us. They quickly returned to what they were doing before when Taehyung led me to a door on the side, but they kept glancing furtively. Several older men greeted Taehyung. He opened the door, then stopped. "I'll check first if someone's there." I nodded, then leaned against the wall as Taehyung disappeared into the changing room.
As soon as he left, I could feel the attentive eyes of the men around me. I tried to let them go and how nervous I was, Their stares make me forget to breathe. when Taehyung came back out it made me feel relieved, Taehyung came out followed by several men who pretended not to notice me. I wonder what Taehyung had talked to them about.
"Come on." He opens the door for me and we walk into a room filled with humidity and male body odor. I covered my nose. Taehyung laughed. "We don't cater to women's sensitive noses."
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I grabbed my bag from his hand and walked towards the locker. Taehyung followed and placed his own bag on the wooden bench.
"Aren't you going to get out of this room? I want to change" I ask, as my hands are on the hem of my shirt.
Taehyung raised one eyebrow at me before removing his holster and then pulling his own shirt over his head, showing off his muscular body. He dropped his shirt on the bench, then grabbed his training shirt, still staring defiantly into his eyes.
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