ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ ɪɪ || ᴋᴛʜ & ᴊᴋ

Chapter 23 || Deal

"Madam, a fight has broken out between some of our people and the Kims. Two people have been reported injured."

Kang Yeri frowned at the interruption. She had been speaking with her contact on the phone.

"Keep me informed. Even if it is late, call me when you get any updates."

She ended the call and frowned at Dong-ha. "Why haven't you or one of our men stopped it?"

"We have been trying to handle the increasing tension from the past three weeks, madam. But I feel your intervention is needed at this point."

"What's the problem? Things were going fine the first two months. What happened all of a sudden?" she asked.

"We don't know the actual reason either, madam."

"Okay, let's go." She picked up her gun and tucked into her holster before stepping out with Dong-ha.

A crowd had formed, and several men were throwing punches at each other.

Kang Yeri took out her gun and fired into the sky, making everyone freeze. She went towards the crowd and stood in front of two bleeding men who had been throwing punches at each other.

"What's happening here?" she asked. "Why are you not at your assigned jobs?"

Everyone fell silent.

"Somebody better start talking, or there will be hell to pay," she said in a menacing tone.

One of the Kang men whom she recognized stepped forward.

"Madam, it's the Kims, they have been speaking disrespectfully to us. They feel they are doing us a favor. We-"

"What about you all?" another man snapped. "Have you not started talking about the feud and what happened twenty years ago when there was an order passed not to?" The man who had spoken was a Kim.

Before she could rip at both the men and people around to stop behaving like children, the crowd parted. Jungkook strode into the circle like was the king.

"Who shot a gun, despite the order I had passed about not allowing weapons at the site?" he demanded.

There was silence.

"It was me," Kang Yeri answered him coolly.

He watched her for a couple of seconds before turning towards the crowd. "Get back to your work. Even if there is the slightest of delay in the schedule, the person responsible will be answerable to me." With that, he threw her another look before striding away with his entourage.

Kang Yeri felt annoyed at his brief dispassionate look. Two weeks had passed since the night.

Ever since then, they had been having cold vibes whenever they met to discuss the progress or issues at work.

Apart from a brief conversation with him reminding her they hadn't used any protection, they didn't talk about that night. She had told him she used contraceptives. And instead of looking relieved, she felt he had looked at her with suspicion.

She wasn't offended he didn't believe her easily.

Considering, she never dated or saw anyone, it did seem odd to the outsiders. But it wasn't odd for her to use protection. In her world, and in her position, where there were enemies ready to attack and destroy her at any moment, she didn't want to take any chances.

Kang Yeri's eyes remained on Jungkook until he disappeared from her vision. And then, she sighed out loud. She knew she had behaved badly the morning after their night. But at that time, she had been too shocked and
embarrassed about how easily she had forgiven him regarding the past and let her basic instincts take over.