Criminal Syndicate [Taekook Mafia AU]

Chapter 9

Taehyung woke up to the sound of his house-maid's calling. Memories of last night vivid but the ache was still there.

Wasn't he supposed to leave for Mumbai?

He realised it was already in the afternoon and the sun was setting. His villa had a nice view by the beach for watching the sunset. He tried to sit up and felt dizzy. Fever?

"I brought breakfast for you sir. If you'd like to walk over to the table, I could change your bed sheets" the maid spoke.

Taehyung nodded and walked over to the table near his bed. He saw his breakfast meal nicely arranged.

Breakfast during sunset huh?

The events of the previous night slowly started coming back to him. How Jungkook had harassed him then broke down into tears afterwards. He'd regained his consciousness later at dawn when Jungkook carried him to the bath and helped him cleanup. He also changed Taehyung's blood stained sheets. Dipping body in hot water sure did help him with the immense aches. He probably fell asleep in the bath as well. The next time he regained consciousness, he remembered lying on his now clean bed wearing his soft night gown while Jungkook applied ointments to his wounds still muttering apologies. He felt Jungkook kiss his forehead and cheeks every now and then. It felt warm. Even between all the aches from his body, Taehyung felt warm in Jungkook's arms and fell into a nice deep slumber.

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Jackson visited Taehyung in the evening to check on him.

"How's your fever now?"

"It's better"

"Jungkook told me early in the morning about your sickness and that you wouldn't be able to take the flight today"

Taehyung remained silent at that.

"You don't have to worry" Jackson reassured, "The dealing will take place after 2 days. You can leave for Mumbai on the given day. You need to recover first"

"I'll leave tomorrow" Taehyung confirmed "I took my meds. Fever should go down by the midnight"

"Good"

Taehyung paused for a few minutes before asking, "Where is Jungkook?"

"Working on Paperworks. He used to be one of my personal assistants before I assigned him as yours, you know" Jackson snickered

"Can you assign someone else to tomorrow's mission?"

"I could assign Bambam" Jackson thought before asking, "Is there...anything wrong?"

Taehyung answered with silence, looking away.

"V, you told me he makes you uncomfortable. Did he do something last night?"

"No" Taehyung lied, "No he didn't. I just...." He finally looked at Jackson, "I just asked him to stay away from me instead of sticking like a glue. I'm V. I can take care of myself"

"I'll..." Jackson stood up from where he was sitting, "I'll take my leave now. Good luck on tomorrow's mission"

He patted Taehyung's shoulder before walking away.

"Jackson" Taehyung called .

"Hm?" Jackson stopped on his tracks to look back at V.

"You don't have to assign Bambam" Taehyung sipped on his tea,

"Jungkook is fine"

"Sure" Jackson nodded

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