Ephialtes ll KTH ll 18+

Chapter-23

Jieun was in white dress gazing down at the shining floor. There were alot people around but she felt only her and him. The surroundings around were cheerful but she felt like their cheerful chatter and laughter was stabbing her heart badly. Taehyung's father gazed at his son who was looking at his soon to be wife with his neutral face. He was disappointed after a lot of tries. He couldn't stop his son from marrying that woman. He wasn't even sure who exactly she was and how Taehyung met. He was known to Taehyung's secretive nature and knew no one could unfold him unless he let himself. Deep inside his heart, he was worried for both Taehyung and Jieun. He had witnessed the madness his son had for that woman.

While that woman had nothing for him, just the mention of Taehyung always fills her with weird fear and hate. How their relationship will be and what would be the end of it. It was the moment he actually regretted to fill hate in Taehyung's heart for women just because his wife was a cheater. Maybe Jieun could be the right woman for him but Taehyung himself ruined everything which was too hard to fix and the elder was ashamed that the innocent were suffering just because of their personal issues. 

"Look at me, Angel". Taehyung uttered slowly looking at her and she raised her head slowly. Taehyung's intense gaze locked with hers, sending a surge of emotions through her body. A wave of goosebumps cascaded down her arms, and her breath caught in her throat as a vivid flashback of that painting flooded her mind. The meticulous details he had captured on the canvas had become a haunting reality. Her heart raced, feeling both thrilled and unnerved by the uncanny resemblance between their eye contact in real life and the artwork. It was as if they had stepped inside the painting, their souls entwined in a world where art and reality intertwined. Her palms turned sweaty and the hall turned silent for her as all she could hear was her own heartbeat and his gravelly voice as he spoke raising his brow mockingly

"Did you think burning that painting will lead you to escape"

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Yesterday :

Taehyung looked at Jieun with agape mouth in utter shock, He trailed his eyes down to her hand and saw the lighter she clutched in her hand. He trailed back his eyes at her and she blinked slowly dozing with half closed eyes. "I hate this painting, this painting haunts me". She uttered slowly making him glare at her while clenching his jaws. "You did this because you don't want to marry me right?". She nodded slowly still smiling at him and he knew she wasn't in her right sense. Something must have happened to him otherwise she didn't have enough courage to take action against him. 

As he stared at her quietly, a fire burned within him, fueled by the intensity of her resistance. He couldn't comprehend her strangeness and the disturbance she carried, but it only ignited a deeper determination in him. Oblivious to the painting behind him engulfed in flames, a reflection of her actions, he was consumed by the opposite drive. The very thing she didn't want, he was now driven to pursue with an unwavering resolve. The air crackled with tension as their opposing desires clashed, creating a storm of emotions that would shape their destinies. 

She slowly gazed at the burning painting and it caused her eyes to turn wide like she wasn't the one to burn it down. Taehyung followed her gaze and looked back as the painting was completely burnt down. She ruined it completely. "This''. He turned his head to her as she spoke in her panic voice pointing at the painting while trembling. "This painting comes in my dreams!!!!, That's why i burnt it". She shouted while aggressively pushing Taehyung who held her tight as once again like last time she turned insane. Now he understood she had a nightmare and she always behaves insane whenever she has a nightmare. "Leave me, leave me alone!!". She was trying her best to get rid but his grip was too tight around her body and after a lot of struggle, she stopped moving slowly and whispered against his chest in her faint voice.