She is the younger sister of his fiancée. She has always loved this man.
Jisoo is forced to step in for her sister when she fails to appear on her wedding day, but being married to KIM TAEHYUNG is an absolute nightmare.
She has always adored the m...
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I tighten my grip on my phone and take a calming breath. "Irene, you promised me we'd go together. This is the third time this month you're canceling on me at the very last second. Couldn't you at least have given me some adequate notice?"The phone rustles and Irene sighs. "I'm sorry, Taehyung. I wanted to be there tonight, you know that.
I wanted to support Jisoo and be there with you, but I just can't get away. I need to retake some scenes, and it just hasn't been going too well."It's always the same excuses, Irene. I'm trying to be as supportive as I can be, but you're making it really difficult. I can't always be the one who makes compromises." I know," she says, her voice soft. "I'll make it up to you."
"Is this because you don't want to be seen or photographed with me? Irene, we're getting married in a month. Don't forget about our agreement. The moment we're married, we're taking our relationship public, so what's the harm in us being captured together tonight?"
"Taehyung, it isn't that. I promise it isn't. I'm taking so much time off for the wedding that I just really want to work extra hard to make up for it. I don't want to be the reason we fall behind on schedule."
I run a hand through my hair and look up at the ceiling. "I get it," I tell her, defeated. I do understand it, but I'm starting to lose hope that things will ever change. I used to think I was the luckiest one out of my siblings. Dion can't stand his fiancée, and my other siblings don't even know who they'll be marrying yet.
I was the only one that was lucky enough to fall in love with the girl my parents chose for me long before we even got married.
Yet lately, this doesn't feel like a love match anymore, and I'm not feeling very lucky. Everything feels mechanical and forced, and the excitement we should feel regarding our upcoming wedding is missing.
"She isn't coming, is she?" I look up to find one of my younger brothers, Yoongi, leaning in the doorway. His expression is carefully blank, but his eyes betray his annoyance.
My first instinct is to stand up for Irene, but I don't have it in me today."Nope.""It's going to be annoying for you to go without a date. You know what the women are like at these types of events. You'll just get harassed all night long. I wish I could've made it."
I shake my head. "It's fine. You have an early flight to catch, don't you? Besides, you hate the entertainment industry."
Yoongi is in charge of Kim Motors, and if I recall correctly, he'll be revealing our latest electric car soon. Each of us is in charge of a different part of the Kim empire. I handle our entertainment firms, Yoongi does motor vehicles, Lisa handles real estate, Zane is in charge of our hotels, Luca does asset management, and Dion manages all of our foreign holdings.
Between the six of us, we run all of Kim Corp, dominating far more of the market than people realize."I'll be fine," I tell my brother. "It's just a fashion show. I've sponsored plenty of those. I'll just put in an appearance and leave."
