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Chapter 41 || Different Versions Of Love

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taehyung enters his office with a clenched jaw, leaving the door harshly, making his manager flinch behind him before catching it and saving himself from the unintentional attack. he heaves out a slow breath, not wanting taehyung to notice the look of concern he's sending his way.

taehyung hates it when people give him those looks of sympathy as if he was helpless and in urgent need of support from someone. hoseok, however can be an exception at times for he can read taehyung better than most people; and that sometimes takes an annoying turn for what taehyung would describe it as. sparing a glace at the man, taehyung sighs deeply, massaging his temples irritated since morning because hoseok has been telling to calm down continuosly and look past his ego when taking an action regarding his current situation with jiah.

he cannot afford being impulsive and he knows that even without hoseok being up his ass about it. he also knows that hoseok is a friend of jiah, which explains why he must be worried about the girl a little more than how a stranger would react on hearing such tragedy breaking over a single mother. taehyung takes off his coat, sitting on his swivel chair, eyes fixed on his manager, who stands in front of him with the same expression since morning.

"get me a lawyer." taehyung declares, "the best one in seoul."

"but—"

"i know what have to say, hyung. i'm sorry i might look like a jerk right now, but i can't just give up on my son after meeting him after two whole years. i'm not letting go of my son." he says, staring up straight and heaves out a breath, "i gave jiah the choice to stay with me, so that our son can have both of his parents. guess she wants to play hard. okay then, now it's either her or me."

"she's jihun's mother, taehyung. she gave birth yo him and raised him all by herself. she took the pregnancy alone. do you understand that? you're just being egoistic right now."

"yeah, i am." taehyung nods, "so what? i care about my son and if that makes me an 'egoistic man' then sure i might be. i wanna take care of jiah too, but she doesn't want me. it's good. she just has to leave jihun and live her life the way she wants."

"she won't be able to live without her son—"

"he's my son too!"

hoseok closes his eyes and forces himself to nod, "i'll arrange a lawyer." he mutters before exiting the office, leaving taehyung all alone to think and wonder what he's doing.

the silence doesn't last long as taehyung standa up from the chair and makes his way out of the office, towards the escalators to geton the floor above this one. he just needs to get his thoughts sorted out and look for ways to get the control back in his hands. the power which he can't feel at the moment, as if he lost it to none other than that new friend of jiah. jeon jungkook.

he jogs up to the hallway in the left, ignoring everyone except for the girl sitting by the desk before the ceo's office. "is mr park in a meeting?" he asks.

"no, sir." the girl replies, walking up to the door and knocks before letting taehyung in. jimin orders her to come inside, and she gestures taehyung to wait for a moment. in exactly a minute, she returns back, holding the door open for him.

"thank you," taehyung mutters, entering the office, holding the eye contact that jimin has maintained. with no hesitation, taehyung sits down on the chair across him, motioning his hand for jimin to take his seat as well.