Unloved | tk

ch17

Jungkook's mind felt kaput. The sight felt like splinters of glass piercing his heart. He couldn't take it anymore so without drawing any attention he decided to skedaddle. His heavy body struggled to progress downward on the steps. He bumped into a few people but his preoccupied mind didn't bother to apologise to anyone. 

But as if the torture wasn't going to end. "Are you okay?", Yewon's concern-filled voice broke him out of his inattentive state. He just nodded while trying to gather himself in front of her. "I was looking for you. My fiance hasn't met anyone yet and people have started questioning his absence. I need to---"

"He wasn't feeling well. I met him just yet. He's fine now. Probably he'll be here any minute", he quickly informed.

"Oh! Okay", the nonchalance in her response was weird for Jungkook, as if she was used to it. Shouldn't she be a bit more worried? But he didn't get time to question her behaviour as she asked instead, "Are you up for a drink?"

Jungkook felt that the woman was trying hard to mask her emotions so he didn't have the heart to deny the request and agreed. Without wasting a minute, she pulled him along to the bar, and told the bartender, "Hey, get me a gin martini real quick!"

Jungkook's eyes went wide at the said request, "are you sure you should be having that?"

Yewon's brooding demeanour was evident, "you have no idea how much we're dealing with Dr Jeon. Only alcohol seems to be the feasible solution"

Jungkook felt in a state of disarray, "We?"

Yewon gave a gentle and acknowledging incline of the head, "We're both a mess and he's the one dealing with the most"

Her words felt like a jigsaw puzzle missing pieces and Jungkook felt intrigued to solve them. He waited for the woman to continue but she seemed lost in thought, with an absent-minded stare. A few seconds passed and she gulped the entire drink in one go and groaned right after. 

"Woah woah woah, slow down", Jungkook scolded her, "no matter how frustrated you feel, this is no way to deal with it. For once please notice the scrutiny of people around you"

she ignored the raven's endless attempts to make her consider her choices and instead ordered the bartender, "Give me a refill"

"Excuse me, no, "he intervened, "That's enough for you now"

"I thought you supported me Dr Jeon", she protested to get a refill.

"I do and that's why I am stopping you from ruining what matters to you"

she let out a sigh that carried the weight of conceded defeat, "I don't know what to do. I am constantly being judged and I constantly feel the need to prove myself. On top of that, my fiance is a big baby. I know he's suffered a lot but it just gets on my nerves sometimes. For god's sake, I'm not his nanny!"

The raven didn't understand what was happening. If the two people weren't in love then why were they getting engaged? Taehyung didn't seem happy and Yewon was trying her methods to relieve her stress. It just didn't sit well with him.

"That's why we need you, Dr Jeon. I can't deal with him alone or I'll go crazy. Do you know he fucking tried to kill himself? How am I supposed to deal with a guy like that? He's nice and all but---"

"Wait a minute, he tried to do what?", Jungkook's brows furrowed conveying a sense of perplexity and disbelief.

"Yeah. I saw him passed out from an overdose of sleeping pills", she simply replied.

"What the fuck!", the raven's gentle murmur expressed his incredulous state.
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the ceremony proceeded and finally, Taehyung too joined along with Yoongi keeping him company at all times. He was also there to cover his ass so that Mooyoung or other business delegates doesn't notice anything fishy in his behaviour.