Paradise || Jeong Gu Won ✓

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Ji Hu was downing glass of water after glass of water to get rid of the hangover. She hadn't drank like that in years, not since her college days. Ji Hu finished off another glass of water before resting her head against the table. "My head is killing me." Ji Hu reached behind her, nails scraping against her scalp. Gu Won walked over to the table, placing a cup of tea down onto the table like Seong Min suggested.

"Here."

Ji Hu lifted her head, looking from the cup to Gu Won. She gave him a small smile. "Thank you." Ji Hu said as she took the cup. She blew on it before taking a sip. "I didn't get up and start dancing, right?"

Gu Won crossed his arms. "Mr. Yoo mentioned that several times last night. Is there something I should know?" He smirked.

"No." Ji Hu went back to drinking her tea. As Ji Hu went to set the cup down, her phone rang at the same Gu Won's did. She picked it up to see the number that belonged to Detective Park. "Good morning, Detective Park." She greeted. "What can I do for you this morning?"

"We found the culprit, Mrs. Noh." Ji Hu looked to Gu Won. "His name is Gi Kwang Chul. He has countless charges of murder and assault." Ji Hu's eyes widened. "He's currently on our wanted list, so we'll be able to track him down soon." Detective Park said.

Ji Hu placed her hand near her mouth.

Later that morning, Gu Won and Ji Hu sat in a room with Detective Park. They were able to find Gi Kwang Chul, but instead of bringing him alive, they found the charred body that belonged to him. Ji Hu sat there nervously, playing with her wedding band while Detective Park spoke. He passed over a picture of the man who wanted to kill her. When she looked down at the photograph of Gi Kwang Chul – was it wrong of her to say that he looked far too ordinary to be a murderer? Maybe it was that naiveness that Ji Hu still had, or maybe it was just that... Ji Hu knew, deep down in her heart, that the most ordinary of people were also murders just like the husband and beautiful men and women.

"This might just be the model in me, but he's fairly ordinary looking." Ji Hu commented. This man's face was getting burned into Ji Hu's head, just what she didn't want to happen.

"This seemingly ordinary man had killed countless people." Detective Park said.

Ji Hu nodded. She knew the words were wrong to say, knowing that those things that Gi Kwang Chul were worse than anything else that could result in just his looks.

Ji Hu swallowed hard. "And how did he die?" She asked.

"It was arson." Ji Hu closed her eyes, looking away from the picture. She had to flip it over to stop herself from obsessively looking at his face, memorizing it to haunt her dreams. "What's strange is that his corpse was abused." Ji Hu opened her eyes as Detective Park passed over a second picture. "Someone stuck a 20 cm-long knife into his heart after his body completely burned." Gu Won leaned forward to look closer at the knife. "As if to leave a message." Detective Park stated.

Ji Hu looked over at Gu Won as he lifted his head up slowly.

Ji Hu would find out later what Gu Won was thinking.

Detective Park led them out of the station, only to get stopped by Seok Hoon. "Ji Hu." She turned to face Seok Hoon. "So the culprit's dead?"

Ji Hu was having a hard time believing it herself. She nodded as her response.