𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 ||𝐊𝐓𝐇 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫||

CHAPTER 57

Gunshots.

"Yn!" Taehyung swiftly extended his arms to pull her into the room. He held her close as he shut the door.

Now, Yn was sandwiched between him and the closed door. His entire body pressed against hers.

Yn was panting heavily, her eyes wide with fear as she looked into Taehyung's. The gunshots had come from another room, but they were loud enough to startle them.

Taehyung gazed at Yn. "Are you okay?" He asked gently, his voice soothing.

Yn nodded, just barely.

"What did you want to tell me?" Taehyung asked, not moving away from her or letting her escape his hold.

"I-" Yn swallowed hard. She could feel his entire body against hers, and it was stirring up emotions within her. Her fists clenched, and she broke eye contact.

Taehyung gently tilted her chin with his finger, forcing her to look at him.

"Hm?" He asked again, his voice deep. He slowly tucked a few stray strands of her hair behind her ears, waiting for her to speak.

Yn couldn't calm the butterflies in her stomach. She could feel her cheeks heating up.

"Your uncle," she began, capturing his attention, "he wanted you to marry me-- not because he thought of the fashion industry as a cover-up..." Yn started.

She could see Taehyung's expression changing as the words came out. He was genuinely confused.

"What? But--" Taehyung was taken aback.

"Yes, he wanted to acquire a forbidden and illegal dress material named Vicúna. It's banned worldwide, but this could earn him billions and more. That's why he tied up with me-- to gain access. But I found out-" Yn explained.

Taehyung moved slightly away from her as he tried to process the information overload.

"How did you find out about all this?" He asked after a brief pause.

"I just did. There's no time to explain everything right now. You're on a mission," Yn reminded him.

"I know that. But--"

"No buts. Did you know this?" She asked further.

"No." Taehyung admitted, still unable to believe that he had missed such a crucial detail. "How could I not know? What went wrong?" He murmured to himself.

"There's no time to think about that, Taehyung. The evidence you have now, I don't know what it's about or anything. But that's not even the prime evidence. This. This is the evidence you need, for whatever purpose I don't know about," Yn spoke.

Taehyung took a deep sigh, staring at Yn.

As he was about to speak, the next second someone barged in, breaking the door open. Yn flinched at the sudden intrusion. Taehyung quickly caught her in his arms and positioned her behind him, standing in front of her as a shield.

He had his gun pointed at the man who had just opened the door.

It was one of the Ravens. Taehyung didn't hesitate to shoot him.

He fired thrice, the man falling straight to the ground. Yn was startled. She clung to his arms as he finished shooting.

"Don't worry. Nothing will happen to you when I'm here. Okay?" He smiled at Yn, turning to her.

"Now come, we have to escape from here," Taehyung said as he grabbed Yn's hands and ran towards the stairs.

Fortunately, nobody was around the topmost floor where they had now reached. It was a high-security area, but all of the guards were down fighting.