The Betrayal Chronicals.

05

She was going to sell him at least one of those pieces.

"You have a fine taste in art." Ria complimented him.

"Your partner has a fine taste too." The guy said, looking at her ring finger, making her chuckle.

"Come, I will show you around Mr.?"

"Jungkook." He smiled.

"Come this way." She escorted him.

She started to show him around the potential paintings she thought he could buy.

"You look so pretty when you explain something. I could hear you all day." He smiled leaning on the wall.

That was attractive and the way he said it nonchalantly and leaned against the wall watching her with those eyes. She felt a shiver run down her spine.

"So how rich are you? Business class rich or private jet rich?" She asked to know what type of painting she could sell him and he chuckled.

"You can sell me anything, I will buy it as a reminder of you." He said walking to her."Put the hand on any painting without the care of money." He challenged her.

"There is a 1 million dollar around painting that recently added in our gallery. Would that be fine?" She asked avoiding the anticipation she was feeling. His smile grew.

"Deal." He crossed his arms."So the purchase of 1 million dollar painting gets me a leverage of atleast treating you with a coffee." He said it nonchalantly.

She couldn't say no to him. He had bought a million dollar painting that was gonna give her a lot of profit, she could atleast do that.

So there she sat, at a cafe while he smiled and stared at her face.

"So? Where will you put it?" She asked avoiding how nervous she felt under his gaze.

"Somewhere close, where I can see it all the time." He replied sipping his coffee.

They fell silent again, he didn't want to talk much, he just liked to keep her close to be able to see her.

She was married but he didn't care, she had caught his eye.

"You spend your money without a thought I see." She said after a long pause of nervous and awkward silence for her.

"Oh, I don't mind spending it mindlessly over a beauty like you. If it benefits you, I am all in." He smiled as if he didn't care being bankrupt for her, as if he had all the time in the world to just stare at her.

"I am married." She told him showing her ring to him.

"You are telling this to yourself. I can feel it." He said tilting his head as if he could see right through her."And the best part is, the statement is weak to your own ears." She took a sharp breath looking away.

True, she was constantly telling herself she had a husband, who loved her and she cared about him enough to not hurt him by betraying him.

She picked up her bag standing up with a polite smile.

"I need to go, it was a nice deal." She said and walked away but he didn't stop her, he watched her in a thrilling manner.

Ria walked inside the house and threw her bag on the couch. She gripped her hair and took calming breaths. What was she doing? Getting attracted? Feeling interested? She was off limits now.

She sat down on the couch and leaned back feeling a bit physically calm.

"Ria? You came back." Taehyung got out of the kitchen."Come on freshen up, I made a whole Italian cuisine for us." He said nonchalantly with a smile.

She looked at him. Why did he have to be so nice to her? If he were terrible to her, she wouldn't feel that guilty for feeling attracted to a man she had met just now.

She slowly nodded and went to the kitchen washing her face with cold water. His words rang in her mind. She really fell weak for him for a moment, that she had to tell herself more than him that she was married.

"Hard day at work?" Taehyung leaned on the door as he noticed her actions, he would notice even a slight change in her routine and behaviour.

"Yeah, just a fussy client." She shrugged her shoulders.

"People are irritable at times but you don't have to bear with their attitude. You can put up a fight, your husband is a lawyer and he will always defend you." He tried to joke but it only hurt her.

This man was so nice to her, more than all of the nicest people combined that she had met.

She walked past him to the bedroom feeling frustrated. She wasn't giving anything to him and it was suffocating her.

"Why is this laptop lying here?" She tried to make up a fight, to atleast for once get him angry on her so she would feel fine and not suffocated."How many times should I tell you? I don't like things scattered. This is not the place for it. It should be in your office, how can I lie down if you have things scattered here? Is this just your room solely?" She said rudely trying to anger him so she wouldn't have to put up with his sweetness for once with guilt.

Taehyung removed himself from the door watching her loose herself.

"Oh, I am sorry. You never really said anything about it." He picked up his laptop."I will be mindful of it. Don't worry." He said picking up the charger as well."You can lie down now." He said calmly not feeling irritated and she frowned.

What was wrong with him? She wanted to fight with him and he was being understanding? Could he for once take his frustration that he must feel on her? So she would feel like she made up to him by taking it all?

"You think it ends here? I have told this to you many times. You don't listen to me now? Huh?" She lied. She never made a fuss about it or told him that. Taehyung thought she just had her bad day and he didn't feel mad."Tell me? Why do you do this? You act so nonchalantly as if-" she paused as he gently kissed her to shut her anger off.

"I always listen and pay attention to everything you say, I don't know how this slipped off my mind. I am sure you must have said it if you are claiming it. I won't do that again to disappoint you. Okay?" He said politely, caressing her arm and she sighed.

Now she was more burdened with his kindness. And now she felt sorry but how to admit the truth? She just stared at him with complicated feelings.

She respected him, cared about him but she knew that wasn't enough. She was supposed to love him, just as much as he did if not more.

"Now come down and I will try to make up to you by my jokes and my own cooked meal. And if I have to, I will buy you a gift too." He kissed her forehead."Come down, I am waiting for you." He walked away.

She gripped her hair and sat on the bed. Only if Taehyung would get mad at her and put his frustration on her, she would feel less burdened by his kindness.