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The Seoul night hummed with an energy that seemed almost electric, wrapping the city in a cloak of glimmering lights and shadowed corners. Yasmin stood at the center of it all, poised and fierce, eyes fixed on the lavish event she was about to enter. The night before her was a test, a stage for the emotions she refused to acknowledge. But she wouldn't break. Not tonight.
Jimin's arrival was nothing short of calculated. He entered with Suzy on his arm, her presence as loud and grating as the sparkle of her dress. Suzy's laugh, sharp and practiced, cut through the room like glass. Yasmin's eyes found them immediately, the sight clawing at old wounds.
𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
"Yasmin, you don't understand. This is business. It's not personal." Jimin's voice was cold, a mask for the storm in his eyes.
"Not personal?" Yasmin spat, slamming the documents onto his desk, the pages detailing the planned takeover of her company. "You're dismantling everything I built from the ground up. Tell me, Jimin, when did we become strangers who destroy each other for power?"
He didn't answer, jaw clenched so tightly she thought it might shatter. His silence said what words couldn't: this was war, and neither of them would walk away unscathed.
𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
The memory burned behind her eyes as Suzy's voice dragged her back to the present. "Oh, Yasmin," Suzy said, her smile venomous, eyes narrowing like a predator's. "I almost didn't recognize you. It's been what-five years? You must be exhausted from all that rebuilding."
Tasmin met Suzy's gaze with ice in her eyes. "I guess you wouldn't know much about building anything, would you, Suzy?" The room seemed to pause as Suzy's smile tightened, the hostility palpable.
Jimin shifted beside Suzy, his expression unreadable. But Yasmin knew him too well. The slight twitch of his jaw, the way his gaze darted away for a brief second-it was the guilt, the unspoken truth hanging between them.
𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
The apartment had been warm, filled with the smell of takeout and their shared laughter. Yasmin leaned back into Jimin's embrace as they watched the city lights flicker outside.
"If we stay like this forever, I think I'd be the happiest man alive," Jimin whispered, his voice softer than she'd ever heard.
"Then let's," she whispered back, her fingers lacing with his. But the next week, everything changed.
𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
Suzy's laugh interrupted the echo of happier times. "Jimin, darling, shall we mingle? Some of us have real influence to maintain." She looked at Yasmin with a condescending tilt of her head. "It was so good to catch up."
Before Jimin could speak, Yasmin stepped forward, close enough to feel the heat radiating off him. "Careful, Suzy. You're playing with fire."
Suzy's smile faltered for a split second, but she recovered, squeezing Jimin's arm. "It's only fire if it's a threat, Yasmin."
As Suzy led Jimin away, Yasmin's mind was racing. She knew what this was, Jimin's parents forcing him into a public relationship for business leverage. But seeing it was different than knowing it. It twisted something deep inside her, bringing every buried feeling to the surface.
𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
"Stay," Jimin had said that night, his eyes pleading. "Stay here with me. We'll make it work."
Yasmin shook her head, tears burning as they fell. "I can't. You know I can't, Jimin. I need to be more than just your shadow."
"Then what am I supposed to be without you?" His voice cracked, breaking the last pieces of her heart.
𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
Yasmin blinked back the tears that threatened to spill. This wasn't the time for weakness. She was in Seoul to fight, not to relive the past. But as she watched Jimin force a smile at Suzy's words, the real battle became clear. This wasn't just business anymore. It never had been.
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Suzy, now surrounded by admirers, shot Yasmin a look that screamed triumph. Yasmin clenched her fist at her side, nails digging into her palm. Suzy wasn't just an obstacle. She was a weapon wielded by Jimin's parents, determined to claim the narrative.
But tonight, Yasmin resolved, she would remind everyone, including Jimin, that she was not someone who could be broken.
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