THE DARKEST HOPE

Chapter 40 Sincere Lies Part 1

"Now, tell me, Taehyung, do you pay him to fuck you or does he do it for free? Huh?"

"What?" Tae gasped in surprise. The aggressive line hit him unprepared. "How could you...!"

"For free then." Jimin snored mockingly. "Probably you care for him? You do, I can tell. But do you know what kind of man you actually took under your wing. What kind of person you let into your life and your bed."

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Chapter 40

Sincere Lies

Part 1

Jimin had silently hid himself into one dark corner of the broad party hall. The large quantity of wine he successfully absorbed during the last hour or so didn't manage to dull his senses enough and he was still forced to listen to the annoying rattle of this or that friendly acquaintance. Obviously his absence from social life in town had made him somewhat popular figure, even more with the fact that most of these people mistakenly assumed that he was quite wealthy. Jimin tried to ignore as much as possible the constant line of incoming conversationalists but his intellectual upbringing and moderate level of good manners actually obstructed him from telling them all to go fuck themselves and patiently suffered through all the rant, most of it winding аround thew same subjects.

The worst part was that everybody was fast to start speaking about Taehyung and his newly found lover. Their pretentious admiration of the appearance of the two men and continuous gossiping about their relationship made poisonous anger and bile accumulate inside Jimin up to dangerous levels. Maybe he had tried to change the subject several times, maybe not? Did he say something? Or did he kept his mouth shut in order not to give a tell about his own involvement in the matter? He didn't remember anymore. But the words kept coming and the couple was constantly flashing before his eyes. One just had to follow where the crowd was gathered...

Jimin was too fucked up to witness this, yet he somehow couldn't leave the room and save himself the torment. As a result he came to a point where he just wanted to get drunk faster and forget the deeply wounding and hurtful sight of Jungkook and Taehyung together. "Sleeping in the same room, lovers...? When did that happen?" His thoughts were running mercilessly inside his brain. Jungkook sure replaced him fast. Faster than a blink...

Jimin let out a short acidic laugh and angrily gulped from the bottle. When did they had time to meet, to know each other? When? Suddenly an idea hit him. His eyes widened. Maybe they met while Jungkook was still living with him? There was no other explanation! The thought made his insides curl with dread. Oh, no... Wasn't he the biggest of fools, falling for someone who lied to him mercilessly. Maybe Jungkook had it in mind from the very beginning, leaving him and moving in with Taehyung, one much wealthier and prospective lover, while he planned the robbery of his house with his friends at the same time... Jimin's eyes filled with painful tears and he gritted his teeth in attempt to suppress them, here wasn't the place to show weakness.

"Gimme another bottle!" he yelled at the waiter incomprehensibly and not bothered at all from the questioning glances and the lifted eyebrows from the people around. He didn't even notice them. Jimin's eyes were constantly fixated on the man that he loved, there in the center of the hall, surrounded by all these people, staying close to Taehyung and not even once leaving his side. Pain tore his heart once again.

"Jungkookie, what did you do?"

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Suga had been waiting nervously for a long time now for Taehyung to become less occupied so he can pull him aside and talk to him. Unfortunately the man was constantly engaged with one or several from his guest and as time progressed it became more and more apparent that such a moment was not going to occur anytime soon.