Elites of Seoul | Taejin ✔️

I Believe

Seokjin's Pov:

I felt like Taehyung, and I spent the remainder of the evening crying. He was crying and apologizing for all that he had done without understanding. I was crying because of the freedom I finally felt being able to talk about it. I had been carrying this burden with me for so many years that it weighed me down.

"Do you hate me?" Taehyung asked as he looked at me, his eyes were bloodshot red from crying.

"No, I should be the one asking you that." I pretty sure he no longer wanted to be with me after hearing all this. I wouldn't blame him though, my baggage and problems were too much for him.

"Jin, I brought you closer to the people that gave you nothing but pain. You don't have a clue to how this makes me feel. As your husband, I am supposed to protect you, but I ended up failing you. I wish you had trusted me and told me all about this earlier, why didn't you? Do you seriously think I would've chosen the Jeon's side over yours?"

That is exactly what I believed. Who in their right mind was ever going to believe me over that family?

"I trusted you until I found out you were friends with Jungkook. I wanted to share things with you, not the specifics of how Iseul came about, but I wanted you to know that I have a daughter, I didn't want to keep that away from you, but after seeing that you knew Jungkook, I couldn't."

"Is this why you tried calling off our wedding?"

"That was one of the reasons, the main reason."

Taehyung pulls me into his arms and kisses me on the forehead, "Do you believe me when I tell you I love you? Jin, from the moment I first told you I loved you, you became number one in my life. I would never, and I won't choose anyone over you. I know I make things hard for you sometimes, but it's because there were so many puzzle pieces, and none of them were coming together. Now, that you have trusted me to share this with me, I understand why you were like that. I get it now and I am sorry."

Hearing him say all of this one made me cry more, I wish I had followed my mind and trusted him before now before things had gotten to this point. I was worried now that my parents knew about Isuel.

"I somehow wish I had a magic wand that could take away all those painful memories and pain from you. But I can assure you we are going to get justice for what his parents did to you." Taehyung said, interrupting my thoughts.

"I-I don't want to. Let's leave it how it is." 

"Are you insane?! There is no way I am going to allow them to get away with this. They deserve to suffer for what they have done to you. I don't care if you get upset with me Jin, but what they did to you was inhumane and horrible. They took advantage of you and use their money and power in society to keep you shut about it."

"B-but, no one is going to believe me."

He cupped my face with his hand, "I believe you, I Kim Taehyung, your husband believes you. If I believe you don't need to worry about anyone else, because with me by your side, the Jeon's don't stand a chance. And if you believe in me and in us, you will trust me. I won't allow anything to happen to you Seokjin, I promise you this much."

As he spoke with sincerity in his voice, I am reminded of why I married him, why I fell in love with him even though I tried so hard to stay away from him.

"I believe in you too."

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Taehyung's Pov:

Jin had fallen asleep in my arms, but I wasn't able to sleep. I was trying to get in touch with my lawyer. Who was not responding, which was not good because my mind was racing and wondering all over the place. My parents didn't raise me to be a killer, but I could see myself putting a knife through the heart of those two.

I couldn't fathom how someone could do that to an innocent person, and then their spouse covers it up with them like it was nothing. How could they even do that to their own son, Jungkook? I didn't also want to think about how he was going to feel about all of this.

There were so many questions I had for Jin, so many things I wanted to know. How was he even capable of functioning after all of this.

Things were slowly beginning to make sense to me on why he would act like that around me when we first met. He didn't want me to touch him. He called me a pervert in the middle of my hotel lobby in front of customers and workers.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" Jin sits up on the bed and looks over at me. I was sitting by the desk that was in the room with my laptop open. I had removed all of our shares out of the Jeon's Corp and all of their subsidiaries.

"I couldn't sleep, but you can go back to bed, I will soon be there."

"Are you thinking about what I told you earlier?" he looked somewhat worried, and I didn't want him to worry.

"I am, but nothing for you to worry about."

"It's hard for me not to worry when you are up looking like you are having a hard time."

"It's a lot. Our lawyer won't pick up. I also have a lot of questions, questions I don't want to bombard you with. I have already done enough."

"Taehyung, it's three in the morning, I am sure the lawyer is sleeping. And what questions do you have? Ask me, it's okay." He slides to the edge of the bed so he could have a closer look at me.

I guess I didn't take the time into consideration while trying to call our lawyer.

"What's has been your biggest struggle in all of this? Why didn't you relocate to the U.S. with Namjoon and Iseul? Why stay here in Korea?"

I watched as Jin's expression changed, and he began tapping his feet against the ground. He seemed somewhat uncomfortable with my question, and as soon as I was about to tell him he didn't have to answer it, he did.

"My biggest struggle was trying to piece my life back together. Trying to tell myself that I could move forward and that it was okay for me to live. I had a lot of days where I questioned if it was okay for me to live, I often came up with scenarios and ways to end my life, but then I got a job in doing something I love, and then you came along.

As for why I didn't go to the U.S. with Namjoon, I- I don't think I can be a parent to her. It's tough. Being pregnant with her was hard. I love her, but there is a big part of me that resents her, and I know its wrong, but I can't help it."

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A/N: We are halfway through, but we have a lot ahead. Let's continue to keep sane throughout this Journey 💜.

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