Lethal Love || Taehyung BTS

XXI

"You finally are the only legal guardian of Tristan." Irene said entering Taehyung's office.

"What? This can't be true." He said in disbelief. Nicole had refused and there wasn't a way to convince her to sign it.

"It is." She smiled sweetly at him going near his table and took off the signed document form her bag, putting it in fornt of him.

"How could you convince Nicole? She is too stubborn." He had tried that stubbornness of her himself. 

"To me it didn't seem like that. I didn't have to do much convincing when I presented the divorce conditions to her. She agreed that it was impossible for her to get full custody, being in her condition and decided to sign the file, not to prolong the divorce anymore." She explained in a professional tone.

"You are an amazing lawyer Irene. Thank you so much." Taehyung said getting to his feet and going near her.

"That calls for a celebration. Would you join me for lunch?" She invited him, smiling seductively  but Taehyung was too blind to recognize her true intentions.

"I..." He wasn't able to finish his sentence because his phone rang, interrupting him.

"What?" He aksed coldly.

He froze on the spot hearing what the person on the other side said. 

"I have to go." He said clenching his teeth in anger.  

Irene was mad that even after going to all the lengths she went to get that custody, still he refused to acknowledge her.

But soon Taehyung will, soon she will be the only women getting all his attention, she smirked.

Taehyung entered the quiet room of the hospital, where a pale Nicole was lying into  the bed. He felt a constriction on his heart seeing her fragile form, her body looking so lifeless.

Slowly, he went by her side and took hold of her cold hand. It was then when he noticed the dark purple marks all over her exposed chest that the hospital gown failed to cover. 

She must be in a lot of pain, he thought caressing the cold skin of her hand.

The guilt was eating him alive. It was all because of him that Nicole had to go through all this.

"I am sorry." Taehyung whispered placing a soft peck on her hand.

"It's too late now to be sorry." Nicole's voice cracked, her throat felt too dry.  

He assisted her with a glass of water but Nicole pushed him away. 

"I don't need anything from you Taehyung. Leave me alone. Isn't this enough? Aren't you tired of making me suffer?" She looked at him with pained eyes.

"Please, I am begging you, let me alone. The damage is alredy done. There's nothing left on me. You destroyed what was left, Taehyung."

"That's why I am begging you, I am pleading you to leave me alone. I can't take it anymore." She said withdrawing her weak hand from his hold and turned her head to the other side, avoiding his eyes.

For her it was so hard to continue keeping on this love that was draining her soul. Since the first day she saw Taehyung, her paceful life  turned into a whole mess. Since that night when he assaulted her at the club and she had to shoot him to save herself, Nicole only tears had shed.

Every day that passed on his presence her heart broke into pieces that were hard to stick together again. His words, his attitude and his never returned love, turned to ashes all her feelings for him.

It looks like their relationship was destined to end before that it started for real.

"Please, leave." She said in a low voice, keeping her tears at bay.

He left the room with a heavy heart, he blamed himself for what Nicole was going through. He hated everything he did, he hated the revenge plan he started. But mostly, he hated himself for not knowing how to love her right.

It was now that he understood that  he had loved her since the first time he saw her, her sassy attitude that matched her beautiful  face. That attracted him to her like a manget.

Unfortunately it was late now, he lost her and now had no turn back. Nicole would never forgive him,  after what doctor said earlier when he met him.

He had destroyed her life and even though Taehyung resented it so much, it was impossible to turn the time back and undo what he did.

The suffering he had passed the last two weeks on the pirson were the last straw to their alredy broken relationship.

When he went home, was past noon and the first thing he did was check up on Tristan. He too, sufferd because of Taehyung but not anymore. Taehyung had  promised that he won't be like his father, he promised to love his child the way his father never  loved Taehyung.  

The more he looked at the peacefully slepping Tristan, the more it hurt that he made his mother suffer in that way. 

And now that Nicole had left his life for good, he felt an emptiness inside his chest. It was only now that he valued what he didn't have anymore.

His phone vibrated , it was a message from an unknown number.

Watch out your steps.
I am looking your every move.

He froze  reading the  contents of the message. Who was the one who threatened him? 

Lately he hadn't had a fight with anyone, or didn't  do something to make any of his rivals angry.

Maybe Jungkook... he thought. But he wasn't the one to hide behind text messages, Jungkook was straightforward, he always had said out loud his intentions.
Maybe because of Nicole he would be watching his every step...

A thousand thoughts occupied his mind, someone threatened him and he was sacred. Not for his life but for Tristan and Nicole too.

Someone who wanted to harm him, would attack at what Taehyung loved the most.
At least Nicole wasn't that dangered now that they were officially divorced, but still he feared for her life.

***

The man smirked reading the text he just sent.
It was time for Taehyung to pay for everything. He swore to take everything from him, starting from his mafia empire to his own child.
Taehyung would lose everything, and he would make sure to make him see how his world shattered under his feet and Taehyung was unable to do anything about that.