Paradise || J.JK

7- Secrets

Tae's POV

Just like Jungkook ordered me, I followed the hooded girl until I caught up to her and finally stood face to face with her.

"Ma'am, may I ask you for some of your time," I spoke politely.

She looked at her watch which worried me, so I quickly said, "It won't take much time, and if by any chance you missed your flight because of it, I will make sure to book you another one."

"Are you Jungkook's bodyguard?" She asked, confusing me.

I frowned while thinking, does she know him? Why did she act like she didn't back then?

I tried to erase the frown as fast as possible, replacing it with a quick hum as my response and waited for her to proceed, "I can't meet him yet. May I ask you to cover this up?"

"No ma'am, I can't lie to my client," I admitted while still feeling at a loss.

"How about I give you my name, and you give me your contact number so I can reach out to you when the time is right?" She desperately negotiated.

I tilted my head and thought about her offer. Before accepting her offer, I eyed her, trying to find some kind of identification that will help me find her in the future that if I let her go now, and thankfully, I did find one.

As she suggested, I gave her my number, and she gave me her name in return while she hurriedly said, "Thank you. I will make sure to contact you." She ran off after ending her words and waved at me while entering a car which was parked at a distance.

After watching the car take off, I walked back but was met by Jungkook who seemed out of breath, so I firmly said, "It's too late."

Jungkook stared into my eyes for a moment, trying to comprehend my words as he sighed and ruffled his hair in frustration.

"It must be a mistake. If she was really Jana, she would've immediately recognized me. Forget it, I'm gonna go to the gravestone. Both of you stay here, I need some alone time," He sadly said, probably convincing himself with the words he just uttered that didn't have a solid ground.

Both Jimin and I nodded as we left him and went to the car again. We decided to stay in the car and turn on the AC since it was really hot outside.

"Paro," I suddenly uttered, gaining Jimin's attention.

"Come again?" He asked in confusion.

"Her name is Paro. I gave her my number to contact me when she feels comfortable showing herself to Jungkook," I casually informed him.

"Are you nuts? Why would you do that?" He snapped almost throwing a punch straight to my face which I dodged.

"She sounded in a hurry, as well as, not properly prepared to meet him yet, so why not?" I shrugged innocently while continuing, "I will be able to find her so where the problem is again?"

Jimin huffed, and when he finally calmed down, he asked, "How are you planning on finding her?"

"Did you forget about Yoongi-hyung? He is our main source of information," I reminded him.

Jimin made an 'Ah' sound, indicating that he remembered as I pulled out my phone and dialed down Yoongi-hyung's number.

It didn't take moments before he picked up the call, "Yeah! What do you want?"

"I need information on something related to our client."

Yoongi attentively listened as I started giving him the little information I gathered during the two or three minutes I talked with her, "Her name is Paro. She is between 160cm and 165cm tall, and she looked within the age range of 18 and 24."

"Are you sure about that age range, Taehyung?" Yoongi asked for confirmation reason, continuing "I don't want to waste my time on wrong information."

"Don't worry hyung, I'm sure. She had a butterfly tattoo on her left collarbone so she can't be less than 18, and she can't be older than 24," I reassured him, earning a satisfied hum from him.

"What do you exactly want to know about her?"

"Everything that you can gather on her, but the most important thing, is her address."

"Is our client a stalker?"

I chuckled and answered, "No, he-" I paused as I lifted my head up when I noticed Jungkook coming to the car's direction, so I proceeded, "You can say, he is homesick. Anyway, just send me whatever information you have a hold on her as soon as possible."

Jungkook entered the car in the back seat the instant I ended my call, both Jimin and I exchanged glances as I stole a glimpse of Jungkook from the car's rear mirror. He had a long face and distress was visible on him so we decided to keep quiet unless Jungkook starts a conversation which didn't happen for the whole ride.

I halted the car in front of the rented house while Jungkook silently got out and entered the house.

"Why is he that stressed out about his past? I know it was traumatizing, but there are much worse things that could've happened," Jimin lightly joked as we both watched Jungkook's figure disappear behind the house's door.

"He doesn't have anyone who can relate to his pain, and he doesn't have anything to hold onto other than the memories of that Noona of his. I think you need to be more careful with your words, Jimin, especially in front of him," I warned him, feeling empathetic towards Jungkook.

"Oh, so scary," Jimin joked, but immediately changed the topic by saying, "Now we have one more day left, how do you expect us to spend it?"

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I've been slacking, I know. SORRY 😭😭