The Hunt

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"Would you rather we knock him out, take him to an abandoned factory, and torture him until he confesses?" I asked dryly and fought the urge to roll my eyes.

My question was met with silence.

I looked at each man's face carefully. The only reaction I got was a slight shrug from Yoongi. Finally, my eyes rested on Sehyun. He was the only one bold enough to meet my gaze.

"That seems like a bit much," Sehyun replied. "And oddly specific." 

"Yep," I agreed. "And I bet it's not all that effective, either." 

"Well, we know he's guilty, so it would probably be a lot easier to interrogate him," Jin mumbled and some of the others nodded 

"Anyway," I said and stood up from the couch. "Sehyun-oppa, will you, please, call and let Father know we're coming?" 

Sehyun nodded in response.

I walked over to Yoongi and took my laptop bag and the dress from him. 

"I'm going to put this stuff away." I turned back to see Sehyun had already pulled out his phone and was tapping on the screen. Jimin rose from the sofa and quickly made his way to me. With a smile, he relieved me of my bag and lead the way to his basement bedroom. 

Jimin set my laptop bag down on his desk chair and ducked into his walk-in closet as I shut the bedroom door behind me. He quickly reappeared with a hanger and motioned to the dress which was still draped over my arm. 

"Let's hang that up." He offered me a warm smile and I handed over the dress. It was then that I noticed Yoongi had selected a loose-fitting black floral dress that I had purchased recently, but hadn't had a chance to wear. 

At least he picked one that fits. 

Jimin emerged once more from the walk-in closet and closed the short distance between us, wrapping his arms around me. 

With one hand resting lightly on the back of my head, he gently pulled me against his shoulder. 

His warm breath fanned over my ear, and I let myself relax in his embrace. 

"I know you don't want to face your family, but this is really our best option." 

"I know," I sighed, my voice muffled against Jimin's shoulder. 

I pulled back to look into his eyes. 

"I just wish there was more time to prepare," I said. "I don't know if you've noticed, by my family is a little dysfunctional." 

 Jimin let his hands slip down to my hips before leaning in to place a soft kiss on my lips. "I gathered that." 

We both froze at the sound of several people coming down the stairs. 

I let out a sigh and began to pull away from Jimin's embrace, but he pulled me in closer. "When this is over, we're going to go somewhere we can be alone. Just the two of us," he purred in my ear. 

I felt my eyebrows rise up on their own. "Deal," I said and punctuated it with a quick peck on the cheek before pealing myself from Jimin's hold.

Walking into the basement lounge area, I silently took a seat next to Yoongi, leaving space for Jimin on my other side. 

"Good news and bad news," Sehyun began once we were settled. "Good news, Dae and Sumi will not be there. There is still a hit out on Sumi, so they have gone into hiding." 

I nodded. "That's understandable." 

"Mother is out of the country visiting her sisters in the US," Sehyun continued. "Hanna won't be in attendance either. Something about a prior engagement with her husband's family. It didn't interest me, so I stopped listening." 

"This is all great news," I stated. "It's just going to be Father, Jae and his family, and us, right?"

"Jaehyun's family won't be there tonight, either. He said it would be too dangerous for the children to leave the house what with everything that's been going on." Sehyun let out a dry chuckle. 

"Fine with me. What's the bad news?" 

"Father asked that you and Jimin come early. He wants to discuss a few things about your pending nuptials." 

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Thank you all for being patient while I've worked through a few things. With everything that's been going on, I've found it very difficult to write. Stress creates some pretty severe writer's block! That being said, I think I am going to stick to updating once a week for the time being.  

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