Luxuria's Darkness

Chapter 12: Benefit of doubt.

Not wanting to be late, she rushed to work, all the while thinking about the things she discovered so far which was not much to begin with. She made a mental plan to talk to Hoseok since she was in his team. She doubted Jin would just answer her questions, not when it was clear as day that he only wanted to torment her even more. A shudder ran through her as she remembered his friend. Did Jasmine knew him too? She couldn't wait for her shift to be over so she could go home and read Jasmine's diary.

She was surprised to find Jimin waiting for her. "You're late."

The last thing she wanted was to disappoint him since he was basically one of the few people who treated her nicely. "I'm really sorry. I had some things I had to take care of and the ride here was pure hell."

Jimin laughed when she saw how panicked she was. "Don't worry, it's fine. It's just rehearsal, and Jin isn't here."

"Really?"

"Yup. Now go change and let's start."

Sophia jumped and hugged him. Jimin held his breath, he didn't expected that. Not only it shocked him, he also wanted to return the hug and never let her go. He couldn't do that, not when there were chances that Jin might like her.

He exhaled relieved that she went to change. Rehearsing with her was going to make it really hard to focus. Most painfully for him was when he had to touch her for some dance moves. It was pure torture to want to have someone in your life, but you're held back for different reasons. If he would date her, that would mean he had to break one if his own rules, to never date a girl that works from him. He saw what it did to Jin, and he wasn't about to put himself through that pain.

Sophia tried really hard to focus on what Jimin was telling her. Her mind was split between what she had to do, Jasmine's diary and her growing feelings for Jimin. When he announced to take a break, she was more than happy to comply.

"That was really good. You just memorized the first half of the choreography." He said it like a proud father.

Sophia grinned at his compliment. "Thank you."

Jimin drank some water from a bottle, and Sophia was completely mesmerized by him. A droplet of sweat rolled down his neck and she gulped, thinking how his sweat would taste like.

"Eeewww... That's disgusting." Who in their right mind wanted to taste someone's sweat? What was going on with her?

Jimin put the bottle away and raised his eyebrow. "What's disgusting?"

Sophia blinked several times. She didn't understood his question. "What?"

"You said it's disgusting. What is it?"

She covered her mouth with her hand. She could swear she didn't say it in a loud voice. "Nothing." She managed to say. "What's the next step?"

Before Jimin had a chance to answer her, Hoseok cleared his voice. "I need the stage to practice with my girls."

"Sure." Jimin shrugged. "Sophia, please tell Rachel to teach you the rest of the choreography."

"I need Rachel tonight. She needs to learn the new choreography. Besides, Sophia should know the steps by now, that if she doesn't already suck at dancing."

Jimin rose his eyebrow. "Sophia please go where I told you. I need to have a word with Hobi here." Jimin waited until Sophia has left them alone. "Can you tell me what's going on?"

Hoseok shrugged. "Just doing my job."

"Sure. Because being a dick to her it's in the job description." Jimin said sarcastically.