Chapter 4

"Could've ate something if you didn't spend your morning listening in on things that aren't your business to begin with," Jungkook says before ducking his head to get into the car. I wanted to scold him but there isn't a point when I know Father will take his side in any battle.

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The church is huge, it is the church my grandparents got married in. My mother is originally from the Seoul Outfit, her father was consigliere and married her off to the Busan Capo's son, Byung—ho Jeon- my father.

The last time I saw the Kim family was when I was sixteen. Jeong gyu Kim from what I remember has two sons, Taehyung and Jimin. Both of them were older, Taehyung is around Jungkook's age at twenty—five and Jimin only a few years younger. For what I remember I've never saw Taehyung. They say he is way much tyrant and handsome than

Jimim and for what I've heard, Taehyung was in a mission for years. The Kim brothers had just lost their mother three years ago, from what I heard she was sick—cancer. It must be hard to lose the last of their parents.

We went into the church, it's a beautiful one from both outside and inside. A lot of people sitting on the chairs. Two men standing inside the church, looking seriously. I guess they're sons of Jeong gyu Kim .

My father went straight to the Kim brothers and expressed his condolences. Jimim eyed me looking stunned.

Oh wait, that's V! He's Jimin's brother, Taehyung? The new Capo?!

My father was astonished, too. He faces the new Capo, takes a pause, and then whispers something to V's ear.

Now it makes all sense.

"Jungkook, Jin, good to see you again," Jimin says. Jin pulls him into a hug and claps his back. "Sorry about your father. Looks like I'll be staying longer than the duration of the rest of my family to help."

"You're a good soldier, we're glad to temporarily keep you," Jimin nods. He turns his gaze down to me. "Y/N, it's been a long time."

"Three years," I gulp suddenly nervous.

"So it has."

I look at V, nothing changes on his face, still so cold. I want to say something to him, but don't know where to begin. But why? Why is he so cold to me in all of a sudden?

"Come, let's sit down." Father pulls me away.

My father looks frustrated. Eventually he just found out his right hand man was betraying him for years. V's been doing undercover mission at my father's mafia. But what was purpose? Perhaps father knows nothing more than I do.

We sit in the row directly behind the brothers. Listening to the priest was hard, especially when Taehyung and Jimin would whisper to each other and I could've sworn they were looking at me out of the corner of their eyes.

The rest of the service seemed to go quick. There are women crying and some men even tearing up when Jeong gyu's casket lower into the ground. But the two brothers' faces are stone. Fair enough, Taehyung as the new mob boss can't show any weakness.The gathering after the funeral was held at Taehyung and Jimin's aunt's house. That is to ensure privacy and safety. The Kim brother's cousins are all crying and Jimin is comforting his aunt while Taehyung is nowhere to be found. Neither is my father.

I roam the hallways in search for the two. I'm startled when they exit a room and run into me.

" Y/N JEON! What the hell have I told you about eavesdropping!" My father says with his hands clenched into fists.

"I was just, uh, looking for the bathroom. I didn't hear anything." I hate how I cower.

"It's alright, Byung-ho. May I have a moment alone with her?" Taehyung asks. For the first time I've heard V calling my father by his name and that sounds different.

My father looks less angry and obliges the new capo.

Taehyung puts his hand on the small of my back and leads me into one of the bedrooms. He closes the door and stares at me.

After a moment of awkward silence, I decided to speak. "What do you want?" My voice trembles.

"Are you scared?"

He is the new capo. Can't question him too much. "Yes."

"Good. You should be." He paces.

"May I go out, I-I am really hungry V. I haven't eaten all day and I don't know why the hell you were acting to be my father's assistant for so long!" I finally said it all.

"That's not important, you've been hitting on me, but not now!" Taehyung takes a step toward me. "Do you know what your father and I were discussing?"

I shake my head.

"We were talking about how as the new capo, I should appear more mature to my men, and that since Busan's crime branch in Busan is helping the seoul outfit, your father believes that there is one way to pay him back for his generosity. He believes that a union will ensure peace between the Busan and Seoul outfit."

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