"I can't take this anymore!"
Naeun had enough. Ever since Yuri moved into their house, her life was messed up. Everybody hated her but Taehyun was forced to keep her because of the partnership. She always stuck herself to Taehyun even after knowing Naeun was his fiance. She meddled into the boy's work and Minjoon even threatened to kill her when she peeked into his room.
She annoyed Naeun most out of all the guys. Snooping in her work and treating her like trash was Yuri's daily routine. But Naeun had Taehyun with her who was enough to keep her calm and steady.
But recently, Naeun had been noticing slight changes in Taehyun. When they would sometimes get intimate, he would take deep breaths as if he was trying to control himself. Naeun wonedered why for a few days and the best answer came that maybe he wasn't ready yet. So Naeun let it slip by.
Presently she was going somewhere with Taehyun. It was his habit to not tell her where they were going but this time when she asked him he answered.
"Where are we going?" Naeun asked.
Not any use to ask but still I want to. It feels like we are a normal couple from a normal life. Nothing extra-ordinary or dangerous.
Taehyun chuckled, "You won't ever stop asking that. But this time I need to tell you. We are going to a party together. We are official now, aren't we?"
"But I don't think I can go to a party in this attire," Naeun said looking down at her white shirt and pants.
"Don't worry. I already arranged something for you."
He dropped her off at a unfamiliar house where she had never been. She entered and a servant guided her to a fancy room. Opening the door she found a girl dressed in a blue robe. She was sitting in front of a vanity table and doing her makeup. She noticed Naeun and beckoned her towards her. She made Naeun sit down on her chair and tied her hair into a bun.
"We don't have much time, I'll start doing your makeup first." She said and Naeun started weirdly at the different makeup products scattered across the table.
"Um...who are you?"
"Oh, I'm Kim Mi-Cha. Second cousin of Taehyun."
Naeun then realized why her face seemed familiar. She had seen her at the family meeting where Taehyun declared her his fiancé.
"Don't you ever take care of your skin?" She exclaimed while applying a strange substance to her face.
"I don't get the time."
"That's not a good reason. I am a mafia too but I still take care of my beauty. I work at the Daegu branch by the way. You are quite famous there and known as the legendary princess."
"What else?" Naeun groaned, internally cursing Jinhyun.
Darn him...
"People know you as Taehyun's women and you are famous for your work there like how good you are at fighting and hacking and planning. You know what? Your skin isn't that bad now I think about it. Gosh, I gotta hurry up! I need to prepare myself too."
"Why did you agree to prepare me if you're busy?"
"Because Taehyun asked me to." She replied while doing Naeun's lips. "He's the head of the family and we need to impress him too to be made the Underboss."
"So you want to be made the Underboss?" Naeun asked.
"No my brother does. He asked me to listen to Taehyun's every command."
"But you know that he knows about everybody's intentions."
"Yes, but in the end, he has to choose. Now, go and get your dress on. Hurry!"
Mi-Cha scurried out of the room and Naeun picked up the dark red dress which was lying on the bed. She wore it and when she looked at herself in the mirror, she was impressed. She hadn't looked this good in a long time.
Mi-Cha came in wearing a black dress and hummed in satisfaction seeing Naeun.
"You turned out better than I expected." She complimented.
"I should thank you for that."
"Well if I wasn't a mafia I would've become a makeup artist instead."
Naeun smiled at her and they both exited the room together.
Meanwhile, Taehyun entered the party destination and stepped into the hall. He was wearing a black tuxedo with a white shirt tucked underneath making every girl's eye turn towards him. He paid no attention to them and seemed like he was expecting someone. He noticed people staring wide-eyed at the front entrance so he turned to look at what the excitement was about.
A girl stood there. An ordinary girl but an extraordinary one in Taehyun's eyes. She was wearing a blood-red dress which reached till her feet, her dark hair was perfectly set around her shoulder and her beautiful deep orbs scanned the whole room and then landed on the guy she was searching for.
Naeun smiled at him and ignoring everyone else's presence walked towards Taehyun. She had scanned the whole room while walking and no criminal recognized her there. The reason was that every person she arrested was either killed or sent to prison.
"Sorry, I'm late." Naeun apologized when she reached Taehyun.
"You're not. You're looking beautiful by the way."
Naeun smiled and Taehyun intertwined their fingers.
"Hello, beautiful lady." A man said.
"Do you want to go and talk?"
"I don't think he'll like it." Naeun rejected all the offers pointing at Taehyun.
"Gentlemen, this is my fiancée." Taehyun introduced.
"Oh, the rumored princess?"
"It's not a rumor," Naeun said smiling.
"Hello, sister, nice to meet you."
All the men started apologizing and talking softly, calling her 'sister'. They feared Taehyun knowing he was deadly when he was angry or when someone triggered him. Taehyun started talking to different people and Naeun started getting bored and tired. Suddenly a guy came up beside them dressed in a black tuxedo as well. It was Jeon Jungwoo.
"May I accompany the princess for a while?" He asked and Taehyun nodded. Jungwoo entangled his arm with Naeun's and started walking towards a table. Naeun gave him an annoyed look but deep inside she was thankful he rescued her. They both settled on a table and Jungwoo smiled at Naeun.
"You look...beautiful."
Naeun stared at him weirdly, "Did you hit your head or something?"
"Look I know we didn't have a pretty good start-"
"We sure didn't," Naeun muttered but Jungwoo heard her.
"The thing is you are Taehyun's fiancé and I'm his best friend,. It'll be hard for him if we don't get along. So how about a truce and we become friends?"
Naeun kept on nodding to everything he said but her attention was on a guy not far away. He was sipping his drink and looked familiar to Naeun. And considering the look, he was giving her it verified he was aware of who she was too.
"Yes, we can be friends." Naeun agreed after removing her eyes from the man.
"I already moved past that topic stupid."
"Jungwoo, is everyone a criminal here?"
"Yep! Mafia bosses, gangsters, drug dealers, criminals, famous thieves, and bandits as well as corrupted men."
"Do all of them know about Taehyun?" She questioned.
"The whole underworld knows about Taehyun. He's pretty famous there."
Naeun nodded and her eyes switched to the front entrance where a lot of people started entering. And one of them she recognized as Mr. Han.
Oh, shit...