My Biscuit (Short Story) 4.

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Taehyung’s phone rang.

He juggled his tote bag, and with great difficulty, managed to pull out his phone.

“Hello!” He gasped.

“Taehyung…” a husky voice murmured.

For a moment, the world seemed to stop, then began moving in slow motion, like in a movie.

“Yes….” Taehyung quavered, his voice barely a whisper.

“Can you come to the office now?” the soft voice of the elder asked.

Taehyung hesitated. “But…”

“Park bogum is at home, watching a movie with my family. He won’t see us.”

“I will come,” Taehyung confirmed.

Jeongguk heard another voice in the background.

“Son, will you take the cabbage?” the vendor asked.

“No, uncle. I will come later for the vegetables.”

“Taehyung, where are you?” Jeongguk asked.

“Oh , I’m in the vegetables market near your office. I will be there in 10 minutes,” The pretty boy promised.

“Use the front door this time. I have informed security, the receptionist, and my private secretary.”

“okie” taehyung replied with a small smile. “thank you.”

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Jeongguk looked up as his secretary Yeonjun escorted Taehyung into his office.

He was wearing a purple top with white linen pants and his tote bag slung on his shoulder, his little curly hair falling on his forehead covering them, and his eyes cautious. He reminded Jeongguk of his flower plants after a rainstorm—fresh, vibrant, and full of life.

Jeongguk nodded to yeonjun who went away and gestured for taehyung to take a seat.

They sat in silence, gazing at each other for a few moments.

Finally, Jeongguk said, “You were right.”

The pain, sorrow, and sense of betrayal were palpable in his voice.

Taehyung simply nodded.

After a few more moments of shared silence and sorrow, Taehyung asked softly, “Will you help me stop the engagement?”

“Yes,” jeongguk replied.

Taehyung leaned back in his chair, visibly relieved. “Thank you.”

Jeongguk watched as taehyung’s lips trembled with relief. And the boy pulled out another packet of biscuits and stuffed one into his mouth instantly.

Jeongguk kept staring at him as he gulped down the first one and offered jeongguk some who denied politely but didn’t stop taehyung from eating on his office table. The crumbs fell on his table but he couldn’t care less.

A few moments later, the two unlikely allies in Operation Flushing Bogum Out spoke simultaneously at the same time.

“When is the engagement?” jeongguk asked.

“What shall we do?” taehyung inquired.

Both of them looked flustered at each other before Jeongguk finally asked, “When is the engagement?”

“Next week. The 14th. At home, between 6 and 6:30 pm.”

“We have only 6 days…” jeongguk pondered.

“yes,”  taehyung sighed. “Eomma and aunt are busy shopping for clothes and jewelry… Hyung is so excited for me… Papa is powerless… and the rascal is smiling all the time…”

Jeongguk clenched his jaw. Park bogum deserved to be punished severely for deceiving his sister, who thought the world revolved around him.

“Do you want to handle Park Bogum discreetly, without letting your sister know, or do you want her to discover what kind of man he is?” Taehyung asked plainly.

Jeongguk regarded him, his face impassive, but he was struck by the boy’s straightforward approach. Taehyung had pinpointed the most critical and challenging aspect of their plan.

Jeongguk swallowed. “She needs to know. It will hurt her deeply because she’s blindly in love with him.” He shook his head in disgust. “Her husband!” He turned to taehyung with determination. “I will remove him from her life. Once and for all.”

Taehyung nodded.

“How can we tell her that?” Taehyung asked hesitantly.

“I’m not going to tell her anything. I’m going to show her,” Jeongguk stated firmly.

“Show her?” taehyung inquired.

“That he is living in your house and is about to get engaged to you,” Jeongguk affirmed.

“You’re going to come to our house on the 14th with your family?” Taehyung asked, his face going pale.

“Yes. Noona needs to see her husband’s true nature for herself,” Jeongguk said with resolve.

Taehyung nodded slowly. After a moment of silence, he said softly, “When exposed, Bogum-shi will claim that I and my family trapped him into staying with us, that my aunt tried to force me onto him…”

Jeongguk stared at him. This boy, is so young. But the maturity and the capacity to hold emotions and not to get hanged by them is his quality.

“He will do anything and say anything to save himself. He is both a coward and a cheat,” Taehyung said, meeting his gaze.
“Your sister will believe him. Your family will think we tried to seduce bogum-shi into marrying me…”

“I have proof that you didn’t. I had him investigated,” Jeongguk said.

Taehyung smiled sadly. “It’s okay. What your family thinks of me and mine doesn’t matter. What’s important is that I don’t have to marry him, and that your sister will be free of him. Once and for all.”

They sat in silence, staring at each other.

“Taehyung, save my number in your phone under a different name,” Jeongguk said.

“Okay.”

“Call me when he comes to your house. I need to start hinting to noona so it doesn’t come as a shock.”

“Yes.” Taehyung nodded to him.

They sat in silence.

“Okay, I should get going. You must have work to do,” Taehyung said as he stood up.

“Is the vegetable vendor waiting for you?” Jeongguk asked.

“yeah” Taehyung smiled. The smile abruptly faded, and a look of horror crossed his face. “What time is it?”

“11:30 o’clock.”

Taehyung smacked his forehead. “Oh my loving lord! Aunt is going to be furious! She asked me to get cabbage for kimchi and mushrooms for lunch, and I’m here while the cabbage and mushrooms are still at the market. Aunt will be waiting for me with her slippers!”

Jeongguk struggled to keep a straight face as he watched him leave, muttering to himself, “Kim Taehyung, you’re in big trouble. Aunt is going to call you every name imaginable… Crazy boi, lazy brat…. You’re done for!”

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