Mr. Boss

Taehyung's pov

I'd forgotten how much I loved happy hour. Jimin and I used to do it every Friday night when we first started at Fresh Blow, but as time went by, one of us was always working late and, Eventually, we just stopped even trying to make plans.

But the employees at Jeon Industries made time for happy hour, and I'd managed to leave the office at a reasonable hour, too. Lia was another brand manager in the marketing department, and we'd hit it off on my first day.

We were sitting at a bar, drinking fruit soju and enjoying the free appetizers as she filled me in on all the office gossip.

"And Kiaraa in payroll is engaged to an american guy who used to be in porn."

"Porn?"

"It was soft stuff. But if you want to see his dick, just Google John Summers."

"It would be really weird to Google someone in the office's fiancé to look at him naked."

Lia crinkled up her nose. "It's not circumcised. It's really ugly. But it's huge." She held out her hands nearly twelve inches apart. "Like a baseball bat. Now every time I look at her, I can't stop wondering how that thing fits. I mean, she's so tiny."

"You need to meet my friend Jimin. It's uncanny how much you remind me of him."

Lia tossed back the rest of her drink and held the empty glass up for the bartender. "So tell me about you. Boyfriend¸ husband, sister -wife? What's going on in your life?"

Answering should have been easier. "I've been on four dates with a guy who's really sweet. We talk almost every day."

"Really sweet, huh? Are you exclusive?"

Huh? Are we? "We haven't really talked about it. But I haven't been dating anyone else

The bartender came and refilled both our glasses. Lia eyed me over the top of hers as she sipped. "You're not that into him."

"What makes you say that?"

"You didn't perk up when you talked about him, you described him as 'sweet', you aren't sure if you're exclusive, and it seems like thirty seconds ago was the first time you'd even considered the question. That means you don't care if he isn't." She shrugged and said pointedly, "You're not that into him."

I exhaled a deep breath. "I think you're right. He's great-he really is. But there's just something missing."

"Can't force it."

She was right. Although the thought of breaking things off with a guy like Baek-hyun-one who didn't come along that often in this big City-was pretty depressing. I needed to think about something else.

"Tell me more gossip? What about Samantha?"

"She's pretty much what you see. Been with the company about four years now, I think. Married, no kids that I'm aware of. She and Jungkook go way back. I heard a rumor that she was best friends with his boyfriend who died."

"His boyfriend died?"

"Yep. Years ago. I think he was only twenty-one at the time." Lia shook her head. "Tragic."

"How did he die? Was he sick or something?"

"Some sort of an accident, I think. It was before I started. But I heard Jungkook was screwed up for a long time. It's why he licensed all his products originally instead of distributing them himself. A lot of those licenses are expiring, and that's why we're marketing some of the products for the first time."

"Wow."

"Yeah. He seems really good now, though. He's usually in a good mood, anyway." Lia grinned. "But I would be too if I got up every morning and looked at that face. The man is obscenely hot-if you're into that sort of thing, that is."