The Rules: Book Five

"What," Jang answered his phone abruptly as he stood in a warehouse, overseeing stolen goods being transferred into an unmarked truck.

"Um. You wanted to know when either of those two groups showed up here at the office? Well, I just got here and saw them pulling out of the parking garage."

"Really." Jang pointed to some guys to put their boxes in a truck. "And."

"Well, I think they're driving new cars...at least I haven't seen them before."

"Did you get a good look at them? What were they driving?" Jang grabbed a scrap of paper, scribbled down some details, and hung up. He shoved the paper in his pocket before returning to yelling instructions at his lackeys.

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"Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUUUUUCK." Ami groaned as they drove to the house. Pak looked back as she rubbed her face. "What a complete shit show of a morning. How...HOW, in 10 minutes, did it go from feeling like I had the upper hand to all this? A tour?! I can't do a tour!"

"Not in the middle of wedding season," Pak said calmly.

"EXACTLY! It's wedding season! Who tries to schedule tours in the middle of wedding season!" Ami let out a little laugh in the middle of her rant. "FUCK!"

Quon was driving and stayed quiet as Pak turned in his seat to give her his full attention.

"Dior wants us both, Pak. They want Jae and I." She looked over at him as he sighed. "I didn't read it all, but our names were on the papers they sent over. So, that's a thing."

"We don't have to deal with that now. That can be a tomorrow problem." He watched her pull on her shirt collar a little.

"And god damn fucking Jessi...did you know about them?" She questioned Pak as he shook his head, "It was news to me. I mean, I know the guys had flings before you slammed into their lives, but I didn't know about her specifically."

Quon's eyes got big as he listened. That must have been what she was yelling at Namjoon about.

"Well. We need a signal or something if I'm working with someone one of them has fucked." She said matter-of-factly.

"You want a hand signal? Like what?" Pak made a circle with one hand and pumped two fingers inside the circle like he was fucking it. Quon tried to keep from laughing as Pak watched her crack a little. "Ami. Was it a shitty way to find out your fiance had a prior entanglement with someone you already have a sour taste in your mouth about? Yes, yes, it was. What are you most upset about? That they had prior relationships? That you found out from Ko? That it was Jessi? I mean, I can let the team know you need that signal if they know of any old flames wandering your way. We can add it to the rule book."

"Jesus... STOP." She laughed, trying to lean forward to swat at him. Her seatbelt locked, keeping her from reaching him as Pak grinned, "That's a great safety feature." She groaned again, wresting with her seatbelt before stopping with a sigh, resigned to being trapped in her seat the rest of the trip.

"I'm going to whack you when we get home." She smiled.

"Yeah, I know. You didn't answer my question, though." She thought for a moment they rolled down the road. "I guess it was the surprise of being told it was Jessi, who I'm not happy with. The combo wasn't the best."

"I get that. I would feel the same way." He watched her settle a little more. "You and Joon seemed to work things out pretty smoothly, though. You aren't mad at him?" They both watched her shake her head. "No, not mad. Disappointed I guess no one seemed to feel like it needed to be mentioned... but then again, maybe it didn't need to be. I don't know."