ARK 45 | 01
Summary: Actions have consequences and when your boss Jimin lets you know you'll be working undercover at ARK 45 for no other than Jeon Jungkook, you feel as though you've gotten yourself into something that will eventually get you killed.
WC: 4.4k
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Pairing: Club Owner/Mafia!Jungkook, Hitman!Reader
Genre: Dark Romance, Angst and Smut (Eventual)
Chapters: 1 (ur here) | 2
Warning: undercover working as stripper, reader has done some fucked up things and will witness much worse, graphic and explicit themes, trauma is ur new best friend, people will die and there is a lot of betrayal, but at least it'll have some good porn, right?, reader is badass tho
“Do you work here?”
Your eyes lul over from the desktop to a redhead with a face full of freckles. Pretty? Sure. Dumb as hell? Apparently.
Your eyebrows knit at the question, unsure if she really asked you that, given the fact that you’re sitting at the receptionist's desk. You can’t help the amused tug of your lips when you say, “What does it look like, cupcake?”
Redhead apparently does not appreciate your question because her nose immediately scrunches as she scowls. With a huff and a roll of her dark brown eyes, she points to the ‘Employee’s Only’ door to your right. Your brows lift and you look behind at the black doors then back to her.
“Is Jimin in today?”
Now, you’re intrigued. You plant your chin on your palm, which rests on the surface of the glass desk, and grin, “And how do you know Jimin works here?”
Her face flashes and the red hue of her cheek instantly pale. Looks like Jimin didn’t give Little Miss Sunshine the notice that she shouldn’t be here without an appointment, asking stupid questions that could get her killed.
“I-“
You cut Redhead off because it looks like she’s about to cry and you’re not in the mood to listen to her whining. Besides, it’s ten in the morning and you clocked in an hour ago for fucks sake.
Lifting your pointer finger toward Redhead, you grab the receiver to your right and press number one— Jimin’s office.
It rings once, before a familiar deep voice answers, “I’m listening.”
“There’s a pretty Redhead standing right in front of me asking to see you, isn’t that interesting?”
Jimin sighs, mumbles a few explicit words, and finally says, “Bring her to my office.”
Looks like Redhead does know Jimin.
Your grin grows wider, and when you meet Redhead's gaze she suddenly spins around. You hang up on your Boss with a murmur and by the time you place the phone back into its original spot, Redhead’s gripping the handle to the exit.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”
Your words hold no malice, but the message is there. She will regret walking out now that she’s made her presence known. Now that you’ve seen her face.
Redhead halts, body unmoving for a solid few seconds before retreating from the glass. When she turns back to face you, her cheeks burn a bright red which matches her hair delightfully. Her lip quirks inward as she sucks on it using her teeth, and you somewhat feel bad.
Her fuck up will either result in her miraculously walking out of the office, or not. Simple. Once you walk her through the doors, she’s no longer your problem.
Yet, you can’t help but feel intrigued. Why would a girl like her come here? What made her grow the balls to show up to a place like this alone and unannounced? She knows Jimin, but so do the hundreds of others that flock to his side like insects.
“What’s your name?” The question leaves your lips before you can stop the wandering thought.
Her gaze lingers on yours, she releases her bottom lip and looks to the carpet. “Miranda Ricci.”
Instinctively, your finger taps the glass, long nails clicking against the surface at the familiar name. She’s here about Richard Ricci, the man you killed four days ago. An old, sleazy fuck that’d been meddling with Jimin’s shipments in the Terrero Region. The shit-bag had it coming.
Jimin even had the courtesy of sending you out a month prior as a warning. Senior Ricci had too much pride though, and it was exhilarating draining every ounce of it out of his body.
You wonder if she knows her best friend ratted Daddy out to Jimin.
Not like she’d ever find about that.
So, like any good secretary would, you stand from your desk, and motion toward the black door. As Miranda approaches you, you place your hand on the small of her back and lean in, “Don’t say anything that’ll get you killed, darling.”
She tenses under your hold indicating your message was heard loud and clear.
“So?” You ask as you push open one of the double doors leading to Jimin’s office.
About two minutes ago, Redhead ran out of the black door with tears streaming down her freckled face. She didn’t even bother to spare you a glance on her way out.
Jimin’s sat at his desk with his head bent over the top of his chair.
He groans.
Someone’s unhappy. But then again, if the daughter of a crime boss you ordered to have murdered came into your office you’d be irritated too.
“She’ll do it.”
You plop onto one of the leather couches in the middle of his obnoxiously large office and scarf down the Dunkin Donut’s jelly-filled donut you Uber’d.
“So what’s the problem?”
Swallowing down the drier-than-expected donut, you peer over to Jimin who’s lifted his head to look at you. There’s a twinge of concern etched on his pretty face and your stomach flips because when Jimin’s concerned, there’s a fucking problem.
Jimin’s eyes blaze and he crosses his feet in front of him. “She wants to know who killed her father.”
Well, that could be a potential problem.
You tilt your head and smile, pretending like the statement doesn’t phase you in the slightest.
“You think she’ll try to have me killed?”
Jimin breaks his gaze, looking over toward his shelves of books. He’s deep in thought, most likely weighing out the options you two have. If it’s worth the potential risk of admitting that his secretary killed her father, or simply lying. Either way, Redhead will convince her brother to get rid of all of the shipments coming from Terrero.
“I do.”
You can’t help but glare at Jimin. Even though the answer is expected, hearing the words leave his mouth leaves you grinding your teeth.
You’d kill the bitch before she even gets the chance to tell her brother who’d murdered their sweet little Daddy, hell— you’ll drop off a letter with every single fucking detail.
“I need you to spy on them.”
Your eyes turn to slits, and you bite at the inside of your cheek. Spy on one of the most influential Mob families in New York? They have undercover agents, security, and influence from every fucking corner to alley. It’s like Jimin wants you to die.
“More importantly, on Jungkook.”
The sound of Jungkook’s name piques your interest. The stepson of Richard Ricci. Jungkook’s biological mother married Richard after immigrating from Korea, who’d given his stepson half of his businesses, letting him run drug transactions disguised in form of clubs.
The corner of Jimin’s lip tugs upward and you chuckle because he’s challenging you. Pushing you past what could very well be your limits. What might just finally get you killed.
You lick your lips, tasting the sweetness left over from the donut. You suck on your bottom lip between your teeth, unable to stop the smile from forming on your face. “And how exactly do you want me to do that?”
Jimin’s mischievous eyes hold yours. You’re not going to like his answer and he knows it.
He runs a fingertip over his bottom lip as he assesses his words, their weight, and how you’ll react.
“You’ll work at ARK 45.”
You snort, then puff out a breath, completely baffled, “You want me to work at his strip club?”
“I need you to,” he says flatly.
“And if he recognizes my face?”
He glares at you because the question is stupid and you almost turn away from embarrassment because you’re being irrational.
“No one knows your face, Viper.”
Your eyes hold his, clenching your jaw, and the air crackles between you both.
Jimin rarely uses the name, like it’s been forbidden from his tongue. But it reminds you of who you are. Not a receptionist, but a weapon which he yields at will.
You blink and your Boss’s eyes flash with sympathy, as though you’d gotten yourself into something that will eventually kill you.
You swallow, tear your gaze away, and walk from the couch without another look back. You don’t want to think about what will come out of this.
ARK 45 pulses with slow-paced, sensual music. The walls drum with vibration and the street thuds beneath your stilettos with each passing beat. You inhale sharply, taking in the red hue illuminating from the grand windows fifty floors above you.
“Name?” The bouncer asks, giving you one solid look from head to toe.
You peer at the man who’s holding a clipboard with what you guess is a list of names. Jungkook doesn’t like strangers entering his territory. He thrives on keeping his enemies under his radar.
The bouncer wears black-rimmed sunglasses regardless of the fact that it’s well past midnight and the dragon tattoo snaking its way up from his nail into the shadows beneath his shirt convinces you he does more than just play security. He’s attractive even with the grays in his beard and the wrinkles around his mouth that give his age away.
“Joanna Webb,” you lie, providing him with the name Jimin fabricated for you.
He nods and quickly flips through the pages, skimming down the list of what feels like ten thousand names. He then grabs the pen that's lodged into his ear and presses it between his lips, leaving the cap between the folds. He writes something down and nods towards the two glass doors.
With a quick thanks, you push past him and head toward the entrance. The two doors are completely transparent, except for the large black handles, the left with a number four and the right with a five.
The first floor of ARK 45 serves as a receptionist area, and if it wasn’t for the three grand chandeliers that hang from the ceiling that conceal the painted ARK 45 in red bold letters, you’d mistake it for any other lobby of an overpriced hotel.
The real action comes fifty floors above, where the core of ARK 45 sits.
The bar turned Strip Club after ten is Jungkook’s main event. What draws people into the ARK 45 is its enticing women and mysterious owner.
To everyday people, Jeon Jungkook is a young multi-millionaire who built his clubbing empire without using the aid of his Daddy. A single bachelor that has girls from all backgrounds coming to try out for a position at his club, for a single glimpse of him.
To others— people like you and Jimin— Jungkook is a pest. A menace with a presence too large for the entirety of New York. Killing his father was a pinch in his ass, nothing more. Truthfully, he’s probably happy the fucker is dead.
Jimin had you kill Richard as a warning to Jungkook.
Because Jungkook runs the shipments from Terrero, not his father.
Because Jungkook decided to keep them running even after Jimin warned him not to.
Jungkook will kill you after he finds out you slaughtered his father. Not because he loved Daddy dearest, but because you ruptured his ego, his pride, and tested his territory.
He’ll kill you as a warning to others to not fuck with the Jeon name.
Luckily for you, no one bats an eye at Jimin’s secretary. Which makes your job eerily easier.
You saunter toward the elevators and press the metal button to your left, it glows red as the elevator hauls down to you. The elevator doors slide open, revealing an empty box with mirrors on all sides.
Momentarily, you take a good look at the red cocktail dress Jimin had delivered to your apartment. The way it clings to all your curves, hugs your body in the right corners without making it feel like you’re suffocating beneath the cotton. He knows what kind of man Jungkook is, what he likes on women, and what he doesn’t. The attached note of, “Wear this, and nothing else. Love, Jimin” confirmed your assumption.
The doors begin to slide inward before you’d stepped in and with a quickened step you squeeze past the closing doors and heave a sigh. You glance at the columns of numbers and linger on the ‘P.O’ at the very top, the button to Jungkook’s office.
Which is most definitely guarded by security.
Huffing, you press the number fifty and watch it erupt with light. The elevator thuds and then proceeds up. You watch the numbers increase, from one to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, till the elevator dings and the wave of music hits you like a tsunami.
It’s louder— way louder— than outside and your ears pop as you step out of the elevator. ARK 45 is well known for its exclusivity. The walls are painted a dark brown, and the booths are designed into the walls, making the space feel intimate. The stage is in the center of the room, with a single spotlight shining down on it and an array of diamonds and jewels hanging from threads. Every booth has a girl assigned to it, and VIP has two girls with a separate area on a loft to the corner of the club. Attached to the loft are booths that hang from different areas in the upper walls, giving its special guests a view unlike any other.
It’s packed to the brim with men hungrily eyeing the workers, their exposed breasts, and petite frames. The sensual rhythm pumps through your ears and as you make way through the floor your heels vibrate. It smells like vanilla with a hinge of musk which is predominantly radiating from the men.
You scope the area, and your eyes fall onto a dip in the wall where the mirror in the walls deflects the booming lights ever so slightly. There are two-way mirrors on the upstairs floor.
Men like Jungkook need control— crave it, and you can bet your life that his office is located at the very top, overlooking the guests as if he were God.
Below one of the panels lights pulses a red ‘LADIES ONLY’ sign.
You make your way through the main floor, avoiding the lingering gazes from the men sitting at the tables which are scattered throughout the floor. The last thing you need right now is to draw attention to yourself, unwanted attention specifically.
Without much thought, you push the door open and are met with girls sitting at vanities fixing their makeup, hair, or outfits. Some are half naked, or entirely, while others wear burlesque type of outfits, big feathers and all.
Blinking, your eyes adjust to the white light that contrasts the dark red in the main area of the club. You stand there like an idiot, but they pay you no mind, too enticed in the music and the atmosphere of the club to worry about someone entering the dressing room.
“You’re late.”
You spin and an older woman with brown hair and red lipstick scowls in your direction.
Here goes nothing.
“I need to speak to Jungkook,” you say.
Her lips purse and she eyes your silhouette before sighing, “You have fifteen before you need to be on the stage.”
You nod and she points in a direction to the right. With another turn, you walk away and head toward another door. After pushing through, there’s a staircase and two more doors with white letters that read “Showers” and “Lockers”.
Stairs it is.
You look over your shoulder and peek through the circular hole before booking it up the stairs.
Confused, and completely lost you feel a tinge of disgust in your sloppiness.
You’re not thinking properly. You stormed into the dressing room, lied and now you’re standing at the edge of a door that you don’t even know leads to Jungkook’s office.
Your hand hovers over the wood, and you’re unsure if you should knock or walk the fuck away.
Jimin sent you to the Lion’s Den and you’re lost for the first time in your life.
You kill. That’s your job. To kill, mercilessly and selfishly. Not to play dress-up and dance on a pole for the same men you torture daily.
You turn away, ready to walk down the stairs and out of the club when you remember Miranda. She’s searching for you, so is Jungkook, and when they find you they’ll end you. They’ll do everything in their power to make sure the Viper hangs from a noose outside of ARK 45.
Are you willing to risk everything you’ve worked so hard for because the Jeon’s need their ego fed?
You wipe the perspiration from your forehead. When you look at your hand, you glimpse at the cut beneath your thumb, the one Richard managed before you slit his throat. Your temples pound in sync with your increasing heartbeat.
To hell with Miranda and Jungkook.
With a wicked turn, you gouge at the handles and force the doors open. Swinging in full force as a bull would, you’re prepared to meet the gaze of Jeon Jungkook but you’re met with nothing.
It’s empty.
You look around the over-the-top luxurious office. It’s ridiculous, with a 180-degree view of the dance floor, the fucker can see everything happening downstairs. It has a large lounge area with a fully stocked bar and leather stools that line up the front of the conference table area. You even notice a hallway with a private bathroom and an extra door.
You step forward, nearing the desk by the wall.
You’ll kill him.
“What are you doing in my office?”
Your heart thumps against your chest with the speed of light and it almost hurts. Breathe, Jesus fucking Christ breathe. You’re the Viper. You’re used to situations where you’re caught off guard, where you risk your life for the “greater good” as Jimin jokes.
So why the fuck are you paralyzed?
You turn and you see the Grim Reaper himself.
The man—undoubtedly Jeon Jungkook is tall, well built, and dark.
He’s wearing a black suit, perfectly tailored. It compliments the tan accompanying his throat and tattooed hands. His black hair, shorter in the front with longer ends frames the most beautiful face you’ve ever seen.
Jungkook’s dark eyes are narrowed to slits. His straight brows, the small bump to his nose, and the flawless curve of his lips are all enhanced by the metal ring pierced into its corners.
His eyes roam over you, taking in every detail. But his features remain motionless, and in all your years you’d never seen such coldness in a human face.
You’re staring at him open-mouthed, frozen in horror as if you hadn’t murdered his father a week ago and enjoyed every fucking second of it. His mere presence has reduced you to a shell of who you truly are.
It feels like twenty minutes have passed. The silence ticks by, and he cocks an eyebrow up, amused by your reaction.
Finally your voice rasps out, “Job. I’m here for a job.”
“You’re here for a job?” He questions as if it’s the most ridiculous thing he’s ever been asked.
“Is that a problem?” Your voice rises, the edge of hysteria sharp as barded wire.
He tucks his hands into his pockets and laughs, perfectly straight teeth on full display. His laugh echos tauntingly in your head and your patience hangs on a loose thread.
“I don’t just hire anyone, sweetheart. My girls are top of the fucking top,” he muses.
You blink.
“I am the top of the top.” The words are out of your mouth before you could stop them, instantly wishing you could reach out and take them back.
The last time you danced publicly was ten years or so ago. At a Christmas Recital, your parents forced you to participate in. And the last time you stepped foot into a Strip Club was when you had to lodge a knife between the owner's eyes.
Jungkook takes a small step forward and as if you’re the same poles of a magnet, you take one step back.
He removes one hand from his pocket and a glint of amusement stirs in his eyes as if you’d just performed a trick that entertained him. Your stomach churns and you can’t stomach the sinking feeling that you did not want to be Jeon Jungkook’s personal entertainment for the night. And an even stronger feeling that you already are.
Jimin said this would be easy. Walk in, shake your ass a little here and there and you’d get the job. Yet here you are standing a mere foot away from the one man he said to stay away from completely engulfed by his presence.
“What’s your name, darling?”
You gulp, and the name Jimin gave you runs in mismatched pairs in your brain. Jocelyn? Jaclyn? Jacky? Think.
An odd thumping begins in your chest as Jungkook’s gaze falls down onto your body once again. Joan, Joanelle, Joanna.
Joanna.
It’s Joanna.
“Joanna.” The name is foreign on your tongue, but, Jungkook’s face remains emotionless.
His eyes narrow on your stilettos. “And you think I’d hire you, Joanna?” He drawls the last syllable of the name and his heavy gaze travels upward eventually meeting yours.
Your eyes burn from the intensity. How can the face of an angel have the eyes of a blackhole?
Too afraid to tear away from the darkness pulling you toward him. You nod, slowly.
“Dance for me.”
You stare at him, probably looking dumbfounded as hell. He nods his head toward the chairs beside you.
“I-“
“You want the job, don’t you? How else would you get it besides impressing me?” A frightening smirk lifts his lips and he approaches you.
His dress shoes are heavy against the wooden panels of the floor and you’re cemented to the floor. Unable to move an inch.
You’ll have to dance for him.
Your heart pounds so loudly you think it’ll rip from your ribcage.
You don’t even know if you can dance.
Something caresses your skin and when you stare at the finger, Jungkook’s seated in the chair directly beside you. During your daze, he must’ve turned on the speakers because a Weeknd song you recognize vibrates the room, consuming you.
Imma care for you, you, you…
Your eyes fix on Jungkook once more, on his cold, malicious and painfully beautiful face.
Jungkook’s head cocks to the side and so does a strand of his hair, following the axis of his body with haunting motion. Every instinct in your body is keeping to run away from him, fuck Jimin’s plans and reap his rath as punishment later.
But Jungkook’s hand envelopes your wrist and you swallow the saliva that’s gathered in your mouth and step in front of him.
You make it look like it’s magic.
Jungkook’s hand slides from your wrist to the top of the armrest. His dark eyes remained locked with yours and in your life, you’ve never been as frozen as you are right now. It has everything to do with his cold touch, face, and demeanor. This must be what it feels like to have your soul ripped out by the Grim Reaper.
He’s going to eat you alive.
Cause I see nobody, nobody but you, you, you…
Your heart soars with explosive fireworks when Jungkook opens his legs, giving you the access to his lap.
He’s expecting a lap dance.
As if noticing your hesitation, he says, “You can always suck my cock.“
Your finger twitches and the unnerving ease in his manner of speech sends your throat into anaphylaxis.
You have to dance.
I’m never confused.
You shake your head, and inch into the space between Jungkook’s legs. You’ll kill Jimin for this, rip his balls out and serve them on a platter. Right now though, you have to dance.
Hey, hey. I’m so used to being used.
You spin around, because if you have to look into those scorching eyes for another moment you’ll surely pass out. It’s easier facing his desk, facing a blank wall.
So I love when you call unexpected, cause I hate when the moments expected.
Using your heels as leverage, you sway your to the rhythm of The Weeknd’s voice. His soft words coursing your ears, guiding you through this torture.
Your hands find their way to the back of your thighs, grazing the exposed skin ever so slightly before proceeding to your ass. You linger at the shell of your asscheeks, and you use your index fingers to carve out the shape of them.
So imma care for you, you, you…
There’s warmth on your hip, and you try to steady your breath after realizing Jungkook’s using his hands to guide your hips lower and lower. You allow him because rationality is out of the window at this point, you lost it the second you stepped foot into this cell.
Cause girl you’re perfect, always worth it, and you deserve it, the way you work it.
It’s like your ass collides with a wall. Jungkook’s hard muscles tense beneath you and you grind yourself into him. Into the darkness that’s consuming you from every possible angle.
The warmth of Jungkook’s body sends shivers down your spine, and the way both of his hands are now gripping your hips, ushering you to glide back and forth on his erect cock. You’re grinding against him, feeling the thick swell of his cock pressed between your clothed ass.
“Get off,” he growls into your ear.
The trance you’d put yourself in lifts and you blink repeatedly as Jungkook pulls you off his lap.
When you’re back onto your feet, you spin and Jungkook’s eyes blaze darker than you’d ever seen them.
He was— is hard.
What’s the problem?
The sweet melody of The Weeknd comes to a close and you finally take notice of the remote on the armrest.
Jungkook stands and there’s no space between you now. His face is inches from yours, bodies so close that his heat and yours radiate in one continuous loop, feeding the tornado brewing.
He wets his lips, his features dissolving the lust present seconds ago.
“I don’t hire whores.”
And with those words, he pushes past you and walks the fuck away.
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