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Chapter 40 • Pt. 1

Preeda glared at her. "You're dating the worst person you could find, Lalisa! What do you expect me to do? Congratulate you?" and she laughed incredulously, slapping the mattress. "Fine! Well done, honey!" she clapped exaggeratedly which irritated Lisa even more.

"You're being so despicable right now," she muttered under her breath.

Of course, her mother continued, but this time with an angry and reproachful tone: "Didn't you hear ANYTHING of what I told you about that horrible man? The things he did to that poor Kim girl? He ruined her life! And what do you do? You go and decide it is a good idea to date him, of course, Lalisa. You're always full of good ideas," she waved her hands up to the ceiling in sarcasm.

Lisa exhaled heavily. "That's a lie," she managed to say it calmly but her tone was dangerous. As was already known, nothing irritated her more than people saying bad things about HER Jungkook. "She lied about that to cover up the real guilty guy"

"And who told you that? Your boyfriend?" Lisa hated the condescending tone she used, like she was dumb. However, she nodded, confirming. "Of course he did! A man would never admit doing something so terrible!"

Lisa rolled her eyes and clicked her tongue. "Do you think I'm that stupid and I have zero criteria to judge people?" she asked and it wasn't even a rhetorical question, she really was asking her because the way she was talking to her was insulting. But her mother didn't answer, her eyes weren't lying anyway, she really doubted her judgment. "I was in the same room with him and "the poor Kim girl" and trust me, the insane one is not him"

"And how are you so sure about that? He may have been manipulating you"

Lisa scoffed. "Are you being serious right now?"

Preeda only arched an eyebrow in response, not at all regretful of her words.

Lisa let out a frustrated grunt, rubbing her forehead under her bangs. She couldn't believe this and she didn't even want to look at her mother. She was tired of this shit always happening. Yes, Lisa was smart for her parents, she academically had demonstrated it during her childhood, but apparently she would never be smart enough to decide what was best for herself or to know how to differentiate the good from the bad. So all of her damn decisions, which weren't what her parents wanted, were always questioned and undervalued and it apparently was ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT WAY.

Damn, she was already 22 years old not 16!

"So, if he was that bad, why did she try to get back with him when he was with me?" she asked knowing there was no reasonable answer.

"Oh, honey, we know that poor girl has been manipulated enough, she's weak of mind"

Was she serious?

Did she just call Tzuyu dumb?

She wasn't wrong, but implying Jungkook could do something so evil was angering her to unbelievable levels.

"The only manipulated person to help her was Jungkook, mother!"

"That's what he makes it seem like"

...

Oh my God...

Why was she trusting someone like Tzuyu —who she didn't know— and she couldn't believe Jungkook was innocent?

"Why is her word superior to his?" she asked frustrated.

"Because she is a nice lady, and he-"

"He is a ruffian," Lisa finished her sentence by rolling her eyes, mocking that stupid word. "You're so classist! Are you going to act like there were no cases of "nice ladies" blatantly lying and accusing innocent people? Let me remind you that a "nice lady" was the one who spread the rumor about me sleeping with dad's friends"