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FINALE • Part 3

Preeda put a hand on her chest, offended. "Pardon?"

Grandma laughed against the edge of her glass. "Don't try to deny it and I don't blame you," she added, raising her eyebrows. "He was stability for you and that's all you wanted," and her mother didn't blame her for real, she knew very well that her crazy life had affected her daughter a lot, making her controlling and demanding with Lisa. Preeda clearly didn't want Lisa to be like her grandmother in her youth, she knew it wasn't a good life even though it seemed fun, and she didn't want her daughter bumping into the wall multiple times, hurting herself, for her to understand.

The grandmother continued: "Gladly you fell for him and you both are happy together now. Let Lisa have her own stability"

What stability could give her someone who could never get a decent job because of the multiple tattoos on his skin?

Preeda laughed humorlessly. "That man is everything but stable"

"He's got 47 tattoos, Preeda, I think he knows about stable things and permanency"

"Or that's all he knows about it." 

"Time will say," Grandma shrugged slightly. "But trust Lisa, she's smart, make it easier for everyone and try to get to know him for real. He's kind, polite and handsome, our flower made a good choice there. Everyone says that and you keep seeing it even when you pretend to be blind. You don't find that every day, darling"

Preeda was silent and allowed herself to think of Jungkook, of his behavior during the evening.

At first, she believed that he would come to ruin everything, maybe make a scene. But he just mingled with people and didn't attract attention with bad behavior. He was actually quite polite and correct. Much more than her own daughter if she was honest.

He could have gotten between Lisa and Kun, he could have coerced Lisa to stay with him on the couches, but he didn't. Jungkook respected the party even when Preeda put him in a very awkward and stressful situation with his ex's parents. Who also happened to confirm to her that he was indeed a good person.

In fact, the only time he bothered her was because he got carried away by Lisa and Grandma, both extremely dangerous.

Preeda couldn't even blame him and was once again irritated that she wasn't right.

He had been almost rude in Seoul when he threatened to push Lisa away, but then Lisa traveled with them back home and even said it was Jungkook's idea, because he wanted her to spend time with her family and friends just as Preeda asked, after accusing him of being selfish and keeping her daughter away from them.

Apparently, that dog barked but didn't bite.

That dog looked bad but he was good.

What had Lisa called him once? Pitbull puppy?

Inevitably she laughed at that but refused to give that ruffian any further concessions. He was never going to earn her favor.

Soon mother and daughter decided to call it a night and walk up the stairs in peaceful silence, arms intertwined. Leo accompanied them faithfully, he was still very offended with Lisa since she adopted Luca and he pretended not to love her even though he went to sleep in her bed every night.

Obviously, Lisa wasn't expecting to find them in the hallway, her face showed it, surprised and with wide eyes, caught.

She was heading towards the west wing of the house, right where the guest rooms were and her guilty smile, very similar to the ones she made as a child after breaking things, was there.