"If you have no other business, I'm hanging up."

"Lisa." His voice was suddenly soft and tender.

Lisa listened in silence...

"Lisa, if you can't take it anymore, you can come to me, and I will definitely help you. You shouldn't expect much from your Jungkook. Don't put your hopes on someone who has abandoned you before. Do you understand?'

Lisa hung up the phone as soon as he finished speaking.

No wonder Jungkook called him a weirdo, he indeed had a sick brain.

She wanted to correct him that Jungkook never abandoned her, it was her who broke up with him seven years ago.

Seven years later, it was Jungkook who took the initiative and steered this relationship back onto its track. Jungkook never owed her anything.

There were too many external factors and obstacles between them... and that was why they hadn't been able to live the life they wanted together.

Late at night, Jungkook came home from working overtime. He walked into the bedroom and noticed that Lisa was deep asleep.

He stared at her beautiful face and kissed her forehead gently.

Lisa turned around and tightly hugged Jungkook by his neck...

Jungkook was startled, he thought she had woken up but found no movement after a while.

He looked down and found her still deep asleep.

How calm was his wife to be able to sleep when things blew up like this? He sighed and wondered.

For Lisa to be sleeping so soundly, she definitely had to be pretty mentally strong.

In the end, Jungkook laid down beside Lisa and wrapped her in his arms like a precious treasure, unwilling to let go for even a second.

"Don't worry, no one can harm you." Jungkook's voice was soft and raspy, filled with infatuation and love.

As if she sensed something in her dream, Lisa buried her face deeper in Jungkook's chest.

Jungkook lifted his arm to untangle and straighten out her hair. He was very gentle, scared to wake her.

*

The next morning, Jungkook left early as he had to drive out for an off-site visit.

By the time Lisa woke up, Jungkook was nowhere to be found, but breakfast was prepared and ready.

Sometimes, she felt that they were living together like roommates.

Sometimes, they would go days without seeing each other. How could they enjoy their newly-wed romance when both of them left early in the morning and came home late at night?

She thought to herself as she took a sip of milk and sent a WeChat message to Jungkook.

"Your whereabouts lately have been strange. Are you cheating on me? Do you have yourself a sugar baby or two?"

Jungkook's reply came in just as she was putting down her phone. It was an instant reply.

"If I did, what would you do? Would you be mad?" Jungkook asked back.

Lisa couldn't tell his tone through the text, so she couldn't identify if he was kidding or half serious.

"As long as I, the empress, never dies, they will only ever be concubines."

"I thought you would divorce me and let me go," Jungkook replied to her after a while.

"Is that what you want?" Lisa asked carefully, probing for his reactions.

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