MY SPECIAL ONE || JIKOOK ✅

5

Dowries had gone out of practice a longtime ago.

It felt a little like Jimin was buying me but if this was my chance to get away from my family, I had to take it.

"I'll find a way to pay you back."

Even if it took me the rest of my life, It probably would.

"It was a small price to pay to get you away from them."

I squinted. "You don't know me."

"You don't know them."

"Why do you care about getting me away from them?"

I know I'd asked this already but I didn't get it.

This guy didn't know anything about me and even if he did,
why would he care?

"I told you, I know what
it's like to be bullied."

"No one deserves what your family is doing to you."

"But marriage?" That was the truly crazy part.

"You didn't have to marry me
to get me away from them."

I was surprised when Jimin chuckled.

"My lawyer said the same thing."

"He suggested I just give you some money and be done with it."

I started shaking my head.

"You'd never accept it, I know."

He was right.

I didn't want to be a charity
case even if that was
essentially what I was.

At least if we were married, I'd be able to give something back.

I just had to figure out what that something was.

"So, what happens now?" I felt as if I'd asked that question a hundred times already and I still didn't know the answer.

"Well, if you are agreeable, I thought I'd take you to lunch."

"Huh?"

"Jih is calling a judge friend of his While he works on arranging our wedding ceremony the afternoon I would like to take you to lunch."

"It will give us a chance to talk and get to know each other a little better."

My lips parted and I just stared.

Jimin lifted an eyebrow. "Do you not want to go to lunch?"

"We're getting married today?"

"The sooner the better."

Oh.

I wasn't sure what to say to that.

It was weird to think I had woken up as a single man this morning and I'd be going to bed married.

"After investigating your family, I believe you are right."

"They are going to do everything they can to interfere in our lives."

"Getting married right away seemed like the best way to put a stop to their shenanigans."

Actually, it would probably make them worse.

"If you're set on a big wedding, we can wait."

"No, no, I'm not set on a big wedding at all." My side of the guest list would be empty.

I couldn't think of a single person I would invite.

I didn't have a lot of friends.

I tended to avoid people because of the crap my parents and sister pulled.