No wonder he asked her to place her phone further, so that was what he was thinking? He couldn't touch her, but he wanted to at least satisfy his eyes?
Her husband sure had a weird taste...
Fine, since he told her that he missed her, she decided to go for it. Then, with one hand on her phone, she pulled her collar down with her other hand, exposing her pale collarbones...
"Lower." Jungkook wasn't satisfied.
Lisa didn't say anything and pulled her shirt down lower... Just as he was about to see everything, Lisa was also reaching her limit.
"Lower."
"Screw you, Jungkook."
Lisa couldn't stand it any longer and finally erupted...
If she pulled her shirt down even lower, he was going to see everything! She wasn't a flasher and would never do something like that.
Jungkook couldn't help but smile his bunny smile when he saw Lisa's fury.
He predicted that his Lisa would react that way, it was actually pretty fun.
"You're killing me, do you know that?" Lisa protested.
"Really? I haven't even begun playing with you though." Jungkook smiled wickedly.
"That's the end of our friendship, goodbye."
Then, before Jungkook had the chance to respond, Lisa immediately hung up...
She thought that Jungkook would immediately call her back; don't all guys woo their wives like that?
However, she was disappointed; she waited a while, but Jungkook didn't call her.
Perhaps he's busy , Lisa convinced herself, trying to hide her tiny speck of disappointment.
It was already 10 PM, but she wasn't sleepy at all.
Perhaps it was because she was on night shift for such a long time. Therefore, Lisa decided to get up from the bed and look through her childhood albums.
Back then, phones were still too expensive, and old-fashioned photos were popular.
She took out her graduation photos and saw herself, young and innocent....
She missed the good old days. Sometimes, she had the feeling that from 14 to 24, those ten years of her life, felt like a century. So many things happened during that decade, including her meeting and breaking up with Jungkook.
After all of this, they still ended up together. She couldn't help but exclaim at this magical little thing called 'fate'.
It was already 11:30 PM by the time she put away her albums, and Lisa was a little hungry.
She wanted to make herself some instant noodles but realized that there wasn't any at home.
Her mom had been really into health lifestyle recently, so she threw out all of their junk food. Lisa's hunger grew as she was contemplating what to do.
Out of boredom, she began looking through her WeChat friend circle, and then she noticed that foodie Bambam was having barbeque.
He posted a total of nine photos of the barbeque he was eating... talk about courting envy...
Chaeyoung commented, "It's so late, why are you eating this much? You're going to turn into a pig."
Bambam immediately replied, "As a cop, I have a special physique, I don't get fat when I eat. Thank you very much for your worries."
"Hey, can you guys not quibble? I'm really hungry, so please don't post photos like that at this hour!"
Bambam laughed at Lisa's comment, "Ask your super-whipped hubby to make you some food."
"I'm at my mother's, thank you very much for your worries."
"Haha, looks like someone's spending the night alone." Bamban displayed typical schadenfreude.
Lisa became hungrier and hungrier the more she looked at Bambam's photos, and ended up stealing one of his photos of some barbeque chicken wings and posting it on WeChat.
"If someone were to bring me a box of chicken wings right now, I'll thank them and all their ancestors."
The truth was, she was just venting...
15 minutes later, Lisa's phone began ringing.
"Hello?"
"Come out." It was Jungkook's bossy voice.
"Right now?" Lisa wasn't sure if she heard right.
"I'll give you 20 seconds." Then, Lisa hung up the phone.
Lisa immediately crawled out of bed and headed out the door. To avoid waking up her mother, she went out wearing slippers.
Outside the yard was Jungkook's Maybach...
"Why are you here?" Lisa was pleasantly surprised to see Jungkook.
Jungkook didn't speak and just handed her a takeout box, "Here."
"What's this?" Lisa asked as she opened the box up curiously to find 4 large pieces of barbequed chicken wings.
"Oh my god... you saw my post?"
"Yeah."
"But how did you have enough time? I posted it less than 15 minutes ago, but it takes at least 20 minutes to make these, plus the drive over here. Do you have the ability to predict the future?"
Lisa was completely shocked...
Jungkook only answered nonchalantly, "On my way here, I passed by the restaurant Bambam was eating at, and packed up the chicken wings he was about to eat."
Lisa was speechless...
"Kook, you're the best." Lisa would have never thought that the wings were basically stolen from Bambam's mouth.
No wonder he got here so fast...
"Let's eat in the car, it's cold out here," Jungkook reminded her.
Lisa nodded, immediately getting onto the passenger seat and wolfing down the wings.
She ate as she licked her oily fingers...
Jungkook looked at her hopelessly and picked up a tissue to carefully wipe off her fingers.
"Here, take a bite, it's delicious." Lisa handed him a wing.
Jungkook looked down and carefully took a bite...
"Is it good?"
"Yeah." Jungkook gracefully wiped the corner of his mouth and nodded.
"I'm glad you like it, honey, you're the best." Even though it was the middle of the night, Lisa still got what she wanted. This made her happier than ever.
Jungkook was delighted that Lisa was in a good mood...
He was surprised by how easy it was to please his girl, even simple things like this.
"Slow down, drink some water." Jungkook said as he handed her a bottle of water.
After taking a few giant gulps, Lisa continued to scarf down the rest of the chicken wings.
Finally, after a belly full of chicken wings, Lisa , satisfied, rested her head on Jungkook's shoulder.
"Thanks,"
"For what?"
"Thanks for taking such great care of me ever since we moved in together. You treat me so well, like I'm a baby. I can barely take care of myself anymore."
"We're married, so I'm supposed to do all that."
"I'm scared that one day, something might happen and I will no longer have you by my side. Then I would be really sad."
"That's not going to happen."
"No, you're wrong. We're born alone, and we'll also die alone."
"If that really happens, I hope you can die before me. That means I'll be able to take care of you until you do. If I die first, I'll be worried, leaving you on this earth all by yourself."
"Can I understand that as, if you're about to die one day, you would kill me first because you're scared that I won't be able to take care of myself?" Lisa jokingly asked.
"That's a good idea."
"Hmph, no it's not. I want to live longer than you. Once you die, I'll find myself a retired hottie to spend the rest of my life with."
"I can guarantee that you won't be able to find anyone as handsome as I am. After all... we're a rare bunch."
"Here you go again." Lisa knew that her husband's arrogance was rearing its head again.
"Why did you come here all of a sudden?"
"We finished the meeting and I saw your WeChat post, so I drove over."
"If I hadn't posted on WeChat, would you not have come?"
"No, I would've come either way."
"Don't do that again, you still have to work tomorrow." Lisa felt a little bad for Jungkook.
There was a lot of work to do at JC, and Jungkook had to personally supervise many of their projects, so she knew how valuable his time was.
However, no matter how busy he was, he would still try his best to spend some time with her.
She wasn't stupid, nor was she oblivious towards all that he had done for her...
If in the beginning, she hated the Jeon family and Jungkook because of Uncle Watanabe's death, then now, after spending the last few months with him, the way he took care of her had slowly worn down the hate in her heart.
She even wondered if she should draw a clearer line about what happened. After all, Jungkook's parents were the cause of Uncle Watanabe's death and not Jungkook himself.
However, after all that was said and done, there was still that incident between them; they just both chose to ignore it.
"Doll," Jungkook turned around and whispered into her ear.
"Yeah?"
"I want to find an opportunity to tell your mom the truth and beg for her forgiveness. I don't want to be secretly married to you our whole lives. That wouldn't be fair to either of us."
Lisa's expression changed slightly when she heard what he said...
"I know what you're worried about. You're scared that your mom won't react well to it."
"Yeah, my mom wouldn't be able to endure that shock."
"But have you thought about it? We can't stay secretly married our whole lives. We're married, and that's the fact."
"I know," Lisa looked down and said weakly.
"I know that what my parents did back then is unforgivable, and I'm trying my best to make things up to you. I will treat your family like mine for the rest of my life and treat your mother and brother like my own. I think that if your mother knows how I feel about you, she might cut me some slack."
"But my mom has high blood pressure, and her health isn't great. I'm afraid that if I tell her, she'll get angry, and... get sick, and that would be a hassle. Uncle Watanabe is already gone, and I don't want anything to happen to her."
"What if we beat around the bush about it?" Jungkook probed.
"Either way, it's going to be hard. My mom treats even you like the enemy, let alone your parents."
What Lisa said was the truth...
"I guess we'll have to do more intricate planning about this." Jungkook sighed slightly.
Lisa leaned into Jungkook's embrace and comforted him, "Don't worry too much about it, I'll look for opportunities to slowly feel her out, and see if I can change her mind."
"I know you will." Jungkook lovingly rubbed Lisa's shoulders.
After staying with Jungkook for a little while longer, Lisa went back into the yard, and jungkook drove away.
She lied in bed, still unable to fall asleep...
The issue Jungkook brought up was something that she had already considered many times. However, from her mother's current attitude, there was almost no possibility for her to accept Jungkook.
The same goes for Lisa herself; she was also unable to accept Jungkook's parents.
This was indeed a hot potato situation. After all, they were Jungkook's birth parents.
They can't avoid seeing his parents just because they got married; never crossing paths and pretending not to know each other wasn't realistic.
Looks like she needed to find a way. But first, she'll have to deal with her mother. As long as her mom was fine with it, everything else would be easy.
- The next morning -
Lisa's mother prepared soymilk and fried buns for breakfast. Lisa ate with a heavy mind and heart.
"Don't drive too fast, the roads out there are all under construction, and there are bumps everywhere."
"I got it, Mom."
"Don't always give Haruto money, just give him enough to spend. Don't spoil him."
Her mother droned on about random household stuff, but Lisa's mind was elsewhere.
She tried to ask her mother, "Mom, do you still hate the Jeon family?"
"Of course, I hate their guts. I would be happy to strip off their skin if I get the chance." her mother immediately got agitated at the mention of Jungkook's parents.
"What I mean is... you're not young anymore, and your health isn't as good as it used to be. I don't want you to live in hatred, because Uncle Watanabe is already gone. I don't want you to endure that much pressure."
Lisa beat around the bushes so that she could feel out her mother's attitude...
Her mother immediately turned her head around and cursed angrily, "I'll never forget them. They used power and money to murder your Uncle Wantanbe, and used that stupid driver as a scapegoat. Was that necessary? Everyone knows that they hired that driver, and then they had the audacity to give us compensation? Would that give your uncle back his life? If I gave them a million and murdered someone from their family, would they be okay with it?"
Lisa knew that her worries were real when she heard how pissed off her mother still was.
"Mom, I wish that it was me who died that day," Lisa said with guilt.
"That's not what I meant. Both you and your Uncle Watanabe are important to me. I will never reconcile with those people from the Jeon family. I will never let go of that hatred unless I die"
Afterward, her mother looked at her and asked her coldly, "Don't tell me you're still hung up on that son of theirs."
Lisa immediately shook her head when she heard her mother's accusation, "I'm not."
"That's for the best. Remember, you can marry anyone in this world, but not him. There's just too much between the two of you... not just a human life, but also seven years of hatred."
Lisa knew how much her mom hated the Jeon family; back then, they humiliated her, and the neighbors mocked her for an entire year.
Rumors were scary; they talked about how Lisa's mother was a homewrecker when she was young, and how her daughter was a little vixen who seduced a rich heir and planned to elope with him.
Their failed elopement was also something that neither families would ever be able to forget...
Back then, Jungkook planned on leaving with Lisa to the United States. They already got their passports and were waiting for their visa to be approved.
However, for some reason, Jungkook's parents found out, which led to Uncle Watanabe's tragic accident.
In the end, Lisa cut off all ties with Jungkook, and he left for the States himself...
Lisa, on the other hand, faced all those rumors this whole time. Although her grades were high enough to attend best medical school or maybe even an overseas medical scholarship program, because of Uncle Watanabe's death, all of that went to hell.
She became the sole bread maker for her family; her mother might've been through a lot over the past few years, but so had she.
No one lived as carefully as she did...
If Jungkook hadn't returned, she would have remained an ordinary woman all her life and died that way.
"Mom, I know, don't worry," Lisa vaguely replied, trying to hide her feelings.
After breakfast, Lisa drove away from her mother's old house.
Distracted, she almost ran a few red lights.
Near an intersection by the overpass, Lisa suddenly stepped on her brakes.
She frowned after seeing the traffic light signal...
The red-light countdown was 300 seconds...
Seriously?? A 300 second red light?
This was the first time she's ever seen a red light so long. Usually, it was supposed to be 90 seconds, and even that was in the busy downtown area.
Why was there a stupid red light this long at an overpass that never jammed?
Flabbergasted, Lisa took out her phone and took a photo of it.
A black Lexus was parked not far from her off to the side.
The windows were tinted black so no one could see from the outside. However, the person inside could see everything out there.
Jimin sat in the back seat of the luxury car with a can of cola in his hand. He stared at the girl sitting in the white car.
He missed her, but he didn't have the guts to see her.
He wasn't chickening out, but he was afraid that she would reject him again.
The women in Jimin's life all threw themselves at him, but the first time he fell for someone, he was rejected.
He felt hurt for days; even when he was out drinking with Taehyung and the others every night, he still couldn't get Lisa off his mind.
He actually became a complete celibate ever since he met her, and that even shocked himself.
No one interested him, no matter how beautiful she was. Even if world's most beautiful woman were to strip naked in front of him, he would not feel an urge to do anything.
Therefore, he believed that he might have become sick... become sick with something called 'Jimin fell for Lisa'.
After some struggle, he decided to tackle the intersection Lisa drove past every day.
He ordered the traffic police to change it to the longest light possible, and indeed, Lisa was stuck here.
Lisa's head was down and she was playing with her phone. She didn't know that someone was staring at her.
300 seconds passed by in a flash, and the car behind her honked.
Lisa immediately stepped on the gas pedal...
Jimin muttered to himself, "300 seconds is a little short, I should get them to make it 900 seconds next time."
- JC Headquarters -
Jungkook had just finished his morning meeting when Bambam called him.
"What's up?" He had a feeling that Bambam's news was never good when he called him at work.
"Stay calm and let me finish, okay?"
"Talk."
"The bureau just issued an arrest warrant that I'm supposed to lead. Um... the person we're arresting... is Lisa."
Jungkook's face immediately fell upon hearing this – an arrest warrant? What the hell was going on?
"Arrest warrant?" Jungkook repeated grimly, making sure that he heard correctly.
"Yeah."
"To arrest Lisa?" Jungkook reiterated.
"That's right, your wife, Lisa." Bambam was speechless as well.
Truth be told, when Bambam saw the arrest warrant, he was almost scared shitless.
The arrests ordered by the higher ups usually targeted wanted criminals who committed the most heinous of crimes.
Since the orders were given to the Seoul Bureau's First Criminal Police Unit, they had to treat it like a major crime.
"So... did my wife kill someone or set a place on fire?" Jungkook asked in dismay.
He found it hard to imagine what his wife could've done to be issued an arrest warrant by the Seoul Bureau's criminal police division, although they have yet to do so.
"Neither... I heard that she pissed off the Taecyeon's family a while back, don't tell me you didn't know about it."
"That overnight billionaire who got rich from mining?" Jungkook asked with disdain.
He hadn't even picked a bone with them yet, where did they have the audacity to strike first? Were they sick of living?
"Yeah, that's the one. They have some money, so I don't know who they bribed. Apparently, they submitted proof of the crime that, your wife, Lisa, used a sharp object to severely injure, their son, Mr. Teacyeon. He's still at the hospital, so the higher-ups have ordered us to arrest her first and detain her for a few days before she stands trial."
"They are really courting death..." Jungkook said with a dark expression.
"So... what should we do now?" Bambam asked carefully.
"I'd like to see who has the guts to touch her," Jungkook threatened.
"Dude, of course I know I can't actually arrest her, but I need to at least do something about it. I think you should call my dad yourself. If I call him because of a woman, he'll think that it's personal."
"Fine."
Then, before Bambam could respond, Jungkook hung up the phone.
Five minutes later, the director of Bambam's bureau called him, "Bam, don't arrest her yet! Your dad just called me and said that she has a special status. Okay, let's make sure we don't arrest the wrong person."
"Oh, I see, okay then, Director. I'll wait for further orders." Bambam played dumb as if he didn't know what was happening.
Of course, a phone call from Jungkook was much more effective than a phone call from himself; his father always liked Jungkook, ever since he was a young boy.
After Jungkook called Bambam's father, he sat in his office for a long time, thinking about the situation.
Although Lisa was fine now and didn't have to be detained, he couldn't wait any longer. It was time for retaliation.
Taecyeon's Family seemed to have made their first move...
"Mr.Lee."
"Yes sir."
"Cancel all my business trips for the week, and make sure you free up my schedule."
"Sir, JC's vacation village project in the neighboring city is being initiated in three days, and it needed your attendance..."
"I have more important things to tend to."
After Jungkook said this, Lee immediately understood and didn't say more.
"I got it, sir." Then, he turned around to leave the office.
- Around 5:20 PM, at South Side Recuperation Center -
"Hi, I'm looking for a Ms. Lisa."
"I'm Lisa." Lisa looked around from the on-call booth to see a delivery guy.
"This is for you, please sign here."
The man took out an envelope and handed it to Lisa.
After she signed for it, she thanked the delivery guy and brought the envelope back to her office.
She looked at the thin envelope, and her eyelids twitched dramatically for some reason. She had a weird, oppressing feeling.
Once she saw what the document inside was, her expression changed.
The word "Summons" was written on top.
This... was this a court summons? Was she being sued?
A/N
I've been busy writing a smut for them, hence the delay in updating. And I am not yet finished with writing the 'smut' 👀
Will be updating new chapters whenever I get time.
Love to all💕