"You ate most of the ice creams all by yourself..?"
He asked her as he stared at the single gallon of ice cream on the table... as soon as the two finished her 'cold kimchi pancake'... they headed to watch a movie in their entertainment room... with her just complying with his words... even though she already asked him to rest, he stubbornly forced her to watch a movie with him...
"No... Mr. Lee and the other maids joined me... you were just so busy, I don't want to bother you..."
He was about to tell her that he was not... that she was the one who's avoiding her during those times, but he just dropped the topic... careful not to ruin the peaceful mood... he just got the ice cream and started to share it with her as the movie started...
"Come here..."
Not waiting for her to comply with his words... he had already pulled her beside him on the sofa bed they were lying at... throwing his arm around her shoulders to let her lean on him...
Rosé's eyes were fixed on the screen but her mind was far from the chic flick they were watching... even stopped from eating her bowl of ice cream... for all she could think of was him... the amazing change in him... wishing for the day not to end... wishing for him to just tell those words to her over and over again...
His hand would gradually rub her shoulder despite that he was focused on what he's watching... and Rosé looked up to steal a glance on him... chuckled to herself realizing that they were watching some romance movie... never that she thought he likes to watch those kinds of movies...
"What's funny huh...?"
He asked her... not breaking his gaze away from the screen... it took her a while to respond at him...
"Jungkook..."
"Hmmm...?"
This time, he looked down at her... placed the bowl of his ice cream on the table beside him before he reached down to the side of her lips and wiped off the stains... as usual she's still as clumsy as ever...
"Thank you..." she whispered... he raised a brow at first, watched her face, with her round eyes sparkling as she looked at him ... after a while, his lips slowly turned into a smile... he doesn't know what she meant by it... but hearing it from her was enough to make him smile... what more if he would hear the words he's dreaming to hear from her...
With that, he leaned down and placed a peck on the top of her head before getting his bowl back and continued watching the movie... Rosé did the same... snuggled closer to him as she brought her gaze back to the screen and continued to watch the movie with him...
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He carefully took the empty bowl of her ice cream away from her arm... she had been hugging it for the whole time that she was sleeping... and watching her like that just put a smile on his face... she fell asleep in the middle of the movie and Jungkook just felt it when something heavy landed on his shoulder only to see that it was her head...
"Sssh..."
He placed a finger on his lips to tell the maids to be careful not to wake her up... they all bowed and just stayed on their spots and watched him as he scoop her up in his arms... they were about to help him carry her but he shook his head no...
"I can manage..." he said as he smiled at them before making his way out to their room.
Just then she suddenly stirred from her sleep when she felt herself being lifted... arms immediately came to wrap around his neck as she turned to hug him and rest her head on his shoulder...
"Kookie...?" She sleepily asked... not opening her eyes probably thinking it was just her dream...
He smiled at that... quickened with his walk before she completely woke up...
Gently placed her down on their bed... he took off her slippers and tucked her inside the blanket... not minding his own tired body... he sat beside her and watched her for a while as she slept... placed a kiss on her forehead and caressed her cheek for a while before letting out a deep sigh and brows furrowed a bit...
"I can fix this Rosé-ah..." he whispered... scanned her face first before he stood up and left their room as he went to his office...
He placed his phone against his ear... waited for the other line to pick up... his other hand came behind his neck... still wearing a bothered expression on his face... with his heart beating so fast because of anxiousness... another deep sigh came out from him when the other line finally picked his call...
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She scampered as soon as she saw who was calling her... her heart jumped upon seeing the name and immediately sat up on her on the edge of her bed, only with her blanket covering her bareness...
"Oppa... what... what made you call...?"
She stuttered... pushed her hair back with her hand as she tried to calm herself down...
"Tzuyu-ah... are you okay...?"
She shut her eyes tight for a second, calming herself down... looked over her shoulder, blaming herself for her stupidity... what if Jungkook will come this night...? What if he's already on his way...?
"Ah... oppa yes... I was just sleeping when you called... are you... are you going here...? Where are you...?"
Suddenly, a pair of arms slowly wrapped along her waist... and a kiss landed on her bare shoulder... trailing its way to her neck and upon feeling it... she immediately looked at the man doing those things to her and threw him a glare... only for her to earn a smirk from the man as he continued showering kisses on her body...
"No... I'm here in my house... I just called to tell you I won't be able to come to school tomorrow..."
"Oh... why...?" She continued to struggle from the man's hold but failed to escape.
"I still have some business to do but Tzuyu-ah... I need to meet with you tomorrow... Ill drop by on the café near the school before lunch... I need to tell you something..."
She was made into a stop after hearing it... the man behind her gladly took the opportunity of her blankness... almost dropped the phone she was holding for fear started to creep up on her... with Jungkook's voice... and their meeting tomorrow... after realizing what it's all about... she bit on her lower lip before gritting on her teeth... the hold on her phone tightened... almost broke it in her hand...
"Why... why don't you just tell it to me now oppa... or you can just come here and talk about it..."
She was suppressing herself to burst out... and the man behind her felt her sudden change with that, he stopped and just watched her...
"No Tzuyu-ah... let's just talk about this tomorrow arasso... it's already late..." "Arasso..." her voice was cold... not minding if he would feel it or not... not
waiting for him to bid goodbye... she already hanged up the phone... hand was a bit
shaking from anger, she placed her phone back on the bed side table... "What's wrong...?"
The man asked... making her face him... and when she stayed silent... he chuckled...
"That was your rich boyfriend was it...? Is Mr. Rich boyfriend going to break up with you now...?" He continuously laughed...
Her breathing got heavy... hands were gripping tight on the sheets beside her... she turned around and threw another glare on the man.
"Shut up...! no he will not... not now... not forever... I still haven't got anything from those years that I sickeningly shared with him... just because of that b!tch...? Huh... no he will not..."
Her gaze darted to her man when she heard him clapped his hands... "Wow... feisty... that's what I like about you..."
And as he was about to touch her... she slapped his hand away only to be grabbed roughly by him on her hair... she clutched the blanket on her chest as he harshly dragged her to make her face him...
"You f*cking b!tch don't you ever show me some attitude or I'm going to f*ck you so hard you won't be able to walk and see that Mr. Rich guy again I tell you... you're mine arasso... keep that in your little head of yours..."
She continuously glared at him... holding on to the back of her head as he continuously held her tight... if not for this guy she won't push herself and stoop down to act all proper for Jungkook... she's her only chance to get out from the hell she's living... with Jungkook's money she won't have to be enslaved by the same man she treated as her only family...
"What..? I told you that big fish won't help you... you're stuck with me... so you better f*cking spread those legs now and shut your little mouth... don't you ever try running away from me because you don't know what I am capable of doing Tzuyu-ah..."
Her lips trembled and the only thing she could do was to let out a cry...
The man smirked upon seeing her tears... his other hand immediately cupped her face and pulled her to crash his lips on hers... muffling her cries... she could only shut her eyes tight... no... she won't give up... her life wouldn't end just as hell as this...
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His fingers ran through the locks of his hair... pushing his hair back in frustration... he slumped back on his seat... of course he had expected it to be this difficult... he can't remember when his feelings for her started to falter... blaming himself for making her hoped with those promises that he gave her... but what can he do...? He needed to fix everything...
He let out another sigh... he had already decided... making things right will include telling Tzuyu how he feels now... he just don't want to hurt her anymore and especially Rosé...
He picked himself up... about to leave his office and back to their room when his phone started to ring... he thought it was Tzuyu... but seeing his father the one calling him made him curious..
"Dad... what made you call..?"
He heard his father sighed on the other line... couldn't help but to think if it was because of the incident earlier at their company that made him call...
"Is it because of the project...? I can do it...-"
"No Jungkook... this isn't about the company... tomorrow your mom and I will fly back in there... I want you and Rosé to meet us for dinner..."
Jungkook was a bit bothered with their sudden plan of going home... and just because they wanted to have dinner with them...?
"Why dad...? What's wrong...?"
"Ah... nothing's wrong don't worry... just tell your wife that you'll meet with us tomorrow arasso... your mom already misses you both..."
And the worry in him slowly vanished upon hearing his father say it... it was probably because of his mom...
"Arasso... I'll tell her... take care on your trip back..."
A small smile crept on his lips as soon as he hanged up... thinking Rosé would be delighted to see his parents again... his worries were all gone once again even just for a short while...
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He slipped in beside her right after he took a long shower... she was facing him and surely was deep asleep that she didn't felt him lie beside her...his hand brushed away the hair that's been covering her face and smiled upon watching her sleeping... reached for the blanket to cover her more, he slipped in his arm inside their blanket to pull her closer to him and hug her...
Finally feeling contented... he slowly closed his eyes... not forgetting to place a peck on her forehead...
"Everything will be fine... I promise..."
He mumbled... not minding if she could not hear him... just letting it all out as if giving himself the strength that he needed for tomorrow...