SECRETLY AN HEIRESS (ON HOLD)

[C.20] Familiarity

"다시 한 번 그녀를 보호하지 못 했어."

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A U T H O R ' S  P. O. V

"I swear to God, I'm gonna find those bastards and kill them myself." Bambam seethed in rage as he paced around the gigantic private hospital room.

An hour ago, he and Jieun were just having a calm and lighthearted conversation while munching on food in their favorite cafè, when an alarming call from the nearest hospital called their number, telling them that Lalisa was in a very bad state.

They stopped whatever they were doing, looked at each other and in a heartbeat, they immediately arrived at the said hospital.

Jieun wiped the remaining tears that were staining her face due to the devastation she felt the first second she laid her eyes on a bruised and bleeding Lalisa.

The latter yanked Bambam down, causing the male to plop down on the seat beside her with his head hung low. Jieun casted him a stern look, "Your anger won't do anything right now, just calm down for the meantime and hope that Priya wakes up as soon as possible."

"But how can I calm down in this situation, huh noona?" Bambam raised his head to look at the older girl as he questioned, his tone gradually transitioning from angry and frustrated, to weak and hopless.

Jieun's heart clenched and her shoulders were only left to slump as she was met with Bambam's sad and regretful eyes. She knew well that he was going to blame himself again, it was like a habit shared by the thai heir and heiress.

It was almost funny how she can picture the both of them doing the same thing whenever the other was placed in a situation like this, but she can't bring herself to laugh now, especially not in this situation. But other than being borderline amusing, she also found it wholesome and sweet how they devote many things toward each other due to sisterly and brotherly love.

Situations like this where one's life would be in danger were usually normal considering their life and real status, but it doesn't mean it gets any less painful whenever it actually happens.

To the two of them, it hurts to see her bright smile gone. It hurts to see her like this.

Though it was a little weird that something like this happened to the girl in a time where she wasn't exposed to the limelight, Jieun couldn't find herself dwelling on that thought as she was too focused on the scene of a teary-eyed Bambam looking at his unconscious cousin.

"I failed to protect her once again." The lump in Jieun's throat began to grow again as she heard the crack in Bambam's voice. It was not long when he finally let a few tears loose.

She angled her body where it was facing the downtrodden male, before engulfing him in a warm hug in hopes of offering him as much comfort as possible. As Jieun felt the sobbing Bambam returning the hug, she lightly patted his back, "Let's reserve all the anger and frustration we feel now once Priya is already okay and let it all out when we find whoever did this to her, is that clear?"

Bambam weakly nodded.

As the two broke contact, Jieun couldn't help but sigh, "Look Bam, I'm honestly as angry as you are, but let's focus on Priya first."