Arranged Love

5

ishanegi77 This is for you. Thank you for being patient.

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"We should go have something to eat." Jungkook said making Richa nod as the sun had started setting and they were just about to leave the amusement park. "What do you want to eat?" Jungkook asked as he pulled his phone out to search for restaurants. She shrugged crossing her arms as the night breeze started to make everything chilly. "I don't mind." She said looking around seeing many people leaving the exits as well.

Lost in her own thoughts, she was brought out from them when a warm cloth covered her from the wind.

She looked up to him with big eyes. This was probably something straight out of a drama and was happening for the first time.

"You're cold. I don't want you sick." Jungkook said taking her hand in his making her clench on his jacket that he had draped on her shoulders. Jungkook took fast steps towards his car dragging Richa behind him.

Richa felt a smile linger on her lips finding all his actions cute and comfy. For the first time in her life, she was experiencing freedom and actually enjoying the touch of this man.

One thing she had learned from those dramas was to always, ALWAYS, put the seatbelt on first thing after getting in the car to avoid any awkward moments and she did exactly that.

"Stuck on skewers..." Richa read to herself and looked at Jungkook who was already smiling at her.

"You look like you don't eat these kind of things." Jungkook commented as Richa struggled to order something for herself.

"Ah.. yeah.. I'm not allowed to eat anything greasy or cheap." Richa answered embarrassed at how weird that sounded.

They waited and soon the dishes were served along with a bowl of uncooked meat that they started grilling almost immediately as their stomachs cried for food.

The frown on her face and the way she struggled to cut the meat with scissors had Jungkook laughing.
"Let me take care of this. You can start eating first." Jungkook offered taking charge of the meat.

"Thank you." She mumbled before she took a bite. Her eyes widened as she looked up at Jungkook. "This is really good!" Richa commented out of her composure making Jungkook giggle. "I'm glad I brought you here."

"You need to try this too!" Jungkook's eyes glimmered as he offered a kebab skewer to Richa who just stared at it not knowing how to eat that. Jungkook caught on it quickly as he took one for himself and ate while doing small talks as her eyes stayed on his hands watching carefully how he was cutting it into pieces.

"You're right! I feel so deprived for not eating all these before!" Richa said making Jungkook smile.

"Well, you don't have to worry about your mother anymore. Whenever you feel like Having something 'cheap', you can call me and we'll have some nice food." Y/N froze at how naturally Jungkook brought up a second date but what had her thinking was... "how did you know it was my mother...?" She asked calmly. "I don't think a man has a heart to stop a lady from eating what she pleases. And seeing you enjoying the food, I guessed it wasn't your father who stopped you from having food that was not fancy." He smiled at her flustered face. "It's ok. I loved looking at you enjoying the meal." Jungkook smiled at her slightly teasingly as the girl looked away embarrassed at herself.

"We should go if you're done." Richa said making him chuckle.

"Would you like to pay with card or cash?" The cashier asked and Richa and Jungkook both forwarded their cards to her. Her eyes widened seeing two black cards at the same time. She looked up at them who were looking at each other.

"Richa ssi, I'm paying for this. You paid at the cafe already." Jungkook said pushing her hand that held her card away.
"Mr. Jeon, it's not a big deal. Let me pay for myself." Richa argued. While both of them were busy reasoning each other, the cashier took both their cards, swiped from Jungkook's and handed them the cards back.

"Here's the receipt. Have a nice day!" The girl had a fake smile that twitched.

"She probably had a break up recently!" Jungkook said stifling a laugh sensing jealousy in her face making Richa giggle.

"Ummm... Thank you for taking me home, Jungkook." Jungkook looked at her with an amused smile at how she dropped all the formalities. "The pleasure is all mine, Richa. I had a fun time. Hope we can go somewhere together soon again." Jungkook continued as they stood near the entrance of her house.

"Ah. Your coat!" Richa said taking off the fabric only to be stopped by Jungkook. "No, it's ok. It looks better on you anyway." He smiled at her making her duck her her down as blush crept in her face.

"I'll... see you later." Richa said fidgeting on her heels. Jungkook nodded as he started walking backwards maintaining the eye contact with a silly smile making her giggle. He waved at her before taking off from there.

Richa entered her house with a huge grin that she tried to suppress between her teeth. She stepped forward only to be startled by the sudden turning on of lights.

Her face stoned as she saw her mother in the hallway.

"How was it?" Her mother asked with expectant eyes making Richa sigh.

"Why are you here?" She said taking off her heels and pulling them in her hands.

"I just-" Richa cut her off.

"Please don't go in and out of my house as you please. This is my home and a safe haven for me so if you have something to talk to me, just call me or tell me to come over to yours rather than barging in my place." Richa said curtly. She knew she was hurting her mother but this was not enough compared to the pain she went through her whole life.

"I'm tired and would like to rest. If you don't mind, I'd like to be alone." She gave a half bow to her mother before walking up to her room.

Hearing the front door closing made her sigh.

She freshened up and snuck inside her duvet thinking how her day went, a habit she had developed before sleeping.

That's when she realised that the unsettling feeling she had after seeing her mother had vanished just by the thought of that certain man.

A smile automatically plastered on her soft face as she turned to her side closing her eyes wishing to meet the reason of her thumping heart soon again.

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I know it's a short chapter but just bear with it.

A question.

Do you guys prefer the first person speech or as a third person?

I was planning to make this ff in first person but seeing how I've been writing in narrative speech for such a long time while I finished the other books, it has become somewhat a habit to use third person. I even had to correct so many times because I kept forgetting that the Female character had a name and I kept writing Y/N...

So if you see some place with first person speech for this chapter, please inform me so I'd correct it.

And thank you very much for being so patient with this book.

I'm planning to finish this one now.

Hope you'll stick to the end.

Love

R~.